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Journal, 28 July 1930-23 Mar. 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/31

Scope and Contents

The volume is a ruled notebook marked '1930.II' and mostly comprises diary entries.

It also includes:

- a list of persons to whom copies of 'Memoirs of an Infantry Officer' were sent: /126v-127r.

- a list of the places in which Sassoon was for his birthdays 1910-30: /23v.

- notes on obtaining a resident doctor for Tennant: /127v-128r.

- a sketch of a house drawn around a press cutting: /128r.

- copies letters from a correspondence between H. Chandler and Sassoon re treatment of, and doctors for, Tennant, 20 August 1930: /125r-126r.

- lists of monies spent or gifted: /123v-124r.

- a list of locations of nights spent away from home: /1v.

- pasted in photographs: /front cover inside. Stephan Tennant in his sick bed; /front cover inside. A path through a walled garden to a thatched house; /124v. Stephan Tennant in his sick bed.

- pasted in press cuttings: /20v-21r. Weather reports; /111. Image of Sassoon receiving the A.C. Benson Silver Medal from Walter de la Mare; Sassoon has annotated the clock face with a human expression; /119v. Announcement of the death of Helen Wirgman; /121v-122r. Report on the outcome of a blackmail prosecution case; /128r. Auction notice for 17 Endless Street, Salisbury; /128v-129r. 'Mental Effects of Tuberculosis'.

N.B. Enclosures are to be found in a separate envelope. The foliation is the archivist's.

Dates

  • Creation: 28 July 1930-23 Mar. 1931

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Series:

The First World War journals and some post-war journals (MSS Add.9852/1/4-25 and 32) are unavailable for consultation due to their poor physical condition. Digital copies of these items are provided in the Sassoon Journals section of the Cambridge Digital Library, https://cudl.lib.cam.ac.uk/collections/sassoon/1. The other journals are available for consultation.

Extent

1 collection (1 volume (maroon cloth covers, patterned endpapers, elasticated tie, 129 ff.); 1 envelope paper; photograph)

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

For a transcript of this diary by Rupert Hart-Davis, see MS Add.9852/12/7/1/8.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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