Three diaries covering 1847, 1852, and 1855-1857 of Maryville College student and alumnus Jonathan Maxwell Hoffmeister [Huffmaster] (class of 1848). 1847 Diary contains descriptions of classes, students, faculty, local community, and family members (including deaths of brother and fiancee in local epidemic). 1852 and 1855-1857 diaries cover family life and ministry in northeast Tennessee.