Manuscript pocket diaries kept by Audrey Drew, of Streatham (London), from 1941 to 1945. The collection consists of six small, red notebooks, all but one bearing the insignia of Callender's Cable & Construction Company, where Drew worked. The notebooks are divided by year, with two for 1941, and individual ones for 1942, 1943, 1944, and 1945. The notebooks allow a few lines for each day, and have space for addresses, phone numbers, and other information in the back pages, which Drew has, in most cases, filled in with contact information for various individuals. Five of the notebooks contain primarily personal entries, while one records war news and air raids almost exclusively.
Subject Terms:
Drew, Audrey -- Diaries. | Drew, Doris. | Callender's Cable & Construction Company. | World War, 1939–1945 -- Personal narratives, British. | World War, 1939–1945 -- England -- London. | World War, 1939–1945 -- Aerial operations, German. | Opera -- England -- London. | Rationing -- Great Britain. | London (England) -- History -- Bombardment, 1940–1941. | London (England) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century.