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Personal diaries: Volume 3, 1927-04 - 1929-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Anderson 1/5/3

Scope and Contents

Originally numbered 'Vol X'. This volume is inscribed ‘Margaret S Willis, 8 Cavendish Avenue and 20 Westbourne Grove, Whittington, Manchester’ [the latter is crossed out]. It is paginated 1-113. It begins with the continued description of the family holiday in Spain April 1927. M W returns to Manchester on 26 April; she takes various camping trips in the summer and early autumn of 1927; she takes up her post as a demonstrator in the Geography Department of the University of Cambridge in January 1928; in April and May 1928 she accompanies student geography trips to the Lakes and High Force with J A Steers; in August 1928 she takes a walking tour in Scotland; another family holiday in Spain takes place in March and April 1929; she accompanies CU geography trips to Norfolk in May 1929; and a trip to Switzerland takes place in August 1929.
Items pasted in and other illustrations include the following: p.15, photograph of ?Manchester University staff, with key to names [M W is 5th from left in the front row]; pp16-17, cuttings relating to a solar eclipse; p.22, CU Reporter announcement of M S Willis’ appointment as University Demonstrator in Geography for three years from January 1928 and British Association for Advancement of Science ticket for Leeds conference 1927; p.23, Manchester University Geographical Society programme 1927-28 (M W spoke on ‘Southern Spain’, 28 November 1927), Camping Club membership ticket 1927, and driving licence 1927; p.40 photographs of CU geography trip to Scolt Head, including J A Steers; p.42, signed menu for CU Geographical Club annual dinner 1928; p.43, ticket for International Geographical Congress Cambridge 1928; p.45, strip of 8 ‘Photomaton’ photographs of ?M W 1928; p.54, photographs of Margery Seward and M W ‘on the roof of the Geography Department’; p.55, photographs taken with ‘my new camera’, including 8 Cavendish Avenue; p. 86, photographs of CU geography trips, including J A Steers; pp.93-94, photographs of Wellingham (near Lewes, Sussex - home of M W’s sister Betty).

Dates

  • Creation: 1927-04 - 1929-08

Creator

Extent

1 volume(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Originator(s)

Willis, Margaret

Finding aid date

2013-07-03 12:20:34+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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