Written chronicles were a component of the New York City COVID-19 Narrative and Memory project in which participants were invited to contribute real-time logs of their experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. What to include was left up to the participants. The request to them was to contribute anything that they considered worth sharing about their experience during the pandemic. Participants wer e sent an automated email every ten days reminding them to contribute their written chronicles. Entries were submitted to Columbia University's INCITE via the Internet