Identity area
Reference code
JCPP/Brittain/1/1956
Title
Frederick Brittain's Diary, 1956-1958
Date(s)
- 1956-1958 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 volume, paper
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
At the beginning of each year are lists of books read during that year.
The entries in this diary mainly cover his social life - people he socialised with, Rooster meetings and church services attended rather than details of his college work as in previous years.
1 May 1958 - Gave a dinner party in the Prioress's Room for the Dean of Ely.
5 May 1958 - Presided over the Anglo-Catalan Society's dinner in College.
5 August 1958 - E.M. Forster came to his sherry party.
2 February 1957 - Attended the enthronement of Noel Hudson as Bishop of Ely.