ENGAGEMENT CALENDARS

Summary: Engagement Calendars represented in the collection mainly cover the years from 1900 through Griffis's 1926-1927 trip to Japan, inclusive. Following Griffis's return to the U.S. in June 1927 only scant entries appear in the final calendar: Griffis died on February 5, 1928. The two earlier calendars in this series date from Griffis's college years and hold a greater variety of notes and memoranda than the later calendars, whose entries mainly note appointments, addresses and finances. No engagement calendars from the intermediate period are found in the collection.