Sills' cash account books are lists recorded daily of items purchased and their prices. Budget items are notebooks that list Sills' private accounts of monthly expenditures, listed by categories such as insurance, groceries and entertainment. Also included is a folder of miscellaneous financial correspondence, records and receipts. Diaries are daily account books from 1891 to 1953. The books include Sills' records of travels, appointments and other daily activities and thoughts.
Some diaries are more detailed than others with entries varying from several words to several pages.
The series also includes his personal guest books, autograph books and book reviews. This series primarily contains letters written to Sills and Nixon. Some copies of outgoing correspondence is also included. Also included are correspondence with Bowdoin parents regarding the location of their sons and letters from military organizations providing information for prospective soldiers. Return to Collection Guide Bowdoin College 2001.