The diary was written in pocket-sized editions and each was sent home after it was completed.  The collection in the Valdosta State Archives has two folders, each containing an identical copy of the McConnell diary.  The diary is divided into five volumes, the last of which was written by John Albert Feaster Coleman after McConnell died.  Kathleen and Mary Bess Coleman and Julia and Mary Faucette owned four of the original volumes of the diary.  Donald Clayton owned one book, which he found in the attic of the old Jacob Feaster house.  The five volumes of the diary each contain different types of information. For detailed information about McConnell and about the arrangement and dates of each diary, please see the creator and arrangement notes. Each entry is described in the notes to the box. The diary is available online.

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