Dr William Delano Walker personal diaries

CONTAINS RESTRICTED MATERIAL

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.

Photographs include:

  • model gibbet and pillory at Bakefield Museum 20 November 1934

  • budgerigars at Albourne 27 November 1934

  • St Johns on the Wall, the Corn Exchange, Bristol 1 December 1934



Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  • Camera, Bethnal Green Museum 28 October 1934

  • Dr Wakeley, gramaphone recordings of Australian Aboriginal people 29 October 1934

  • Dr Greenwood 30 October 1934

  • Elliot Smith, Dr McCabe 31 October 1934

  • preparing for new Glimpses of Australia and Australian Aboriginal people lectures 1 November 1934

  • Mr Briggs, Miss Goscomb, Dr Beattie, opals, radium ore, ruby, garnet for display at lectures 2 November 1934

  • Mary, Abbotsford Hotel, Miss Moncur, Dr Greenwood 3 November 1934

  • Charing Cross Hospital 4 November 1934

  • Turners, EK Martin, ukCheltenham, ukBedford 5 November 1934

  • St Paulls, Dr Irvine, Laming Evans 6 November 1934

  • Downs Hospital, Sutton, Dr Irwin, Dr Cordiner, Dr Swan 7 November 1934

  • Winsbury White, Dr Kirk, Dr Reeves, Dr Talbot, ff Dr Jones, Dr Hindmarsh, Dr Roberts, Dr Billy Hughes, Dr Jolly 8 November 1934

  • Mr Wootton, 'The Heart of Australia,' Hermannsburg, corroboree, Dr Asherson, Dr Beatty, Dr Wright, Tudor Edwards, Graeme Talbot 9 November 1934

  • British Legion, Mrs Bruce, Downs Hospital, Dr Maghaurin, Miss Dogherty, Dr Price, HSW, xrays 10 November 1934

  • 'Ginger and McClusky,' 'Journey's End,' Dr Brander 11 November 1934

  • Dr Irwin, Royal College of Surgeons (RCS), Dr Hughes, Dr Lambert, Dr Price, Dr Bernardo 13 November 1934

  • Winsbury White, Kenneth Walker 14 November 1934

  • caddy Hall, Lyons, Flying Doctor lecture, Esmond George, Zona Pilkes 15 November 1934. This item is restricted.

  • prepared for Glimpses of Australia and Australian Aboriginal lectures 16 November 1934

  • saCheltenham, Mr Baker, taxidermist 17 November 1934

  • Dr Rendell, Mr Gledhill, Thornbe's Chicken Hatcheries 18 November 1934

  • Mr Gibson, Mytholmroyd, Fielden's Picker Factory, Crossley's Carpet Factory, Greenwood's Ready to Wear Factory, ukHalifax, Mr Craven, Holdsworth's Mouquet Works, Mr Groom, Dr Garvie, Bolex cineprojector 19 November 1934

  • Mr Waterworth, Crossley's Carpet Factory, Mr Dyson, Mr Hay, the 'Old Gibbet,' Anthony Mitchell, John Wilkinson, Bankfield Museum, Mr Verity, the 'Piece Hall,' Gladhill's Time Indicator, Bradford Mechanic's Institute 20 November 1934

  • Dr Boyd, Hamstead General Hospital 21 November 1934

  • Edgeware, Dr Deacon, Readhill Hospital, Gledhill's Bomb Rack 22 November 1934

  • Dr Lee, Wapping, Mr Colley, Dr Mills, Gray's Inn Road, Royal College of Surgeons (RCS) 23 November 1934

  • Mr Biggs, Plumstead, Down's Hospital, ukOxford, Cothill House School, Major Pike 24 November 1934

  • Ron Lees, Mrs Sparrow, Dr Piercy 25 November 1934. This item is restricted.

  • Marine Hotel, Sunshine, Glimpses of Australia 26 November 1934

  • ukBrighton Museum, Miss Heath Clark, Mr Allen, Bignor, Old Roman Villa, Glimpses of Australia 27 November 1934

  • Royal Masonic School, Bushey, Glimpses of Australia and Flying Doctor lectures 28 November 1934

  • Prince George, Princess Marina wedding, Westminster Abby 29 November 1934

  • news clipping from the London Daily Express dated 29 November 1934, headline "The marriage of the Duke of Kent with princess Marina of Greece in Westminster Abbey"

  • Prof. Robertson, Merchant Venturer's Technical College, Bristol, Flying Doctor lecturer, Mrs Crooks, Wycliffe Well, Powell Creek, Billy McCoy 1 December 1934

  • Mayor of Bristol's procession, Bath, Mr Bladud, Beau Nash, Avon River 2 December 1934

  • Bromely, Glimpses of Australia lecture, Congregational Church Literary and Musical Soceity, Mrs Lochs 3 December 1934

  • Waterloo, Hindhead, Driggly, Group Captain Duck, Mr Wooton, Abbotsford Hotel, Flying Doctor lecture, Mr Gordon MacPherson 4 December 1934

  • Memorial Hall, Southend, Victoria Hotel 5 December 1934

  • Wolverhampton, Mr Dawson, Coultauld's Rayon Factory, Social and Literary Society, Flying Doctor lecture, Lydia, Birmingham 6 December 1934

  • Royal Masonic Hospital, Dr McKay, Dr Pacey 7 December 1934

  • Dr Reynolds, Dr McLeod 9 December 1934

  • Dragon Rapide, Imperial Airways, QANTAS, Sir Wilfred Grenfell, RL Westerfield 11 December 1934

  • Mr Briggs, Dr McKay, Mr Harris, Dr Patey, Dr Jaques Spira, St Thomas' Hospital, ukMayfair 12 December 1934

  • Mrs Arthur, Dr Spira 13 December 1934

  • Watkya Thomas, Dr Lee, Dr Spira, Shoreham 14 December 1934

  • Dr Williams, Bart's Hospital, Dr Murphy, Totenham 15 December 1934

  • Academy Cinema, German pathology, surgery and obstetric films, Mrs Blackall 17 December 1934

  • motor driving licence, Dr MacCormac, Dr Robinson, Katanning, George Anderson, Pt Elliot, Dr Sinclair, Dr Tudor Edwards, 'Lorna Doone,' St James Balham Hospital 18 December 1934

  • Totenham, Dr Murphy, Alfriston, Royal Empire Society (RES), Glimpses of Australia, Sir Hugh Denison, Sir Henry Barwell, HSW, 'Exploration and Travel Exhibition, Royal Photographic Society (RPS) 21 December 1934. This item is restricted.

  • Lilly and Skinners, James Alexander, Dr Brown, Alfreston, Lewis 22 December 1934

  • Esmond West, Hounslow, Oxted, Osmond Alexander, Violet Alexander, Renie Wright 24 December 1934

  • Dr Beston, Mrs Chas Letts, Warlingham, Dr Preston 25 December 1934

  • Mrs Hall Scott, Captain Scott, R101 26 December 1934

  • Hounslow, Dr Gammie, Mrs Meadowcroft, Laurence Abel, Princess Beatrice Hospital 27 December 1934. This item is restricted.

  • Miss Smith, Miss Thisstocllis 30 December 1934

  • Dr Meadowcroft, Dr Gammie 31 December 1934

  • Miss Prichard, Mrs Eccles, Mrs Cooper 1 January 1935. This item is restricted.

CreatorDr William Delano Walker
ControlAA 357/4/17/2
Date Range28 October, 1934  -  01 January, 1935
Quantity 1cm,    
FormatsNewspaper Clippings, Diaries
Series AA357/04