This collection consists of 7 diaries kept by Opie Davis Porter from 1941 to 1956. They contain the daily writings of her life in the Mountain Hill community of Harris County, Georgia. and give a good insight into daily life in a small community. She recorded the daily weather conditions, her visits to Columbus with her husband Jim, visits with friends, church activities and those of the Mountain Hill School community. The 1944 diary has WWII comments, including Mrs. Callaway dropping off material for her to make 123 bedside bags for the Red Cross.