| RefNo | MS/870/1/15 |
| Level | File |
| Title | Diary of Sir (Alfred Charles) Bernard Lovell |
| Date | 23 August 1939-8 June 1944 |
| Description | Personal diary. Volume commencing with single-sided [recto] entries but restarting at the beginning (27 April 1943) on verso sheets. There is a brief entry at the commencement of the book headed "A note on the 'Manchester Period (1936-1939) (written at Perth in the 2nd month of the war)". Contains inserted material including: press cuttings, draft letters, blank specimen of 10 Downing Street stationery, loose diary entries and a later, undated commentary. With a list of theatre and cinema visits and books read on the end leaves. Signed on the opening page "A.C.B.Lovell |
| Extent | 1 volume |
| Format | Manuscript |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink on paper. Quarter bound in red cloth, green boards. Supplier's label on back board: "R.Groves, Stationer, 85 Old Market St., Bristol 2." |
| Dimensions | 225x176mm. |
| AccessStatus | Open |