Scope and Contents Handwritten diaries and photograph album, with some loose enclosures. The diaries provide a detailed description of the daily social life of a wealthy young lady during the Victorian era, in London and on visits around the country, including dinners, dances and parties, concerts, galleries, theatre and academic lectures. Many include lists of 'books recommended' or read. From 1864, Anne gave detailed accounts of sermons she had heard and exhibitions in London, also describing first-hand...

Scope and Contents Includes at back list of books read, 1855-56, and letters and notes written and received in 1856. Includes pressed leaf, small sketch of weeping beech tree, list from unidentified newspaper of those attending the Bachelors' Ball and note about the Nightingale Jewel. Notable entries include: (23 Oct) wedding of Miss Depree and William Reeve; (30 Nov) visit of the King of Sardinia to see Queen Victoria; (11 Dec) lecture at the Institution by Mrs Clara Balfour on 'Youthful Poets of the Present...

Scope and Contents Includes, at the back: list of books read, 1856, letters written and received in 1856 and 1857. Includes pressed flower, list of people invited to a party, 30 Jan 1857, list of contributions for Mrs Wilson, 22 Dec 1856 and small sketch of a fish. Journal begins in Southend, before travelling to Hastings (St Leonards) on 25 July and, after a brief stay in London, on to Tatton Park. Notable entries include: (30 August) visit to Liverpool and Birkenhead, concert at the Philarmonic Hall...