| Description | Cecil Harmsworth's 'Letts's Quikref Office Diary' for 1921. Includes note at the front of the diary: 'Surveyed CH 30 i 1934 & finally July 1936 & J? 1936' and explanatory pencil notes throughout the diary, presumably added by Cecil Harmsworth before the diary was copied by Isobel Nicholson.
Includes entries relating to time spent with friends and family; social engagements; meetings with parliamentary colleagues; the opening of Parliament by the King and Queen (15 Feb); Cecil Harmsworth's work in the Foreign Office; political duties in his constituency of Luton; proceedings in the House of Commons, including the ratification of the Anglo-Irish Treaty; a fishing holiday in the Wye Valley; the 25th birthday of the 'Daily Mail' newspaper (01 May); the Coal Strike; Remembrance [Armistice] Day (11 Nov); and Christmas.
Contains several pasted-in newspaper clippings.
Contains several inserted items, including a list of noteworthy diary entries, newspaper clippings, letters, and an envelope at the back of the diary containing newspaper clippings, a leaflet of the Sylvan Debating Club, a list of candidates for confirmation, an order of service for confirmation at Eton College Chapel,and several photograph postcards. |