Diaries recording appointments on a daily basis. Evening and social activities are also sometimes recorded. Some have subsequent annotations, either by Richmond himself or a descendant. Each volume contains notes made by
Thomas Knyvett Richmond, often he calls these 'notabilia'. Mentions are made of the meetings of his Clubs, Nobody's Friend, the Literary Club, Grillions. Richmond sometimes records meetings relating to the
Academy, Government Art School and other bodies.