Sub-series 2 - Journals and Writing: This series contains Jim Foley's hadwritten journals and notebooks in Boxes 1-5 and other writing in Box 6. Journals and notebooks from Jim's time in Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria are restricted until 2075 to protect the privacy and safety of individuals. Redacted and transcribed versions for many are available in the James Wright Foley Digital Collection, with more being added as they are processed.
| Record Group |
Series | Sub-Series | Box | Folder Title |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 1 | Journal 1, circa 1996-2002 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 1 | Journal 2, 1997 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 1 | Journal 3, 1998 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 1 | Journal 4, 1999 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 1 | Journal 5, circa 1999-2003 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 2 | Journal 6, 2000 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 2 | Journal 7, Fall 2007 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 2 | Journal 8, Feb-Jun 2008 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 2 | Journal 9, Feb-Jun 2008 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 2 | Journal 10, Feb-Jun 2008 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 2 | Journal 11, Jun 2008 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 2 | Journal 12, circa 2008 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 2 | Buisness Cards and Contact Information |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 3 | Journal 13, Jul 2008 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 3 | Journal 14, Oct 2008 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 3 | Journal 15, circa 2008 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 3 | Journal 16, circa 2008 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 3 | Journal 17, circa 2008 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 3 | Journal 18, circa 2008 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 3 | Journal 19, circa 2008 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 3 | Journal 20, circa 2008 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 3 | Journal 21, circa 2008-2009 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 3 | Journal 22, circa 2008-2009 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 3 | Journal 23, circa 2009 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 4 | Journal 24, 2009 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 4 | Journal 25, circa Aug 2009 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 4 | Journal 26, circa 2009-2010 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 4 | Journal 27, circa 2010 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 4 | Journal 28, circa 2010-2011 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 4 | Journal 29, circa 2010-2011 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 4 | Journal 30, early 2011 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 4 | Journal 31, circa 2011 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 4 | Journal 32, circa 2011 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 5 | Journal 33, circa 2011 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 5 | Journal 34, circa 2011 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 5 | Journal 35, circa 2011-2012 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 5 | Journal 36, circa 2011-2012 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 5 | Journal 37, circa 2011-2012 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 5 | Journal 38, circa 2012 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 5 | Journal 39, circa 2012 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | Writing Process |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | Model Life, 1997 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | "The Beauties of Cooptown". By James Foley, 2001 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | Hayden's Ferry Review, 2000 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | Draft of "Notes to a Fellow Educator on the kind of Students You Will be Recieving this Coming Year, As I've Decided to Recommit Myself to Education" |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | Indiana Review, 2001 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | Tom Clancy's Acts of War Mini-Series |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | "Travel Heroics" |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | Poem |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | Amherst Mfa, Thesis, James W. Foley 2003 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | Amherst, MA, James Foley, Thesis, 2003 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | "Where is the Front Line?" |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | Notes on the back of a "resist" poster, 2005 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 6 | "Airport" Novel, James Foley and Tom Durkin |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 7 | 3.5 inch floppy disk titled, "Novel With Foley," from Tom Durkin |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 7 | "The Collected Works of James Foley" |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 7 | Compound Memorandum, 2010 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 7 | James Foley Blog, 2009 |
| B-5.4 | 2-JWF | 2 | 7 | Inside Gaddafi's Libya: 45 Days of Captivity, Confusion and Hope in Revolutionary Libya, 2011 |