Collection consists of daily diaries and sundry letters, receipts, account books, a Ulery family genealogy, and other personal papers documenting the weather, expenses, daily work and experiences; farming and dairy activities in Macoupin and Christian Counties; and police magistrate duties in Morrisonville. Topics include Morrisonville's Shiloh Church, its UNO Club, crops, shucking corn, cows' breeding histories and dairy yields, hired hands, and income from sales of eggs, butter, hides, apples, calves, lard, cows, hogs, and roosters. Also included is “185 Years of Ulery Family Genealogy: Ulery Family, 1790-1977.” Teacher, farmer, carpenter, dairyman, and police magistrate of Morrisonville, Christian County, Illinois, Ulery maintained a diary continuously for 60 years, 1916-1976.