| Description | Cecil Harmsworth's 'Letts' Quikref Diary' for 1934.
Includes entries relating to time spent with friends and family; the weather; nature observations; his health; birthdays, weddings and deaths; Dr Johnson's House; fishing; social engagements; the Reform Club; observations on politics and foreign policy; theatre visits; meetings with the Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald (12 Mar, 30 Mar); a letter from Adolf Hitler to Lord Rothermere (30 Mar); meetings of the Houghton Club; meetings of the Nonesuch Press; the All Peoples' Association; the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition, which was opened by Cecil and Emilie Harmsworth on 03 April; Oswald Mosley and Blackshirts [fascist group] meetings at the Albert Hall (22 Apr) and the Olympia (07 Jun); meetings of the Commons and Footpaths Society; meetings of the Garden Cities Association; meetings of the Fisheries Organization Society; meetings of the Empire Press Union; the opening of the Geraldine Mary Harmsworth Park (12 July); the royal garden party (26 Jul); days out and travel around England; a trip to Scotland; the celebrations of Dr Samuel Johnson in Lichfield (22 Sep); meetings of the Paddington Housing Council; a visit to Dublin, including a speech given at The Historical Society of Trinity College Dublin and a dinner party with W.B. Yeats (Nov); the celebration of Dr Samuel Johnson on the 150th anniversary of his death in London (13 Nov); and Christmas.
Contains several pasted-in items, including newspaper clippings and a programme for a 'Johnson Celebration' in Lichfield.
Contains inserted items, including a list of 'special entries' in the diary, newspapers clippings, and a pocket at the back of the diary containing newspaper clippings, correspondence, dinner menus, invitations, |