Scope and Contents:
Roy A. Gulley of Sesser, Franklin Co., Ill., was a farmer, teacher, superintendent of schools, postmaster, and representative to the 63rd and 64th Illinois General Assemblies. This typewritten diary contains personal recollections of Gulley as well as remarks on general events and a brief summary of his life.
Mary Alice Gulley, Gulley's widow, donated a photocopy of the diary to the Illinois Historical Survey, now part of the University Library, in 1967.