Page Use Order of First Diary's Stretch Section

Anne Frank Diary Reference : Page Use : first diary

Page Use Order of the First Diary's Stretch Section
Anne added several sheets to an end section of first diary. Later, the page numberer numbered the two new page sides "a" and "b," prefaced by the number of the page they were attached to. The order of use of these pages bounces around a lot because these pages seem filled with short notes made on different dates. She also added more notes to some of these pages in the winter of 1943 and 1944. Those are not included in this list.

Photos of pages 91, 91a, and 91b are in The Critical Edition p. 151-2 and 272. A photo of pages 92, 93, and 93a is in Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary: p. 64. Page 62 of the same book has a photo of pages 96, 96a, and 97b. The Critical Edition has a photo of page 96b: page 293. Page 152 of The Critical Edition has a photo of the 22 January 1944 note on page 95a.

85, 86, 7 Oct 1942 (to Phien)
85a, 85b, 87a, 87b, 89a, 89b, 91a, 7 Oct 1942 (to Conny, plus shopping fantasy)
86, 87, 88, 10 Oct 1942 (to Marianne, to Kitty)
93, 10 Oct 1942 (note)
89, 90, 14 Oct 1942 (to Pop, to Phien)
90, 91, 15 Oct 1942 (to Conny, to Emmy)
92, 16 Oct 1942 (to Jet)
91b, 18 Oct 1942 (note)
92, 93b, 93a, 94a, 94, 18 Oct 1942 (to Marianne, plus fantasy skate)
94, 95, 95b, 95a, 20 Oct 1942 (to Kitty)
96, 96a, 22 Oct 1942 (to Poppie)
96a, 26 Oct 1942 (shorthand)
96b, 97b, undated and 28 Oct 1942 (to Phienny, to Lou)
97a, 97, 2 Nov 1942 (to Marianne, to Kitty)
98a, 98b, 5 Nov 1942 (to Pop)
98, 99, 7 Nov 1942 (to Phien)
99b, 99a, 10 Nov 1942 (to Conny)
101, 10 Nov 1942 (to Emmy)
99, 100 13 Nov 1944 (to Jetty)

It's clear, especially in the first part, that Anne used this section of the diary as a place to jot little notes to people. However, even later, the use of the extra page sides is not consistent, so I ask: who was inconsistent: the page numberer or Anne? I think that it is likely that the page numberer used a rather consistent numbering scheme, not paying attention to the content of the entries. For Anne's side, writing on these awkward additional pages would naturally be difficult and it's very understandable if Anne tried different uses of the extra sheets.

On the other hand, examining the few photos of pages available, evidently the numberer was not entirely consistent. In general, it seems the numberer named the inner sheet side, "a," and the outer sheet side "b."

However, comparing the photos of page 96 and the diary entries (The Critical Edition p. 287-8, Anne Frank: Beyond the Diary p. 62) reveals that this was not the case for the sheet pasted in: 96a is the outer side, 96b must be the inner side in that case.

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