"Shoghi Effendi has laid down the principle that the Bahá’ís should not attribute much importance to talks reported to have been given by the Master, if these have not in one form or other obtained His sanction. ... Those talks of the Master that were later reviewed by Him, corrected or in some other form considered authentic by Himself, such as the 'Some Answered Questions', these could be considered as Tablets and therefore be given the necessary binding power. All the other talks such as are included in Ahmad's diary or the diary of pilgrims, do not fall under this category and could be considered only as interesting material to be taken for what they are worth." – From a letter written on behalf of Shoghi Effendi to the United States Publishing Committee, December 29, 1931; cited in Lights of Guidance, No. 1435.

The scans below were sent by different people at different times; July 1913 to October 1914 were posted in tif and pdf format in 2020; April 1–30 1913 and June 17–30 1913 were posted in pdf only in 2021.

Overview of Partial Inventory items from these diaries. Also in Pilgrim Accounts Collection.