Microfilm copy must be used.

This collection consists of three volumes of typescript copies of thirty-six volumes of diaries of B. L. C. Wailes, Washington. A microfilm edition of the typescripts made in 1973, is a part of the collection and must be used to make photocopies of the collection. 
The typescripts are bound in three volumes as follows:

  • vol. 1. diaries 5–9 (Sept. 6, 1852–Dec. 31, 1853); diaries 14–22 (Dec. 21,1854–Dec. 31, 1858)
  • vol. 2. diaries 23–36 (Jan. 1, 1859–Nov. 5, 1862)
  • vol. 3. diaries 1–4 (Jan. 27, 1852–Sept. 5, 1852); diaries 10–13 (Jan. 1, 1854–Dec. 20,1854).

The microfilm edition was filmed in chronological order as follows:

  • Roll 1 (A0001182): diary typescripts (1852-1860), volumes 1-32 (partial).
  • Roll 2 (A0001183): diary typescripts (1860-1862), volumes 32 (continued)-36.
Series:
  1. Diaries. 1852–1862. 3 vols.
  2. Diaries. 1852–1862. 2 rolls 35 mm. positive microfilm