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Ida Farr’s journal is an account of her “daily joys, sorrows, trials, perplexities etc.” The account begins in 1872 and includes detailed stories and events of a religious, studious, New Hampshire girlhood characterized by strong family ties and warm friendships. The journal ends in 1874, with Ida budgeting and scrimping so as to be able to continue to attend High School in Newburyport.

Memoir written by Ida Farr Nelson in 1940 when she was in her mid-80s . It was written at the request of her granddaughter Doris Nelson Newman and transcribed in 2017 by her great-grandson Brian Nelson Burford. The text includes information about Ida's own childhood in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as her teenage and adult life in Goshen, New Hampshire. She includes some recollections of her sons' childhoods, and more information about their lives as grown men.

A year before her marriage to Hial Nelson, Ida Farr served as "Editress" for what purports to be the March 13, 1875 issue of the weekly newspaper of the Hillsboro Lyceum Association. Ida herself wrote an essay titled "Home" for the Journal which also contains a generally humorous and flirtatious collection of poems, announcements, and conundrums. The Hillsboro Lyceum and its publications may well have served as a model for the family lyceum that Ida would later convene in the Nelson parlor.

Different Stories contains three stories: "The Fire--or a Brave Woman's Act," a story that highlights the heroics of a mother protecting her family from a fire; "Fire at the Station," a detailed account of the monetary losses after a fire in Allenstown; and "The Great Flood or My Adventure on the River," a story that features a dangerous flood, along with detailed descriptions of the "Hills Brys Damn."

This is an illustrated 12-page story by William J. Little about an attack by three giant birds on Walter Allen, age 12, Otho Strong, age 14, who are rescued by Arthur Little, age 14, aided by Elmer Green (no age given). Walter and Otho are held captive by the ferocious birds in a cave on the mining island of Red Rover for five days before their rescue. The naming pattern in this book fascinatingly combines the boys' real first names with surnames from their fictional "World."

As Arthur writes in 1898, High School Notes was intended to be filled with stories of high school times, but when the boys switched from Newport to Haverhill high school, the journal was filled with "Haverhill, Photographing, and Hunting sketches." The journal even includes accounts of organized football games.

The Fight of the Boys details a vicious battle between the "East Siders" and "West Siders," using weapon such as "clubs, canons, wooden spears, wooden sords, and bow guns" to battle each other. There is a significant escalation in violence and weaponry compared to the battle scenes in other stories, but it all ends well since the boys are simply fighting for pride, and once the fighting ends "they are almost as good friends as before."