Box 1
Contains 19 Results:
Dorothy L. Sayers Diary Collection
This collection contains a series of diaries (personal day planners) belonging to Dorothy L. Sayers.
Series 1
The diary volumes are arranged by date. One notebook about plants was removed, as well as a document of class schedules from Godolphin School. The notebook was added to the Dorothy L. Sayers manuscript collection (see DLS / MS-436), and the school schedule was added to the Wade Center memorabilia collection.
Red hardcover volume with gilt print “Esco Diary 1937 – Indexed” on spine
Includes an advertising leaflet enclosure on November 9 for a Sarah Siddons Fellowship discussion on "The Technique of Detective Plays" in which both Sayers and Muriel St. Clare Byrne participated. 129pp.
Red hardcover volume with gilt print “Esco Diary 1938 –Indexed” on spine
132pp.
Blue hardcover volume with gilt print “Roneo Indexed Diary 1939” on spine and cover
87pp.
Blue hardcover volume with gilt print "Esco Indexed Diary 1940” on spine and cover
Includes an enclosure on April 20: letter dated April 15, 1940 from the Zoological Society of London to Sayers. See article file AF-21661 for corresponding article. 49pp.
Brown volume with gilt print. “Diary 1944” on cover
35pp.
Light brown and blue Boots “Scribbling Diary”
26pp.
Tan and green volume. Surridge, Dawson, and Co. Diary 1947
37pp.
Blue and grey volume. Letts Desk Diary 1948
35pp.
Blue and grey volume. Letts Desk Diary 1949
Includes an enclosure on May 12: letter from Patrick McLaughlin to Sayers regarding a meeting of the St. Anne's House Advisory Council. 33pp.
Blue and grey volume. Letts Desk Diary 1950
Includes an enclosure on November 30: letter dated November 24, 1950 from Wig Creations Ltd. to Sayers regarding a wig fitting for Mrs. Langley Moore's “fashion parade.” 40pp.
Blue hardcover volume with gilt print. “Letts Diary 1951” on cover
Includes an enclosure on October 29: letter from Christopher Christian dated October 6, 1951 about St. Anne's House. 53pp.
Blue and grey volume. Letts Desk Diary 1952
Includes an advertisement glued to July 9. 61pp.
Blue and grey volume. Letts Desk Diary 1953
Includes an advertisement glued to July 10. 62pp.
Blue and grey volume: W. Straker's Diary for 1954
48pp.
Blue hardcover volume with gilt print “Letts Diary 1955” on cover
Includes enclosures on January 8 for a meeting of the Somerville College Association of Senior Members, and a piece of scrap paper with some notes on October 2. 84pp.
Blue and grey volume. Letts Desk Diary 1956
Includes an advertisement glued to July 14. 65pp.
Blue and grey volume. Letts Desk Diary 1957
Included a Godolphin School Time Table from the Summer Term 1910, removed and placed in the Wade Center memorabilia collection. 56pp.