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'''Dr. Halsey's personal journal''' is a booklet co-written by [[Eric Nylund]] and is included with the ''[[Halo: Reach]]'' [[Halo: Reach Limited Edition|Limited]] and [[Halo: Reach Legendary Edition|Legendary]] editions.<ref>[http://www.bungie.net/News/content.aspx?type=topnews&cid=25773 '''Bungie.net''': ''Halo: Reach Game Editions'']</ref> It covers various elements from the [[Halo universe]] and is written through the eyes of [[Catherine Elizabeth Halsey]] herself.

==Description==

Halsey bought the journal at a [[Reach]] shop on August 2510. She kept it with her for the next four decades to document her research to counter the [[Insurrectionist]], and later, the [[Covenant Empire|Covenant]] threat. She also expressed her thoughts on her personal relationships with [[Jacob Keyes]] and [[Miranda Keyes|their daughter]], [[SPARTAN-II Program|her Spartans]], and the apocalyptic [[Human-Covenant War]]. Halsey eventually left the journal behind at the [[Babd Catha Forerunner complex]], where it was retrieved by [[Office of Naval Intelligence]] personnel just before the site, along with [[SWORD Base]], was destroyed.

After the war's conclusion, various ONI personnel and psychologists read and analyzed the journal. ONI director [[Admiral]] [[Margaret Orlenda Parangosky|Margaret Parangosky]] remarked that she was impressed by Halsey's abilities as an artist.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 433''</ref> The AI [[Black-Box]] also analyzed the journal, and suggested that Halsey was trying to cleanse her conscience by hiding her Spartans.<ref>'''Halo: Glasslands''', ''page 49''</ref> Both [[Captain]] [[Serin Osman]] and [[Naomi-010]] have read the journal, and Osman subsequently came to despise Halsey for her extremely unethical work on the [[SPARTAN-II Program]].