| Description | Cecil Harmsworth's 'Letts's Quikref Office Diary' for 1924. Includes note at the front of the diary: 'Surveyed CH 6 ii 1934 & finaally 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; his health; the weather; nature observations; birthdays, weddings and deaths; Dr Johnson's House; a visit to Whitefriars Glass Works in Whitefriars Street (25 Jan); days out and trips around England; visits to the theatre; trips to Scotland (Feb-Mar, Jun); fishing; lunch with Ebenezer Howard (22 Mar); a sea trip to Gibraltar with parliamentary colleagues, including Lord Cave, Lord FInley and George Balfour (28 Mar-01 May); the wedding of Dodo Maffett and Archie Nicholls (16 May); a letter from Max Beerbohm regarding his caricatures of 'Johnson and Boswell' (25 May); a meeting with Winston Churchill at his home in Sussex Square, including discussion of his art and his re-entry into the House of Commons (30 May); the wedding of Cecil Harmsworth King to Agnes Cooke (23 June); the Henley Regatta (Jul); writing verses for his 'Angling Book', including transcripts of the poems; the royal garden party at Buckingham Palace (26 Jul); the celebration [of the bi-centenary of the birth of Dr. Samuel Johnson] in Lichfield (15 Sep); a trip to Totland Bay on the Isle of WIght (Sep-Oct); the memorial service of Bonar Law (05 Nov); the general election (Dec); and Christmas.
Contains several pasted-in newspaper clippings.
Contains several inserted items, including a list entitled 'Diary for 1923 Special interest', newspaper clippings, and an envelope at the back of the diary containing newspaper clippings, papers concerning celebrations of the birth of Dr Johnson in Lichfield, photograph postcards, dinner menus, and orders of service. |