MANUSCRIPT
Goldsbrough, Diana, 1915-2012 : Travel journals
- Date
- 1937-1940
- By
- Goldsbrough, Diana Evelyn Gibson, 1915-2012
- Reference
- MS-Group-2228
- Description
Collection comprises 51 travel notebooks written by Doris Goldsbrough (nee Craig) to send home to her family while living in London during her OE in 1939-1940. They contain an account of her sea voyage to England and of her activities in London and her vists to various parts of the country. Also British Actors' Equity Association card, photographic print of a page from her passport of 1937 and printouts of scanned portrait photographs provided by family in 2013.
Source of title - Supplied by Library
New Zealand actress. Went to England in 1938 to study drama. Member of the British Actors' Equity Association.
Quantity: 52 folder(s). 0.52 Linear Metres.
Physical Description: Mss
Provenance: Donor/Lender/Vendor - Donated by the Goldsbrough family, Wellington, Jul 2013
- Access restrictions
- No access restrictions
- Format
- 52 folder(s), 0.52 Linear Metres, Manuscripts, Mss
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Travel journal
Date: 4-13 Mar 1938
From: Goldsbrough, Diana, 1915-2012 : Travel journals
Reference: MS-Papers-11526-05
Description: `The doings of Doris from Toulon to Tilbury (hence ended the first episode of the saga)' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol). Physical Description: Ms
Travel journal
Date: 30 May-12 Jun 1938
From: Goldsbrough, Diana, 1915-2012 : Travel journals
Reference: MS-Papers-11526-10
Description: `Doings of Doris in which she goes to Glasgow and visits the Empire Exhibition' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol). Physical Description: Ms
Travel journal
Date: 14-21 Sep 1938
From: Goldsbrough, Diana, 1915-2012 : Travel journals
Reference: MS-Papers-11526-21
Description: `Yours truly in Devon, Dorset and London. This chapter being entiled the end of a perfect holiday or back to the nicest grindstone ever known' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol). Physical Description: Ms
Travel journal
Date: 28 May-8 Jun 1939
From: Goldsbrough, Diana, 1915-2012 : Travel journals
Reference: MS-Papers-11526-42
Description: `In which I see lots of plays, spend a weekend at Beaconsfield and attend the Theatrical Garden Party' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol). Physical Description: Ms
Travel journal
Date: 7-14 Feb 1938
From: Goldsbrough, Diana, 1915-2012 : Travel journals
Reference: MS-Papers-11526-02
Description: `The doings of Doris, Fremantle to Colombo' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol). Physical Description: Ms
Travel journal
Date: 4-18 May 1938
From: Goldsbrough, Diana, 1915-2012 : Travel journals
Reference: MS-Papers-11526-08
Description: `Being first impressions of the Webber-Douglas School, a visit to Oxshott, to Cambridge and Ely and an excursion into Kent Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol). Physical Description: Ms
Travel journal
Date: 8-17 Aug 1938
From: Goldsbrough, Diana, 1915-2012 : Travel journals
Reference: MS-Papers-11526-18
Description: `Still at Lingfield, having a vastly pleasant holiday in which we experience a minor flood' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol). Physical Description: Ms
Travel journal
Date: 16-21 Feb 1938
From: Goldsbrough, Diana, 1915-2012 : Travel journals
Reference: MS-Papers-11526-03
Description: `Doings of Doris from Colombo to Aden' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol). Physical Description: Ms
Travel journal
Date: 13-20 Jun 1938
From: Goldsbrough, Diana, 1915-2012 : Travel journals
Reference: MS-Papers-11526-11
Description: `Doings of Doris in which, among other things she goes to Stratford-Upon-Avon' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol). Physical Description: Ms
Travel journal
Date: 29 Aug-7 Sep 1938
From: Goldsbrough, Diana, 1915-2012 : Travel journals
Reference: MS-Papers-11526-20
Description: `Well - who do you think? In which the scene of action changes from Lingfield to Dorset' Quantity: 1 folder(s) (1 vol). Physical Description: Ms