| Description | Cecil Harmsworth's 'Letts's Quikref Office Diary' for 1922'. Includes note at the front of the diary: 'Reviewed CH 2 ii 1934 & finally July, Oct 1938' 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; Cecil Harmsworth's work in the Foreign Office and attendance at the League of Nations in Geneva in January; the Russian famine; the illness and death of his brother, Alfred Harmsworth, 1st Viscount Northcliffe; fishing; political duties in his constituency of Luton; the resignation of David Lloyd George (20 Oct); Cecil Harmsworth's decision to give up active political life; and Christmas.
Contains several pasted-in items, including stamps and newspaper clippings.
Contains an envelope at the back of the diary containing newspaper clippings, a typescript poem about Maida Vale, and a photograph of Cecil Harmsworth and 'HH' (Harold Harmsworth?). |