Dr William Delano Walker personal diaries

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A loose leaf diary detailing WD Walker's daily life including study, medical duties, travel and personal routine. This item covers locations around London (United Kingdom) and environs.

References to photographs taken include:

  • Smithfield Meat Market 15 September 1932

  • annotated photographs obtained from Sir Arthur Keith (listed) 7 October 1932

  • various ortheopedic devices at Carshalton Orthopedic Hospital 8 October 1932

  • flashlight of Peter Dawson in the HMV recording studio 6 October 1932

  • Old Bailey, St Barts Hospital, sea bed through cable car window, Roman sarcophagus 21 October 1932

  • orthopedic devices and operating theaters 29 October 1932

  • glass tubes of radon 3 November 1932

  • WD Walker and Mollie, wrapping christmas presents at the Abbotsford hotel 20 November 1932



Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  • University College Hospital (UCH), Mr Stubbs, Dr McNee, Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) 1 September 1932

  • Dr McNeil Love, Bromley Infirmary, Billy Hughes, SS .Oxford 2 September 1932

  • Arthur hall, Sea Breeze, Royal Photographic Society (RPS) Journal 3 September 1932

  • 'Curtain up, curtin down,' Shiela MacDonald, Sir Arthur Keith, Sir Geo Newman, McNeill Love, 4 September 1932

  • Royal Northern Hospital (RNH), Ham Bailey, Dr Jory, London zoo, gorillas 5 September 1932

  • Sir Wm Sowden, Lady Sowden Mollie, Dr Trethowan, Carshalton 6 September 1932

  • Dr Gabriel, Miss Smith slide, Stella Deaton, fragilitas ossium, Dr Deverill at ukWeymouth 7 September 1932

  • EK Martin, McNeill Love, Len Douglas, Joan Douglas, Dr Christie, Isobel Douglas 8 September 1932

  • commenced Fellow RCS course at St Barts Hospital, Dr Payne, Dr Hosford, McNeill Love, Sir Wm Sowden, RPS exhibition, Mollie, Stella Deaton, Mr Clay Ford of London University, kangaroo, 9 September 1932

  • Illustrated London News 10 September 1932

  • Aerial Medical Service (AMS), Dr J Newman Morris 11 September 1932

  • Dr Ross, Dr Walker 12 September 1932

  • Dr Payne, Dr Geoffrey Keynes, Dr Choyce, Dr Dunhill, Yo-yo, Strube 14 September 1932

  • AMS, Dr Choyce, Dr Hume, Dr Trethowan, Mollie, International Women's Speakers school 15 September 1932

  • news clipping the Daily Express dated 11 August 1932 Stube cartoon 'The Yo-men of England' and further headline 'Do we invent the right things' by Sir Herbert Barker many blue and red underlinings. Reverse headline '30,000 pounds prize wrecks a home. Unhappy with riches. Wife regrets a 'sweep' win,' and 'The talk of the seaside. Mermaids in the moonlight, dance and dip all the rage.'

  • news clipping the Illustrated London News headline 'Yo-yo through the ag es; the antiquity of a current past time.' Featuring several photographs and cartoons together with some text. Reverse 'This year's eclipse of the moon: A spectacle for September 14.' Featuring two photographs and text

  • Dr Choyce, McNeill Love, Dr Payne 16 September 1932

  • Mrs Purcott, Jack Stafford, Vickers Avro, Dr J Newman Morris, Australian Aboriginal report 18 September 1932

  • Dr Choyce, Mollie, Dr Hanson 19 September 1932

  • Dr Choyce, Dr Geoffrey Keynes, RPS, Olaf Bloch 20 September 1932

  • pencil notes timetable for massage congress 19-24 September 1932

  • Dr Choyce, Dr Hosford, Dr Dunhill, Dr Girdlestone, Dr Elmslie, Dr Buckley 21 September 1932

  • Dr Choyce, HA Harris, Bryan McFarland, Dr Trethowan, McNeil Love, Australian Aboriginal report, Dr J Newman Morris, Miss .Wright 22 September 1932

  • Dr Choyce, Dr Payne, Miss .Wright, Dr Cohen 23 September 1932

  • Dr Choyce, Prof. Barclay, Miss .Wright, Stella Deaton 24 September 1932

  • Horton, Smith and Willis (HSW), Royal Empire Society (RES) 25 September 1932

  • Dr Ross, Sir Charles Gordon Watson, Dr Kenneth Walker 26 September 1932

  • Dr Geoffrey Keynes, Foster Moore, Oliver Pike 27 September 1932

  • Dr Hosford, Dr Dunhill, Sir Herbert Samuel, Sir Archd Sinclair, Lord Sowden, Mollie, AMS, Women's International Speaker's school, Dr J Newman Morris, Res, International Country Women's Association, Mrs Ernest White, Miss Zimmer, Mrs Alfred Watt, Miss Stopps, John Flynn 28 September 1932

  • Dr Dickinson, Dr Hume, Burt White, Dr Trethowan, Dr Butler, final RCS class including Dr Lawrence Abel, Dr Laming Evans, Dr Ogilvie, Dr Cole, Dr Lester Williams 29 September 1932

  • Dr Payne, Dr Just, Dr Hosford, Milton Chick, Miss Friend, Prof. Herman Hering 30 September 1932

  • pencil notes on Christian Science and Prof. Hermann S Hering

  • Dr Kirk, Elliot Smith, Carrie Sells, Prof. Henderson, Dr Edith Clements, Mick Schneider, Jacky Gardner, Chick Milton, Sim Newland 1 October 1932

  • Dr Kenneth Walker, Dr Ross 3 October 1932

  • Sim Newland, Burt White, Dr Garrod, Dr Bact, Dr Long Case, Dr Geoffrey Keynes, Dr Vick, Foster Moore, Bedford Russell, Dr Hogg, AMS, Res, Dr J Newman Morris 4 October 1932

  • JP Hill, Elliot Smith, Dr Hosford, Dr Dunhill, Dr J Newman Morris, RES, bush nursing, AMS, Stella Deaton 5 October 1932

  • Dr Payne, Dr Hume, Harold Wilson, Peter Dawson, Dr Vick, Sir Wm Furse, Sir Arthur Keith, Sir Peter Chalmers Mitrchell, Elliot Smith JP Hill, Olaf Bloch 6 October 1932

  • Dr Payne, Dr Just, Foster Moore, Dr Vick 7 October 1932

  • Dr Vick, Carshalton 8 October 1932

  • note in Mollie,'s writing 'When Bill held up the HMV, Peter Dawson 6 October 1932

  • RNH, Ham Bailey, Prof. Frazer 9 October 1932

  • Dr Kenneth Walker, Dr Ross, British Medical Association (BMA) 10 October 1932

  • fragilitas ossium (list of 20 cases), Dr Hume, Mollie, Stella Deaton, Peter Dawson 11 October 1932

  • Dr Roxburgh, Dr Hosford, Sydney Scott, Harold Wilson, Dr Hume, Dr Gillies 12 October 1932

  • Dr Payne, Dr Hume, Bedford Russell, Dr Roberts, Dr Cole, Dr Sellers, Dr Porritt, Vaughan Hudson, Dr Patteson 13 October 1932

  • Dr Higgs, Foster Moore, Dr Roberts, Dr Stickler, Mrs Deaton 14 October 1932

  • Stella Deaton, SS Orsova, Dr Hume, Percival Turner, Dr Peacock, Dr Hadley, Mollie, Stoll theater, 'Tarzan the ape man,' Johny Wiesmuller 15 October 1932

  • AMS lecture 16 October 1932

  • Dr Ross, Medical and Surgical Trading company exhibition, Dr Wakeley, RCS 17 October 1932

  • Dr Underwood, Dr Garrod, Dr Ross, Dr Elmslie, Dr Rawling, Dr Hume 18 October 1932

  • Dr Roxburgh, Dr Elmslie, Dr Hosford, Dr Harold Wilson, Sydney Scott, Dr Vick, Dr Gillies, WKM (?Mr Mallion) 19 October 1932

  • Dr Dunhill, Dr Higgs, Dr Donaldson, Dr Hume, Bedford Russell, Dr Elmslie, Dr Roberts, Dr Taylor, McNeil Love, Rodney Maingot, Dr Coyte, Dr Roche 20 October 1932

  • Dr Roberts, Dr Higgs, Foster Moore, Dr Hume, Dr Gillies, Mr Christie 21 October 1932

  • Dr Hume, Dr Robertson, Dr Bactow, Dr Barrett, Dr Wilson, Dr Pinker, Dr Bennett, WKM, Dr Gabriel, Ham Bailey, Dr Lane Roberts, Tim Yeates, Prof. Frazer, Elliott Smith, JP Hill, Sir Peter Chambers Mitchell, Dr Fruse, spent 3000 pounds in London since 1929, AMS 22 October 1932

  • Dr J Newman Morris, AMS, John Flynn, Geo Simpson, Edith Woodall, fragilitas ossium, Cashalton 23 October 1932. This item is restricted.

  • Prof. Jameson, AMS, Mr MacDonald, University College Hospital (UCH), fragilitas ossium, Dr Kenneth Walker, Dr Ross, Dr Higgs, Dr Gillies, Dr Roberts. Mollie, RCS, Dr Wakeley 24 October 1932

  • Prof. Jameson, AMS, sold soverigns at a profit, WKM miserable old devil! 25 October 1932

  • Dr Hosford, Dr Gask, Dr Roberts, Dr Vick, RNH, Len Douglas, Jimmie Moore, Stan Wilson, McNeil Love, Auntie Nell 26 October 1932

  • Dr Payne, Dr Hume, Bedford Russell, Dr Roberts 27 October 1932

  • Dr Roberts, Dr Geoffrey Keynes, Dr Higgs, Foster Moore, Dr Roberts 28 October 1932

  • Dr Geoffrey Keynes, Stoll theater, Eddie Cantor, "Whoopee,' Jack Thow 29 October 1932

  • Mr WR Charlton, nswSydney Mail 30 October 1932

  • Prof. Hopwood, St Barts Hospital, 500 mg radon in solution, Dr Higgs, Dr Ross, Dr Roberts, fragilitas ossium 31 October 1932

  • Dr Hosford, Dr Garrod, Dr Ross, Dr Payne, Dr Morgan, Dr Geoffrey Kaynes, Dr Hume 1 November 1932

  • Mr Christie, Dr Hosford, Dr Wilson 2 November 1932

  • Aunty Nell cabled 100 pounds, WKM (Mr Mallion), Becky Mallion, Dr Hume, Sir Chas Gordon Watson, Ham Bailey, Miss Wright, Dr Sellors, Dr Riches, Dr Dodd 3 November 1932

  • copy of letter to Aunty Nell and Uncle Jim in Mollie,'s hand writing dated 9 November 1932 thanking them for 100 pounds transfer, WD Walker AMS ambitions

  • copy of letter to Aunty Lizzie in Mollie,'s hand writing dated 14 November 1932 AMS, Sir Sydney Kidman

  • Dr Hosford, Dr Roberts, Dr Ross, Foster Moore 4 November 1932

  • Dr Roberts, Brompton Chest Hospital, Dr Nelson 5 November 1932

  • Dr Ross, Mrs Blackall, Col Etherton, flight over Everest, Mollie, Lady Sowden, the Dorchester, Dr Payne, Dr Harris, Dr Underhill, fragilitas ossium 7 November 1932

  • Burt White, Dr Payne, Dr Morgan, Dr Hume, prof. Hopwood, Dr Geoffrey Keynes 8 November 1932

  • Miss Willis, Peter, Dr Hume, Dr Elmslie, Dr Hosford, Bathe Rawling, Dr Kenneth Walker, Aunty Nell and Uncle Jim 9 November 1932. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Payne, Dr Hume, Dr Scott, Sir Ch G Watson, Dr Elmslie, fragilitas ossium 10 November 1932

  • Dr Hosford, Dr Roberts, Dr Ross, Dr Geoffrey Keynes, fragilitas ossium 11 November 1932

  • Charles Harris, fragilitas ossium, Kangaroo, Prof. Hopwood, Joe Kendle, Royal Free Hospital 12 November 1932

  • fragilitas ossium, Miss Pimble, Joe Kendle, Dr Hosford, Dr Roberts, Auntie Lizzie, John Flynn, AMS, Mollie, International Council of Women (ICW) 14 November 1932. This item is restricted.

  • Peter Dawson, Cicely Courtneige, Jack Hulbert, Florence Desmond, Marian Harris, Mollie, AMS lecture, National Council of Women 15 November 1932

  • Mollie, Mr Harris, School of Tropical Medicine, AMS, Mr Murphy, 'The Drover,' "The wooly west,' 'Life on a cattle Station' 16 November 1932

  • final RCS examinations 17 November 1932

  • Dr Payne, Mr Tann, Christmas cards snow in Russell Square, Mollie, 'British arctic air route expedition, Watkins, Courtauld, Rymill, Charlie Chaplin, Frank Buck, 'Bring 'em back alive,' Malaya 18 November 1932

  • pencil notes relating to above cinefilms

  • Dr Stickler, Miss Murray, Amy Johnson, Jim Mollison, Ramsay MacDonald 19 November 1932

  • Amy Johnson, nswSydney Express 20 November 1932

  • Royston Institute, Mollie, Mrs Salomon, Mrs Watt, Dr Stickler 21 November 1932

  • RCS, Dr Pinker, Dr d'Abreu, Dr Morgan, Sid Kranz, Dr Fergusson, Dr Malcolm, Tan Tok Seng 22 November 1932

  • Edward Tann, 'Labels,' Evelyn Waugh, Royal Air Force (RAF,) AMS 23 November 1932

  • Joe Kendle, list of examination questions 24 November 1932. This item is restricted.

  • surgery examination, Dr Clogg, the Dominion, Jack Payne, Florence Desmond, Greta Garbo, Marleme Diedrich, Tallulah Bankhead, Cecily Courtneige, Zazu Pitts, Jimmy Cagney, Tommy Handley, Ernest Hutchison, Anona Winn, Olive Groves, Edward Tann 25 November 1932

  • RPS cinefilm exhibition, Will Day, Friese Greene, Le Prince, Lumiere brothers, list of early cinefilm strips shown, Joe Rosenthal 26 November 1932

  • Amy Johnson 27 November 1932

  • failed RCS examination, Prof. Frankau, Prof. Hey Groves, Dr Clogg, Dr Pannett, Dr Norbury, Dr Webb Johnson, Rock Carling. Prof. Hughes, fragilitas ossium, Mr MacDonald 28 November 1932

  • Mr MacDonald, fragilitas ossium, Mr Raughton, Ham Bailey, Dr Gabriel, Lane Roberts, Dr Roques, Dr Trethowan, Tim Yates, Prof. Frazer, Dr Sleeman, Dr Wiley, Dr Downey, Dr Wibberley, JP Hill, Elliot Smith, Sir Peter Chambers Mitchell, Mr Bloch, Mr Furse, National Geographic, Mr Cornforth, City Temple, Dr Rendall, Sir John Reith director British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), AMS, Joe, Kendle, Mrs Bennett 29 November 1932

  • AMS, fragilitas ossium, Mrs Munro, Mrs Kirby 30 November 1932

  • Col Etherton, Major Jones, RAF, AMS, Mr Taylor Darbyshire, Australian Press Association 1 December 1932

  • Col Etherton, Air Commodore Fellowes, RAF, AMS, Major Jones, Air Vice Marshall Shalmertine, Air Vice Marshal McIntyre, Director Medical Services (DMS) RAF, Mollie, Inlander 2 December 1932



CreatorDr William Delano Walker
ControlAA 357/4/14/3
Date Range01 September, 1932  -  02 December, 1932
Quantity 1cm,    
FormatsNewspaper Clippings, Diaries, Indexes
Series AA357/04