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Frederick W. Whipple maintained this notebook while studying at the Classical Institute of Warren, Rhode Island and Brown University. It contains Whipple's essays, notes, practice letters, and other sections relating to his education between 1855 and 1862.

Frederick W. Whipple maintained this while studying at the Classical Institute of Warren, Rhode Island and Brown University. It contains Whipple's essays, notes, practice letters, and other sections relating to his education between 1855 and 1862.

Whipple began studying at the Classical Institute in 1855 and began studying at Brown University in 1862. A section relating to composition includes essays on education, woolen mills, California, nighttime, Native Americans, the American Revolution, intemperance, agriculture, and "What the result will be if Fremont or Buchanan are elected." Debate answers for whether war is justified or not are also included, as well as lists of etiquette rules for church and dining.

Whipple's Brown University lecture notes cover topics on essay writing, argumentation, persuasion, style and grammar, precision, completeness, and unequivocal words.

This composition book was kept by 8–10-year-old Mildred Wood and Mary Wood while living in Illinois and Missouri. The volumes include copied song lyrics and poems, and pencil and crayon drawings. A number of pressed flowers and leaves are laid into the volume.

This composition book was kept by 8–10-year-old Mildred Wood and Mary Wood while living in Illinois and Missouri. The volumes include copied song lyrics and poems, and pencil and crayon drawings. A number of pressed flowers and leaves are laid into the volume.

The song lyrics and poems focus on themes relating to nature, love, and friendship, and include titles such as "Missouri School Song," "The Yellow Rose of Texas," and "Illinois." The drawings feature flowers, houses, and a portrait of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. One outdoor scene shows two girls playing in front of a house, labelled "Living on the farm." Two pencil and crayon drawings done on tracing paper are laid into the volume: one of a ladies' boot with the name "Hamilton Brown shoe Co." on it, and another of a valentine with Cupid holding a bow and arrow.

Several entries are suggestive of schoolwork, such as sentence diagrams, a list of courts, a passage about U.S. history, a list of teachers in the Venice Public School and the average grades in their classes, and a list of the "Names of the Teachers I have had at Differ[e]nt Schools." Another passage is titled "The Japanese Fan."

Later entries were written in a different hand and consist mostly of quotations and proverbs. The word "Graduate" is printed on the cover of the volume.