These “diaries” take many forms and had several functions. Some are agendas, where social and business appointments were noted. Some are business workbooks, where the activities of the various Hardaway business were tracked, including information on bids received and offered, expenses, income, etc. Some are personal diaries that focused more on social and family activities. Some are yearly and some are monthly. There are some years that have multiple “diaries” where personal and business activities are kept separate, and in some years they are mixed. For the sake of convenience, they are all referred to “Diary” in this finding aid. There is also overlap between the life-spans of the three men whose diaries we have and it is possible that some of the unsigned ones may have been placed with the wrong person. This series also includes a Rolodex and several address books, all apparently belonging to Benjamin Hurt Hardaway III.