Mrs Mary Vera (Mollie) Walker personal diaries

Previously accessioned as D3/6

A loose leaf diary detailing Mrs Walker's daily life including travel and personal routine. This item covers locations around London England.

Significant events are documented as follows:

  • Sanderstead Women’s Institute (WI) meeting 3 January 1935

  • meeting 11 January 1935

  • Under Secretary for Public Health waPerth regarding Aerial Medical Service (AMS), 11 January 1935

  • not appointed to AMS, Cloncurry 8 February 1935

  • The Associated Country Women of the World (ACWW) lecture ukOxford 14 February 1935

  • WD Walker presented to Court at Royal Levee 22 February 1935

  • requested to represent South Australian Country Women's Association (SA CWA) at 6th International Congress of Scientific Management in July 1935

  • request to join committee for British American Jubillee Ball reluctantly refused for want of finance 16 March 1935

  • Oranges and Lemons festival at St Clement Danes Church 29 March 1935

  • First meeting ACWW research standing committee, editorial country woman wireless 5 June 1935

  • appointed Speaker Secretary to ACWW 13 June 35

  • ukAscot Gold Cup Day 20 June 35



Detailed descriptions of industrial plant etc visited include:

  • Royal Observatory Greenwich 8 February 1935



References to photographs taken include:

  • Jubilee Week King’s drive to Westminster 9 May 1935

  • Indigo Jones Bridge Llanberis, Bettas-y-caed, Swallow Falls, lake scenery, 28 June 1935



Individuals, subject matter and locations noted include:

  • Mrs May Womens Institute [WI], president Sanderstead, Wyn 3 January 1935

  • Rhoda 8 January 1935

  • Mr and Mrs McCann, Mrs Drage, Mrs Watt, Mrs Scott 9 January 1935

  • Mrs Roberts, Mrs Hardy 10 January 1935

  • Miss Marian Boner, Mrs Eden 11 January 1935

  • Mr Stuart Smith, Mrs Hutchinson, Dr Kessler of Newark NJ 31 May 1935

  • Miss Willis, Mabel Huett, Sir T Dinbell, Mr Geoffery Keynes, Mr Tim Hogan, Mr Edney, Dr Mary Walker 8 Feburary 1935

  • Mr Stuart Smith 11 Feburary 1935

  • Miss Toynbee, Mrs James, Mrs Meymott, George Honlen 14 Feburary 1935

  • Violet, Mrs Mosley, Mrs George, Miss Olapon, Mrs Watts, Barroness Schroder, Lady Howard, Mrs Mebam, Mrs Pike 15 Feburary 1935

  • Mrs Walker McCann, Sheila Helpman, Robert Helpman, Mr and Mrs Barwell, Mr and Mrs George 17 Feburary 1935

  • DG Simpson, Harry Platt 18 Feburary 1935

  • Mrs Dolling 22 Feburary 1935

  • Wyn, Mrs Alexander, John ,Underdown, 7 March 1935

  • Mrs Watt 14 March 1935

  • Mrs George, Ron 15 March 1935

  • Marchoness of Reading, Dr Melloy, Dr Brunker, Dr Brown, Miss Willis, Dr Seymour, Dr Lendrum, Wyn 16 March 1935

  • Miss Goscomb, Gwen, Janet and Dick Watson, Arnold Mattus, Harrold Parsons, Rhoda, Mr Bryd 22 March 1935

  • Dr Holcomb, Dr Seymour 24 March 1935

  • Mrs de Garis 25 March 1935

  • Air Commodore Fellows (leader of flying over Everest expedition), Gen Goering, Mrs Blackall, Miss Winfred Christie, Mr McCann, Mr Butter 26 March 1935

  • Ron, Rhoda 28 March 1935

  • Dr Holcombe, Dr Lendrum, Mr Melloy, Dr Johnstone, Dr Colorin 31 March 1935

  • Miss Bowers, Mrs Bingham, Mrs Watt, Baroness Shroeds, Mrs .Gresham, Lady Elenor Cole 1 April 1935

  • Rhoda, 4 April 1935

  • Miss Willis, Mrs Smith, Dr Seymour, Dr Lendrum, Dr Holcomb 6 April 1935

  • Miss Hardy, Mrs Drage, Mrs John Buchan, Mrs Watts, Mrs Mackenzie, Lady Camph 11 April 1935

  • Mrs McCann, Mrs Butler, Mrs Bringham, Mrs Conaut, Rienhard Mendonge, Mrs Isieff 12 April 1935

  • Mrs Butcher, Mrs Evershed, Dr Dorothy Jorden, Mrs Bray, Mrs Tovey, Mrs Kennedy, Miss Gray, Maud West, Mrs Bonney, Mrs Okeefe, Mrs Bowker, Mrs Scanalan, Mrs ,Hannan, Uncle Jim, Aunty Nell, Lady Fitzgerald, Lady Howard, Mrs Tennant, Miss Kane, Mrs .Stevenson, Hodder Williams 9 May 1935

  • Aunty Nell, Mrs Zimmen, Baroness Schroder, Mrs Young, Mrs Heath, Mrs Pike, Mrs Watts, Mrs Drage, Lady Eleanor Cole, Mrs Howard Flynn, Mrs Lyons, Mrs John Buchan, Lady Oledisloe, Lady Tophane Suses, Mrs Carant, Lady Pentland, Mrs Culpin, Professor Millan Culpin, Mrs Wottwon, Mrs Esthe Thornporn 10 May 1935

  • Mrs Watt, Lord Ebbishain , Aunty Nell 11 May 1935

  • Aunty Nell, Mrs Clark, Guela Buslalo, Tauber, Dr Mary Walker 12 May 1935

  • Stuart Smith, Mrs Watt, Mr and Mrs Bruce, Mrs McCann, Aunty Ness, Mrs Drage, Miss Gardiner 13 May 1935

  • Mrs Stanley Wrench, Miss Bower 14 May 1935

  • Aunty Nell, Lady Denman, Mrs Ramobothair, Mrs Hurley, Mrs Timbs 15 May 1935

  • Mrs Drage, Mrs W George 16 May 1935

  • Webb-Johnson 17 May 1935

  • Miss Francis, Sir James and Lady Barnett, Mrs Norma Morie, Mrs Blackall, Aunty Nell 23 May 1935

  • Mrs Taylor Daileshine 24 May 1935

  • Rhoda 27 May 1935

  • Mrs Detnon, Mrs Stawson 28 May 1935

  • Ronnie, Mr And Mrs Lynch 29 May 1935

  • Rhoda 30 May 1935

  • Miss Francis, Aunty Nell, Mrs Menzies, Mrs Thorley, Mrs P Wilson, Lady Bunnham 30 May 1935

  • Miss Gray, Mr and Mrs Flynn, Aunty Nell 3 June 1935

  • Miss Macfee, Heilha Subert 5 June 1935

  • Rhoda, Mrs Stevenson regarding Country Women's Association (CWA), Mrs Nalian, Mrs Herbert Morrison 7 June 1935

  • Aunty Nell and Uncle Jim, Jenny Lind 8 June 1935

  • Dr Simpson, Uncle Jim, Mrs Simpsey, Mrs Seymour, Dr Mary Walker 11 June 1935

  • Mrs Coxton, Mrs Watt, Lady Campin 13 June 1935

  • Rhoda, Mrs Blackall, Aunty and Uncle Jim 14 June 1935

  • Rhoda 18 June 1935

  • Aunty Nell, Uncle Jim, Miss Budge, Mrs Blackall, Geoffrey, Professor Winifried Cullis, Mrs ,Wheaton, Mrs Linde Littlejohn, Mrs Risthdell, Miss Regina Evans 20 June 1935

  • Mrs Blackall 24 June 1935

  • Mrs Margrath, Aunty Nell, Uncle Jim 25 June 1935

  • Col Drage, Miss Amy Kane, Mrs Drage, Mrs Chester, Mrs Pareny Jones 26 June 1935

  • Mrs W Ellis, Mrs Greeves, Miss Kane, Mrs Drage, Miss Preece 28 June 1935

  • Mrs Drage, Rev. and Mrs Fletcher, Cicily, Sandy Learmouth and Jean Learmouth, Mr Graeves 29 June 1935

  • Mr Greaves, Miss Pughe Jones 30 June 1935

CreatorDr William Delano Walker
ControlAA 357/8/3/7
Date Range03 January, 1935  -  30 June, 1935
Quantity 0.1cm,    
FormatsDiaries
Series AA357/08