1941 (ii) Diary, 1941-02-16 - 1941-05-14
Scope and Contents
Subjects include Mary Agnes Hamilton's work for the Reconstruction Secretariat and the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS); a meeting with Mary Glasgow to discuss the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA); her experiences of air-raids and bomb damage near her flat in Chelsea; Ministry of Information Planning Committee meetings; Myra Curtis and the principalship of Newnham College; a visit to Eton College; reflections on the role of... economists in wartime; the departure of Arthur and Ethel Salter for Washington DC; comments on rationing, mending, and making clothes; news of the Battle of Matapan; her writing, including comments on the relationship between diary-writing and memoir; a visit to Henry Moore's studio to see his 'shelter pictures' with Dame Rachel Crowdy and Sir Kenneth Clark; her work on salvage at the WVS, and interference from women MPs; reactions to broadcasts by Winston Churchill; conversations with Ruth Dalton, including on love and marriage; discussions over leaflets and community centres with Miss Halford of the National Council of Social Service; the Rudolf Hess story; various social engagements; and comments on her reading, including Churchill's history of Marlborough. Other individuals remarked upon include Arthur Greenwood, Barbara Ward, George Chrystal, Jacquetta Hawkes, Louise de Rosales, and Lord Reith.
See moreDates
- Creation: 1941-02-16 - 1941-05-14
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
1 volume(s)
Language of Materials
English
Other Finding Aids
Transcription of the diary provided by the family available as a PDF file.
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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