JOURNALS

Summary: The term "journal," Griffis's own preferred term, is used to designate both Griffis's regular diaries, and the occasional journal recording a specific trip. Volumes from early years also include other materials. Later volumes are more strictly notes to Griffis's daily activities.

Griffis's early journal work is occasional and sporadic; only in 1877 does he appear to have developed a consistent system for keeping and maintaining journals. The final sequence of nineteen journals [Ac. 2074; nos. 14-32], beginning with this date, was collated and dated by Katharine G.M. Johnson, whose brief notes appear in most volumes. Titles are given as they appear on volume spines. A number of volumes also have one or a few clippings pasted into the front. Because of the fragility of this material, researchers are requested to use the microfilm.