Journal, 24 June 1943-15 Feb. 1946
Scope and Contents
The volume is a ruled notebook and mostly comprises diary entries. There was a watercolour frontispiece (p. 1a) but this has been torn out bar a small sliver. The next page reads 'The Black Book of a Persecuted Man - 1943-5: This Chronicle of Wasted Time'. It also includes an assessment of his financial situation if he and Hester were to separate (p. 175).
N.B. Enclosures are to be found in a separate envelope. The pagination is original; pagination by the archivist is in square brackets.
Dates
- Creation: 24 June 1943-15 Feb. 1946
Creator
- From the Fonds: Sassoon, Siegfried Loraine, 1886-1967 (poet and author) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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 volume(s) (1 volume (black cloth, 126 ff.); 1 envelope paper) : paper
1 envelope(s) (1 volume (black cloth, 126 ff.); 1 envelope paper)
Language of Materials
English
Repository Details
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