| Description | Cecil Harmsworth's 'Collins' Royal Diary' for 1943.
Includes entries relating to time spent with friends and family, including his children and grandchildren; the weather; nature observations; sorting his papers; books and reading; fishing; gardening; his health; birthdays, weddings and deaths; social engagements; the Reform Club; meetings of the Empire Press Union; the Second World War; air raids; proceedings in the House of Lords; Dr Johnson's House; meetings of the Commons and Footpaths Society Committee; meetings of the Town and Country Planning Association, of which Harmsworth was chairman; Harmsworth's opinions of Max Aitken, Lord Beaverbrook; editing his diaries written during the First World War; writing drafts of his recollections of 'Prime Ministers I Have Met'; the death of John Burns and Harmsworth's recollections of him (25 Jan, 03 Feb); the death of his nephew, Captain Charles Harmsworth (19 April); the wedding of his son Eric to Helene [Marie Dehove] (15 Jun); the death of Reginald McKenna (06 September); Harmsworth's address to the pupils of Beaumont College on 'Prime Ministers I Have Met' (07 Nov); and Christmas.
Contains several pasted-in items, including newspaper clippings, stamps and a drawing by his granddaughter Margaret.
Contains inserted items, including a list of 'special entries' in the diary, and a pocket at the back of the diary containing newspaper clippings, correspondence, and handmade Christmas cards by children. |