Ted Kaczynski's Journals

These are journals that I kept over a span of more than twenty-five years. Some contain accounts of my personal experiences. Some are filled with my thoughts and ideas, and quotations from my reading. Some contain mixed materials. The journals are highly reliable, since they are completely honest and nearly all of the information about personal experiences was written down within a few days of the events.

The journals are divided into eight series, as follows:

Series I, #1 through #7

Series II, #1 through #6

Series lII, #1 through #8

Series IV, #1

Series V, #1

Series VI, #1 through #5

Series VII, #1 through #4

Series VIII, #1

A. Series 1, #1-#7

A1. Journal 1 of 7, Series I

University of Michigan Library, Box 82, Folder 1, Journal series I #1, 1969: K2046F.

B. Series 2, #1-#6

B1. Series 2, #1

B2. Series 2, #2

University of Michigan Library, Box 82 2 Journal series II #2, 1972 : K2046N

C. Series 3, #1-#8

D. Series 4

E. Series 5

F. Series 6, #1-#5

F1. Series 6, #1, Sept 20, 1972

The Ted K Archive - Ted Kaczynski's Salt Lake City Journal (1972)
California University Library, “Highly Personal Info” C-230 B

F2. Series 6, #2, July 17, 1978

The Ted K Archive - Ted's Journal on His Plans to Disfigure the Face of a Romantic Interest
California University Library, C-230 A: "Women and sex", There are two page 28's [numbered by T. Kaczynski]

F5. Series 6, #5

The Ted K Archive - Ted Kaczynski's Oakland California Journal
California University Library, C-230: Death, Bomb references.
University of Michigan Library, Box 79, Folder 8, Journal series VI #5, 1975: K2003E

G. Series 7, #1 through #4

G1. Series 7, #1

The Ted K Archive - Journal #1 from Series 7 (1984-1986)
University of Michigan Library, Box 79 6 Journal series VII #1, 1984-1986: K2046T

H. Series 8

I. Notes on my Journals

I1. Notes on my Journals

This is a set of notes commenting on Series I and II of the journals.

The Ted K Archive - Ted's Notes on his Journals (Feb. 1996)
California University Library, “Personal Papers” (Notes on journal); manifesto references, encoding references. C-3

J. Baby Book

J1. Baby Book

University of Michigan Library, Box 68, Folder 10 “Bc: Baby book”

This is a journal, kept by my mother, of the first nineteen months of my life. I think it is reasonably reliable. In the first place, the entries were all made soon after the events. In the second place, the Baby Book contains no indication of my mother's characteristic exaggerations. In the third place, my mother seems to have been trying to be objective and "scientific" in recording her observations. And in the fourth place, something happened to my mother when I was about eight years old. I think that before that time she had better control over herself and would have been more careful to be truthful than she was later.

K. Crime Journals

K1. Ted Kaczynski's Journal in 1980-81

The Ted K Archive - Ted Kaczynski's Journal in 1980-81
California University Library, C-229: "Personal experiences, ideas, and quotations", Not all numbered pages are present.

K2. Ted Kaczynski's Journal of Early Crimes

The Ted K Archive - Ted Kaczynski's Journal of Early Crimes
California University Archive, C-1: Bombs #1 and 2; vandalism; booby-traps, killing a businessman, government official, scientists.

K3. Ted Kaczynski's Notebook

The Ted K Archive - Ted Kaczynski's Notebook
California University Archive, C-2: Checks papers for publication of manuscript; lists hiding places for various articles with maps; list of names at Orvana Mining; serial numbers of guns; location of telephone boxes.