| Repository | Special Collections Archives (GB 0029) |
| Ref No | EUL MS 397/18/1/1 |
| Alt Ref No | Unlisted Box 12 |
| Date | 1 January 1940 - 31 December 1940 |
| Level | Item |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Title | 1940 |
| Creator Name | Duncan, Rose Marie Theresa (nee Hansom), (1916-2001); artist |
| Description | Entries end 23 August 1940. Includes descriptions of family life, production of Townsman, community farming project at Gooseham, news of the war, Churchill's appointment as Prime Minister, spies in Okehampton, publication of 'Our Strategy in War', evacuees, introduction of rationing and conscription. Contains sketches, enclosures and a note of the animals' health and eggs laid each day in margin. Noteable people mentioned include: Nigel Spottiswoode, occupants of community farm, Ezra Pound, John Legonna (Welsh Nationalist), Brother George Every, Richard March |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Language | English |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| Copyright | Estate of Rose Marie Duncan |
Show related Persons records.
Persons
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| DS/UK/283 | Duncan; Ronald Frederick Henry (1914-1982); author, poet and librettist | 1914-1982 |
| DS/UK/289 | Duncan; Rose Marie (1916-2001); Artist | 1916-2001 |