Mrs Mary Vera (Mollie) Walker personal diaries

Previously accessioned as D3/6

A loose leaf diary detailing Mrs Walker's daily life including travel and personal routine. This item covers locations around London England.

Significant events are documented as follows:

  • arrangements for Mollie, to accompany Miss Simpson and Miss ,Uren, on an inspection of a number of schools 7 October 1930

  • Hornsey Road school, St John's Rd School, Shoreditch 8 October 1930

  • Finzdown Training College Stratham Hill (a residential college) 10 October 1930

  • Hillbrook Rd Infants School, Tooting Bec 13 October 1930

  • Amberley Rd Infants School, Paddington 14 October 1930

  • air ship R101 disaster in October 1930



Detailed descriptions of industrial plant etc visited include:

  • Rachel McMillan Nurseries Deptford 15 October 1930



References to photographs taken include:

  • parade before opening of Parliament by the King 28 October 1930

  • St John's Rd School Shoreditch 8 October 1930

  • Finzdown Training College Stratham Hill 10 October 1930

  • opening of Parliament procession London 28 October 1930



Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  • Frank Newens color photography 3 October 1930

  • Dr ,Wilson, R101 air ship crash and deaths 5 October 1930

  • Miss Simpson, Miss Uren (matron of own hospital), Mr Gate, Miss Phar, R101 air ship, Winefred E Houghton, Kath, 7 October 1930

  • Mrs Johnson, Miss Phar, Miss Fox 8 October 1930

  • H Wickham Steed, Horace Stevens, R101 air ship 9 October 1930

  • Miss Simpson, Miss Lloyd-Evain, Dr GM Wells, Austin car, Lily Saia, Mrs Katz, Miss Maityn, Dr Lediaiscke of Adelaide, Miss Ireland, Miss Bertwhistle, Hillbrook, Sir R Wallace, Dr Spemann, Dr Spencer, R101 air ship 10 October 1930

  • Kath Dickinson, Globe Theatre, Mr Clynes, R101 air ship 11 October 1930

  • Dr Wilson, R101 air ship 12 October 1930

  • Miss Simpson, Miss MacDuff, Tooking Bec, Millie Kimber, Kath, Mr Blacklock, RPS 13 October 1930

  • Paddington, Miss Black, Miss Uren, Miss Graham, Ken Wood 14 October 1930

  • Miss Simpson, Selborne Society, Miss Marg McMillan, Miss ,Stevenson, Sir H Rolleston, 2 small sheets of pencil notes regarding Sir H Rolleston lecture 15 October 1930

  • Sir Oliver Lodge, W Steed 16 October 1930

  • Prof. Tancred Brenius 17 October 1930

  • Sir W Grenfell 18 October 1930

  • HMAS Canberra, Sir Bernard Pares, Royal Photographic Society (RPS), Dudley Johnston, RPS, Miss Murdoch, Dr Davis, Mr Thomas 21 October 1930

  • Selborne Society, Mr Fletcher, Mr Pinckney, Dr Kennedy, C Sharpe, Miss Maud Karpeles, Min Glenn, Mrs Rice, Miss Collingham 22 October 1930

  • Kath, Miss Grier, Mr Caweth Well, camera 23 October 1930

  • Prof. Albrecht Penck, pencil notes from Fawcett memorial lecture 24 October 1930

  • Mollie, new camera, RPS, Prof. Sir Wm Braggs, xrays 28 October 1930

  • Hugh Walpole 29 October 1930

  • W Steed, 'The Real Stanley Baldwin' 30 October 1930

CreatorDr William Delano Walker
ControlAA 357/8/2/2
Date Range03 October, 1930  -  30 October, 1930
Quantity 0.1cm,    
FormatsDiaries
Series AA357/08