The article analyzes the diary entries of the educators of orphanages and the degree of reflection in them of the daily practices of the pupils and employees of orphanages, for this purpose excerpts from the diary of the educators of the orphanage № 10 of the experimental demonstration school at the Kryashen Pedagogical College are given. It is concluded, that the diaries of educators allow, having been studied in sufficient quantity, to present a panorama of the structures of everyday life in institutions of the Soviet system of social care.