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Journal, 31 July 1931-16 Oct. 1931 (with some later annotation in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9852/1/33

Scope and Contents

The volume is a ruled notebook and mostly comprises diary entries.

It also includes:

- a list of locations of nights spent away from home: /3r-3v.

- a list of distances between towns on a driving tour in France: /2v.

- pasted in press cuttings: /47v. A personal advertisement asking an acquaintance to write; /54v. re the [British] banking climate.

- pasted in note from R. Hooper to Sassoon saying he called, 1 September 1932: /45r.

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

Dates

  • Creation: 31 July 1931-16 Oct. 1931 (with some later annotation in Siegfried Sassoon's hand)

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 (black cloth, front pocket, patterned endpapers, elasticated tie, 68 ff.); 1 envelope paper; photograph)

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

For a transcript of this diary by Rupert Hart-Davis, see MS Add.9852/12/7/1/9.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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