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...

Scope and Contents Subjects include Mary Agnes Hamilton's first day at the Ministry of Information and her transfer to the General Division to work on morale and propaganda leaflets; comments on colleagues including Hugh Macmillan, Lady Grigg, Sir Kenneth Clark, Duff Cooper, E. McKnight Kauffer, Sir John Reith, Graham Greene, and Frank Pick; the progress of the Women's Employment Federation in wartime and its relationship with the Ministry of Labour; her move into 35 Argyll Mansions; reflections on democracy...