This collection comprises handwritten diary entries by June Alexander, who grew up on a dairy farm and wrote about family, working and rural life, from the age 12 upwards until 2016. The handwritten diaries are complimented by ephemera, letters and email printouts, photographs of family and friends, digital diaries (2015-2023) and letters (1998-2009). The personal diaries form the basis for Alexander's memoir, documenting struggles with mental health, an eating disorder, relationships, studies, writing career and aspirations. There are drafts, publisher letters and a signed published copy of Alexander's 2009 memoir A Girl Called Tim. Newspaper clippings of articles, both about and by Alexander, are interfiled in the diaries. There are two early school books (scrapbooks), with awards, newspaper clippings and other items relating to Alexander's early writings.