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Geoffrey Woolley Papers
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Diary

Loose leaves of manuscript diary entries and letters received, extracted from a ring binder (discarded).

Journal

Journal for the months Jan.-July 1933, at home and at Clifton School, with only occasional entries Aug.-Dec. Includes a list of books read during the year (66).

Diary

Loose leaves of a manuscript diary extracted from a ring binder (discarded), with the 75th Anti-Tank Regiment RA, part of 11th Armoured Division, 6 June-17 Sept. 1944, including notes on landing in Normandy (18 June), crossing the Belgian frontier (3 Sept.), and the start of Operation Garden (17 Sept.). Also the loose leaves of a narrative diary, 9 May-11 June, 15-16 Sept., 9 Oct.-20 Nov. 1944, 20 Jan.-10 Feb. 1945, found loose in the same ring binder.

Diary

Volume containing a narrative diary, 18 Sept.-20 Nov. 1945. Also contains further loose diary entries, 6 May-15 July 1945, covering the German surrender, probably comprising the pages torn out of the front of the volume.

Diary

Loose leaves of a mainly manuscript diary, with a gap, 13 April-23 Oct. 1946 inclusive.

Diary

Binder containing a loose-leaf manuscript diary.

Diary

Loose leaves of a mainly manuscript diary, with gaps, including 27 April-20 June, 22 June-3 Aug. and 12 Nov.-30 Dec. inclusive. Includes a draft of a poem, 'The dead to the living'.

Diary

Loose leaves of an occasional manuscript diary, including Unni Nayer, Ian Morrison, Christopher Buckley and a South Korean colonel killed by a land mine in Korea, 13 Aug. 1950. Also several letters received, programmes and other papers, including a copy of the 'North Atlantic Treaty proposed for signature during first week in April, 1949'. The daily diary ends on 24 April 1951, besides a four-page out-burst, 18 Sept. 1951, and a two-page diary on 4 Jan. 1958. The diary is continued as monthly memoranda of incidents "to be remembered" for most months, April 1951-July 1955 (gaps include Oct. 1952-April 1953 inclusive), and a similar memorandum for the year 1968 (8 pp.).

Diary

Loose leaves of a mainly manuscript diary, enclosing letters received, carbon copies of letters sent, newspaper cuttings, ephemera and Christmas card lists, extracted from a folder (discarded). Woolley was based at The Anchorage, [Dupont?], Washington DC, but the letters include descriptions of a tour of the USA via Chicago, San Francisco and New Orleans (Nov.).

Diary

Loose leaves of a diary, enclosing letters received and carbon copies of letters sent, extracted from a folder (discarded).

Diary

Loose leaves enclosing letters received, carbon copies of letters sent, newspaper cuttings and ephemera, extracted from a folder (discarded). Woolley was based in Washington DC, but due to return to Britain on the 'Britannic' (May/June).

Diary

Volume containing one line diary notes similar to monthly memoranda of incidents "to be remembered" (D 1/35), or notes out of appointments diaries. Gaps include March 1959-March 1960 and Jan. 1961-Nov. 1963.

Log of Jamboree

Diary entries entitled 'Log of Jamboree, August 1933', describing a visit to London, including "Got to Marble Arch. Anti-War demonstration. Something vast. A. Bevan M.P., Tom Mann, Beverley Nichols, etc. speaking. Colossal procession. Queer speciments of humanity. Bought programme (3d.). Movietone Van in attendance" (30 July); boat crossing Dover-Ostend; train journey to Kőln, Germany, including meeting Arthur Short, assistant commissioner for Wales, "an amazing meeting - 1/3000 chance! Talking to Nazis - ever so nice" (31 July). The journey was probably to the 4th World Scout Jamboree at Gödöllő, Hungary, 2-13 Aug. 1933.

Journal

Journal for the year 1 Jan.-24 Dec. 1934, including leaving Clifton School (July), and starting at Caius College, Cambridge (Oct.), but with many blank days, especially in March and Dec. Includes a list of books read during the year (37). Enclosures include a packing list for Cambridge.

Journal

Journal for the year 1 Jan.-31 Dec. 1935, at home and at Caius College, Cambridge, including a list of books read during the year (76).

Journal

Journal for the year 1 Jan.-31 Dec. 1936, at home and at Caius College, Cambridge, including a list of books read during the year (74).

Journal

Journal for the year 1 Jan.-30 Dec. 1936, at home and at Caius College, Cambridge, including a list of books read during the year (67).

Journal

Volume containing diary entries, musings, poems, extracts, and books read (10).

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