Identity area
Reference code
AR868
Title
Diary of Edith Dickinson
Date(s)
- 1908 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
1 item
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
Custodial:
Transferred from the Local Studies Library, s70 (92) DIC (LS/03/244), previous provenance unknown.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Diary for the year 1908 written in a Northern Assurance Company memo booklet. The diary is mostly the minutiae of the daily life of a seventeen year old girl (age 10 at 1901 census; birthday 12 June) who lives with her aunt and other family members at 2 Dagnall Park, Selhurst. There are references to her father. Occasional references to local events e.g. she was a member of the Primrose League; wins a prize at the meeting on 04 April.