| Description | Cecil Harmsworth's 'Collins' Royal Diary' for 1941.
Includes entries relating to time spent with friends and family, including his children and grandchildren; the weather; births, christenings, birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and deaths; gardening; nature observations; fishing; editing his diaries; food; the Second World War; air raids and black-outs; the restoration of Dr Johnson's House after it was damaged in an air raid on 29 December 1940; Charlie Chaplin's 'Dictator' film; committee meetings at the Ministry of Food; proceedings in the House of Lords and the House of Commons; meetings of the Commons and Footpaths Society Committee; meetings of the Town and Country Planning Association, of which Harmsworth was chairman; meetings in the Reform Club; and meetings of the Empire Press Union.
Contains several pasted-in items, including newspaper clippings and correspondence.
Contains inserted items, includinga list of 'special entries' in the diary, and a pocket at the back of the diary containing newspaper clippings, correspondence,and church service booklets. |