| Description | Cecil Harmsworth's 'Letts's Quikref Office Diary' for 1928. Includes note at the front of the diary: 'Reviewed 27 vi 1934 & finally August 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; the weather; nature observations; birthdays, weddings and deaths; visits to the theatre and the cinema; the founding of the Lord Northcliffe Professorship and Lectureship at London University [University College London]; the memorial service of Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith (21 Feb); committee meetings of the Garden Cities Association; the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition; the wedding of his daughter Daphne Harmsworth to Colin Brodie (14 Mar); fishing; dinner with [John] Whitley, Speaker of the House of Commons (11 Jun); Cecil Harmsworth's resignation from the Chairmanship and Directorship of the Association Newspapers; a trip to Totland Bay on the Isle of Wight; two trips to Ireland; the birth of his first grandchild, Margaret (31 Oct); his decision not to stand as an MP again for the House of Commons (06 Nov); the opening of Pariliament (06 Nov); a trip to Paris; and Christmas.
Contains several pasted-in items, including newspaper clippings and a dried plant specimen,
Contains inserted items, including a list entitled 'Diary for 1928 Notable items', and an envelope at the back of the diary containing newspaper clippings, orders of service, photographs of 'Peggy & Joan in Cyprus', postcards, and a dried plant specimen. |