Personal diaries: Volume 26, 1921-07 - 1923-02
Scope and Contents
Fordfield - Newport - Fordfield - Clare. Personal: divorce becomes final on July 28 1921 (AT gets custody of the children); corresponds with Constantine re money and the children's education; continued bouts of illness; possibility of marrying Willie Searle - decides against it; dreams of Constantine. Children: cycle rides and walks into the country; Sep. 1922 - Alethea enters the Perse School for Girls; thoughts of putting Alethea's name down for Newnham College. Family: niece Veronica is born to Phyllis and Eustace in Feb. 1922; much baby-sitting of nephew Stephen; April 1922, Julius and Mina go to Birmingham; frostiness between Julius and Mina; AT's father is very unwell. Visitors include Fidelio; Miss Allen of Homerton; Lilian Whitehouse. Places visited include Newport, Essex and surrounding villages, August 1921, and Clare, Suffolk, May 1922. Activities include trips to the University Library to get father's books; giving Italian lessons; an At Home at the Training College. Writing: Dec 1922 - 'A Little Road-Book for Mystics' is published by The Faith Press. Religion: attending Friends' Meetings; begins yoga again; visions; frequent mention of guardian angel. Reversed at back: notes on practice of yoga and meditation, attempts at universal consciousness, visions etc - Sep. 1921. Pasted in at back: 7 photographs, including Phyllis and Stephen, Agatha, Alethea, Fordfield, all 1921? Also Alethea aged 13 and a half, April 1922, Fordfield.
Dates
- Creation: 1921-07 - 1923-02
Creator
- From the Fonds: Graham, Aelfrida Catherine Wetenhall, 1883 - 1959 (nee Tillyard, writer) (Person)
Extent
1 volume(s) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
23
Originator(s)
Tillyard, Aelfrida
Finding aid date
2004-03-29 11:22:23+00:00
Repository Details
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