| Description | Cecil Harmsworth's 'Letts's Quikref Office Diary' for 1924. Includes note at the front of the diary: 'CH 3 iii 1934, finaally July 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, including references to Daphne Harmsworth's drawings for a guide book; days out and trips around England; Lord Curzon leaving the Secretaryship of State and Cecil Harmsworth's memories of him (15 Feb); trips to Scotland; fishing; a poetry reading by Edith Sitwell (15 May); a dinner of the Architecture Club with Ramsay MacDonald (23 May); committee meetings of the Commons and Footpaths Society; meetings of the Fisheries Organization Society; the royal garden party at Buckingham Palace (24 Jul); a cruise around the Baltic, including visits to Copenhagen, Stockholm and Amsterdam (22 Aug-11 Sep); new verses for his 'Fishing Book'; the British Empire Exhibition (17 Oct); the general election (Oct); a trip to the West Country, including conversation with fishermen and the Fishermen's Society (Nov); and Christmas.
Contains several pasted-in items, including newspaper clippings, and stamps issued in connection with the British Empire exhibition.
Contains an envelope at the back of the diary containing a list of 'Diary for 1924 Entries of special interest', a photograph postcard, newspaper clippings, a leaflet of the Sylvan Debating Club, and telegraphs. |