Ian and Cecil Jacob's diary, 1924-5
Scope and Contents
Mainly written by Ian Jacob, with a small number of entries by Cecil Jacob, beginning with their wedding day on 27 August 1924 and including their honeymoon in Devon and Cornwall, August-September 1924; their daily life in Cambridge and Woodbridge in Suffolk, September 1924-August 1925; a visit to the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, September 1924; visits to the theatre, concerts, ballet, and sporting events, September 1924-November 1925; Ian Jacob playing golf, hockey, cricket and tennis, September 1924-November 1925; various occasion at King's College, Cambridge, where Ian Jacob was a student, September 1924-June 1925; a golfing holiday in Saint-Jean-de-Luz, France, December 1924-January 1925; the purchase of a radio 'crystal set', January 1925; a conversazione at Cambridge University Engineering Department, March 1925; Ian Jacob's exams in the Mechanical Sciences Tripos at Cambridge University and his graduation ceremony, June 1925; the birth and baptism of their son, John Claud Jacob, June-July 1925; a tennis holiday in Aldeburgh in Suffolk, July-August 1925; moving to Gillingham Green in Kent and Ian Jacob starting at the Royal School of Military Engineering at Chatham, September 1925
Also including black-and-white photographs of Cecil Jacob, Stafford House in Aldeburgh, and 'John, Connie + Binks' at the Bungalow in Gillingham Green.
With press cuttings, black-and-white and colour postcards, theatre, concert, ballet and sports programmes, and other printed ephemera.
Dates
- Creation: 1924-5
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
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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