Dr William Delano Walker personal diaries

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A loose leaf diary detailing WD Walker's daily life including study, medical duties, travel and personal routine. This item covers locations around London (United Kingdom) and environs.

References to photographs taken include:

  • Doreen Kendle, Peggy Kendle, Alan Kendle, at Royal Northern Hospital 13 July 1932. This item is restricted.

  • RNH casulty ward and nursery 24 July 1932

  • flashlight of dinner party at RNH 30 July 1932

  • eight xray photographs of temporal bones 28 August 1932

  • Russell Square from RPS building roof, vegetable gardens on site of future University of London 31 August 1932



Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  • busy day in casualty, Dr Coleman, Dr Beattie 2 June 1932

  • Ham Bailey 3 June 1932

  • manufactured light for inspection of throat and tooth socket, Abbotsford Hotel, Mollie, Stella, Dateon 4 June 1932

  • John MacKenzie, Mrs Kirby, Horace 5 June 1932

  • Ted Sladen, Dr Gabriel, Royal Northern Hospital (RNH) 6 June 1932

  • Syd Krantz, Ted Sladen, Eric Price, Stan Wilson, Len Douglas, JP Hill, Nurse Liddy, Dr Jory, Dr Lane Roberts, Kenneth Walker, Dr Zamera, lemur, elephant, Mr Zunkerman, giraffe, Elliot Smith, Sir Peter Ch Mitchell, otter, Royal Anthropologic Institute (RAI), Prof. Sollas, RNH, British Medical Association (BMA), Izod Bennett, John MacKenzie, Mollie, 7 June 1932

  • Sr McCormack, Ebenezer Sawford, Joseph Knott, Dr Berrill, Dr Semon, Eric Price, Dr Gabriel, Mollie, Fellowship of Medicine 8 June 1932. This item is restricted.

  • Len Douglas 9 June 1932

  • Ham Bailey, seals, dog fish, Mollie, Ted Sladin, Dr Gabriel 10 June 1932

  • Len Douglas, Dr Gabriel, Elizabeth Gabriel, David Gabriel 11 June 1932

  • Eric Price, Mollie, Mrs Wilson 12 June 1932

  • tram crash, Mollie, Stella Dearton, Whitehall Theater, 'Gay Adventure,' Seymour Hicks, Marian Lornes 13 June 1932

  • McNeill Love, Lane Roberts, Mollie, 14 June 1932

  • busy in casulty 15 June 1932

  • Ivor Jelliman, Brenda Goosey, Malcolm Scott, Sim Newland, Ham Bailey, Bobby Parker 16 June 1932. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Gabriel 17 June 1932

  • Ted Sladen, Dr Coleman, Horace, Gilbert G Panter 18 June 1932

  • Whipsnade zoo, Mollie, Sir peter Chalmers Mitchell, John Flynn, Brisbane Courier, Prof. Jamieson, Aerial Medical Service (AMS) 19 June 1932

  • casulty statistics for RNH for past six months 29 June 1932

  • Carshalton Orthopdic Hospital, John MacKenzie, polio myelitis, Dr Trehearn 21 June 1932

  • bleeding gums 22 June 1932

  • Dr Soner, Abbotsford Hotel, Mollie, Stella Dearton, Sir Walford Davies 23 June 1932

  • Kenneth Walker, Doug MacKay, Syd Krantz, Ted Fornty, Mollie, 24 June 1932

  • busy in casulty 25 June 1932

  • fragilitas ossium, Doreen Kendle, Peggy Kendle, Alan Kendle, Ivor Jelliman, Brenda Goosey, Mollie, 26 June 1932. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Norrish, Mollie, 27 June 1932

  • Mrs Kirby, Mollie, Stella Dearton, Dr Lane Roberts, Ted Sladen, Dr Jory 28 June 1932

  • Miss Gurney, Dr Barnardo 29 June 1932

  • baby in park doing well 30 June 1932

  • fragilitas ossium, blood testing, Miss Moore, Horace, Dr Coleman, Len Douglas, Dr Barnbardo, Miss Smith, Ted Sladin 1 July 1932 This item is restricted.

  • Mollie, Abbotsford Hotel, Stella Dearton 2 July 1932

  • Stella Dearton, Mollie, Peter Dawson, Fred Williamson, Clara Serena 3 July 1932

  • Mollie, fragilitas ossium, BMA library, RNH 4 July 1932

  • Ham Bailey, McNeill Love, 5 July 1932

  • fragilitas ossium, Miss Pimble, Royal Free Hospital (RFH), Doreen Kendle, St Barts Hospital, xrays, Mollie, Ted Sladen, Miss Moore 7 July 1932 This item is restricted.

  • Eric Price, Mollie, Dr Kersley, fragilitas ossium 8 July 1932 This item is restricted.

  • busy casulty 9 July 1932

  • Joe Lindly, Hamilton Russell, Anne MacKenzie, Medical Journal of Australia (MJA), Lister 10 July 1932

  • Mrs Dickinson, Stella Deaton, Mollie, Dr Goullesborough 12 July 1932

  • fragilitas ossium, Doreen Kendle, Peggy Kendle, Alan Kendle, Dr Semon, Billy MacDougall (WD Walker fundraiser in Adelaide) 13 July 1932. This item is restricted.

  • Dr Saner, Dr .Barrington-Ward, fragilitas ossium, Mollie, Mrs Wilson, Stella Deaton, Zona, Hippodrome, 'Nurses Tickets,' 14 July 1932

  • Ted Sladen, Kaye Don, 'Miss England 111' 15 July 1932

  • Abbotsford Hotel, Mollie, 16 July 1932

  • Stella Dearton, RPS 17 July 1932

  • Dr Gabriel 18 July 1932

  • weekly casualty lists for RNH Dr Sladen, WD Walker, Eric Price for 17-23 July 193. Printing by Wilding and Son Ltd Shrewsbury

  • RNH letterhead relating to Mrs EE Wilkerson's hospital account claim. Reverse diary notes, strawberry season and notes relating to special trains run for London deliveries 20 July 1932

  • blotter headline 'Palatinoids in Opotherapy' supplied by Oppenheimer, Son and Co Ltd London (contents include thyroid gland and pituitary gland

  • news clipping The Times dated 23 July 1932 headed 'The royal garden party at Buckingham Palace' featuring a crowd photograph with the 'royals' Marked in red pencil. Reverse headlines include Children's Country Holidays fund sponsored by AA Milne, details of the garden party fashions and attendees

  • Dr Trethowan 19 July 1932

  • Stella Deaton to Royal Garden party, Col Blackham, Sir Wm Sowden, Lady Sowden 21 July 1932

  • Len Douglas, Eric Price, Jimmie Moore, Dr Coleman, Dr Paton, Dr Price, Dr Thomas, Miss Legerton Smith, Horace Horwitz, Ted Sladen 23 July 1932

  • pencil notes regarding lecture by Col Blackham titled 'Reminiscences of a soldier surgeon'

  • fragilitas ossium 24 July 1932

  • BMA centenary, Mollie, RNH, Francis Sandwith, Freemasonry, Motherland Lodge 25 July 1932

  • Dr Hope, BMA, Lord Dawson, Sir John Weir, Ed Mellanby, Prof. Parsons, Izod Bennett, HA Harris, Donald Hunter, Dr Collip, Mrs Ed Mellanby, Levy Simson, Robert Hutchison, fragilitas ossium, Julia Bell 27 July 1932

  • BMA, Dr Gabriel, Dr Semon, centenary celebration, Lord Dawson, Lord Monihan, Prof. Newland 28 July 1932

  • Prof. Parsons, BMA conference, Pathology Museum, Reginald Bick, Sir Wm Wheeler, Prof. Burgess, Roscoe Brown, Zachary Cope, Prof. Patterson, Emily Lewis, Prof. Milligan, Prof. de Quervain, Prof. Mistra. Gray Turner, Eric Price 29 July 1932

  • news clipping the London Times dated 27 July 1932 headline 'A Century of Medicine. The conquest of disease' portions underlined in blue and red pencil. Other headlines 'A Centenary exhibition. Appliances, drugs and literature.' Reverse details of mail and shipping

  • Dr Hope, fragilitas ossium, Dr Platt, Dr Trethowan, Dr Gabriel, Robert Jones, Hey Groves, Mr Kendle, Miss Moore, Mr Paton, Len Douglas, Eric Price, Mable (waitress), statistics of RNH cases dealt with during 9 months service 30 July 1932

  • 'Intimate Relations,' Sr Littlewood 1 August 1932

  • Abbotsford Hotel 2 August 1932

  • blotter advertisement for 'Theominal, vaso-dilator and antispasmodic,' 'The important factor in causing high blood pressure is emotion' sponsored by 'Bayer'

  • two small sheets of pencil notes relating to August diary

  • very brief diary notes dated 26 July to 11 August 1932

  • fragilitas ossium, Dr Hope, Doreen Kendle 28 August 1932

  • the Express, the Telegraph, Mollison, RCS, Dr Gabriel, Ham Bailey 29 August 1932

  • RNH, Lane Roberts, Miss Clark, Lady Sowden, AMS, Mr Blacklock 30 August 1932

  • Mr Blacklock, RPS exhibition, kookaburra, bull seal, lizard, camels, waimingu, money borrowed against insurance policy, 600 pounds paid in exchange since arrival in 1929 31 August 1932

CreatorDr William Delano Walker
ControlAA 357/4/14/2
Date Range02 June, 1932  -  31 August, 1932
Quantity 1cm,    
FormatsNewspaper Clippings, Diaries, Indexes
Series AA357/04