This collection includes over 375 diaries and essays written by over 350 individual undergraduate students of Preston B. Albright in the Department of History at Miami University between 1951 and 1961. The contents of this collection provide commentary on practically every subject relating to current events and university life during the mid-20th century, with a particular focus on “the life of the average Miami student.” Some diaries and essays were written with complete anonymity and have no date or course number associated.