| Description | Cecil Harmsworth's 'Letts's Quikref Office Diary' for 1932. Includes note at the front of the diary: 'Reviewed finally August 1936 & February 1940 CH'' 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; the weather; nature observations; social engagements; birthdays, weddings and deaths; his health; reflections on the year 1931 (01 Jan); Dr Johnson's House; books and reading; days out and travel around the UK; meetings of the Commons and Footpaths Society; travel by ship to France (Mar); death of Horace Plunkett and Harmsworth's memories of him (03 Apr); the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition; visits to the theatre; the Reform Club; board meetings of Desmond Harmsworth Ltd; the Royal Academy of Arts; fishing; death of Arthur Locke (13 May); meetings of the Fisheries Organization Society; Cecil Harmsworth's involvement in the John Harrison case (20-22 Jun); a garden party at David Lloyd George's house (25 Jun); a visit to Caen as a representative of Trinity College Dublin for the celebrations of the 5th centenary of the University of Caen (08-11 Jul); a garden party at Buckingham Palace (21 Jul); dinner with H.G. Wells (08 Aug); a trip to the Isle of Wight, including a visit to Alfred Lord Tennyson's house (Aug); fishing; meetings of Desmond Harmsworth Ltd: a trip to Scotland (Sep); meeting in aid of the Alive in Wonderland Ward at St Mary's Paddington, with Professor Collingwood (nephew of Lewis Caroll) and Alice Hargreaves (12 Oct); meetings of the Council of Garden Cities and Town Planning Association; Armistice Day and Harmsworth's reflections on the 14 years since the First World War ended (11 Nov); Christmas; and reflections on the 'problems and anxieties' of the year and concerns for the future, particularly in regards to another war (31 Dec).
Contains several pasted-in items, including newspaper clippings and a fishing fly.
Contains several inserted items, including a list entitled 'Diary for 1932 Special Entries',and an envelope at the back of the diary containing correspondence, newspaper clippings and photographs. |