Explores two forms of workplace literacies that served as instruments of management in a community mental health boarding home established for middle-aged women, and summarizes key issues that emerged from analysis of textual ethnography. Examines the record of textual mediation of workers and residents in an extensive, anecdotal workplace text called the daily log to show evolution of two distinct workplace genres. (Adjunct ERIC Clearinghouse for ESL Literacy Education) (Author/VWL)