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Personal diaries: Volume 1, 1924-04 - 1924-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Anderson 1/5/1

Scope and Contents

Originally numbered 'Vol VII'. This volume is inscribed ‘Margaret S Willis, 8 Cavendish Avenue and Girton College’ and paginated 1-106. It covers, inter alia, her last term as an undergraduate at Girton College. p. 5 has a watercolour entitled ‘End of Woodlands from window of E10 30.4.24.’. In May M W describes a trip to the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley: photographs and a ticket are pasted in. Other items pasted in include the following: next to p.6, snaps of Girton College Fire Brigade, including ‘Betty Willmott stopping leaks’; next to p.9, snaps of the geography lecture room, the Sedgwick Museum and the geographical library; next to p.10, order of examinations for the Geographical Tripos 1924 and women’s results; next to p.11, letter from Walter [brother-in-law]; pp14-63, photographs, postcards and watercolour sketches from European travels; next to p.78, photographs of ‘me’ and ‘K’. Pages 64-68 describe a camp near Wisbech, Cambridgeshire. Pages 70-80 describe various visits and trips in Cambridgeshire, including Linton and ‘Bartlow Barrows’ [Bartlow Hills: Roman burial mounds]. Pages 83-104 describe a visit to Cornwall.

Dates

  • Creation: 1924-04 - 1924-09

Creator

Extent

1 volume(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Originator(s)

Willis, Margaret

Finding aid date

2013-07-03 12:20:16+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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