- Created by
- Shearer Cottage, American, founded 1903
- Date
- 1950s
- Medium
- book paper, printing ink, cardboard and book cloth (textile material)
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 12 1/8 × 7 3/4 × 1 1/4 in. (30.8 × 19.7 × 3.2 cm)
- Description
- A hardcover Standard Blank Book No. 66, with the word "JOURNAL" printed across the front cover at an angle. The book's cover is a light tan color, with a simple scrolled, printed trim in grey on the front cover, back cover, and spine. At the bottom of the spine is printed "66/ J/ 500." Triangular pieces of maroon cloth are adhered to all four cover corners.
- The book was produced with 500 pages, although this particular journal only goes until p. 496 because the last few pages have been torn out. In use are pages 1 - 78, and 485 - 496. In between pages 78 - 485, the journal is blank. The journal was used to record "to do" lists, accounting, deposits, and other notes.
- Recorded in this journal are the following:
- pp. 1-2: names and addresses
- p. 3: notes dated July 1969
- p. 4: blank
- pp. 5 - 78: notes ranging forward in date from June 1958 (p. 5) - September 1971 (p. 78).
- p. 79 - 484: blank
- pp. 106 - 107: there is a phone bill inserted between these pages
- pp. 118 - 119: there is a blank piece of notepaper inserted between these pages
- pp. 496 - 485: running backwards in time, notes from 1960 - 1971
- Place used
- Martha's Vineyard, Oak Bluffs, Dukes County, Massachusetts, United States, North and Central America
- Classification
- Documents and Manuscripts
- Type
- journals (accounts)
- Topic
- Business
- Families
- Recreation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Shearer Family
- Object number
- 2013.209.2
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




