Source:Dean, Bennett Luther. Bennett Luther Dean Personal Journals, 1902-1921

Website owner/publisher

The sites hosting the journals are authored by Troy D. Schmidt.

Online versions

• The current version is on the Bennett Luther Dean diary page of the David Dean Project at Google Sites.

Earlier versions can be found at:

• Bennett Luther Dean Personal Journals, 1902-1921 on Troy's Family History Home Page hosted on WebRing.com.
• Bennett Luther Dean Personal Journals, 1902-1921 on Troy's Family History Home Page hosted at Geocities.ws.

Nature of the journals

There are 17 known books in which Dean kept a diary. Most of these diaries are inexpensive leather bound books with lined pages measuring either 6 by 3.5 inches or 6.5 by 4 inches. Most are in fair condition with only the leather beginning to flake off of the bindings and the pages beginning to darken. Some have pages with edges that are so brittle they are beginning to break if touched. A few have broken bindings and are beginning to lose pages.

There is one book for each year from 1902 to 1916, one for 1918, and a final book that has part of 1920 and part of 1921. The 1902 journal makes no mention to Dean starting to keep a diary, why or what gave him the idea, or what his intentions were. Perhaps there are older journals, now lost, in which he discusses this.