This is an incredibly detailed accounting of the finances of one Topeka Kansas family in 1950. I found it at the Evanston, Illinois estate of Robert R. Jones and Dorothy V. Jones. I believe it belonged to Marie Jones, Robert R. Jones’ mother. There is even information in there about chickens and chicken feed along with lists of fruits the family grew and sold. The notebook itself is in good vintage condition. There are only a few blank pages. The notebook weighs 1.1 oz. It’s just a really cool item.

For a bit of history, Marie was the great great granddaughter of the Potawatomi missionary Robert Simerwell. Her great grandmother was Elizabeth Simerwell Carter, the first non-indigenous female born in Kansas.