| Churchill/BULL contains: |
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| 1 |
Diaries and sketch books |
| 2 |
Diaries with correspondence, cuttings etc |
| 3 |
Diaries with correspondence, cuttings etc |
| 4 |
Diaries with correspondence, cuttings etc |
| 5 |
Diaries with correspondence, cuttings etc |
| 6 |
Pocket diaries of Sir William Bull |
| 7 |
Diaries of Lilian, Lady Bull |
| 8 |
Private correspondence |
| 9 |
Early letters and miscellaneous items |
| 10 |
Parliamentary reminiscences |
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The Papers of Sir William Bull
| Title |
Diaries and sketch books |
| Reference |
BULL 1 |
| Covering Dates |
1876–1889 |
| Extent and Medium |
12 files |
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| Churchill/BULL 1 contains: |
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1
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Diary and sketch book. With pages of original diaries and letters bound in.
1 item. |
1876–1879 |
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2
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Diary and sketch book. Including letters and cuttings. Mainly local and family affairs but also comment on politics and events of the day, e.g. death of Disraeli; illustrated account of visit to Dover; sketch of Bull advancing up the 'Ladder of Life'.
1 item. |
1880–1881 |
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3
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Diary and sketch book. Including letters. Mainly social and family news, including description of trip to Holland and Germany and of a visit to the novelist Charles Reade.
1 item. |
1882 |
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4
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Diary and sketch book. Including letters, theatre programmes, press cuttings and copies of Law Students' magazine; mainly describing church socials, concerts, river outings, picnics, dances, some legal cases, family gossip, and illustrated account of family holiday at Cromer in Norfolk.
1 item. |
1883 |
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5
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Diary and sketch book. Including letters and press cuttings; mainly social, family and legal matters, theatre and concert visits, dances, river outings and account of Bull's 21st birthday. Article inserted, written in 1925, which describes this period of Bull's life and his joining Birkbeck College as a student.
1 item. |
1884–1925 |
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6
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Diary and sketch book. Including letters and cuttings; largely social and interspersed with accounts of his legal cases; includes cuttings about adoption of General Goldsworthy as Conservative M.P. for Hammersmith and Bull's experiences electioneering for him; character sketches of family and lady friends.
1 item. |
1885 |
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7
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Diary and sketch book. Mainly social gossip but including material about Bethnal Green Ragged School where Bull did voluntary teaching; including reference to William Morris, 'the poetic socialist'; copies of The United Law Students' Magazine of which Bull was editor; programmes of Birkbeck Debating Society; account, with press cutting, of visit to House of Commons to hear debating of Irish Separation Bill; descriptions of Trooping of the Colour, of opening of Putney Bridge, and of various expeditions on the Thames.
1 item. |
Jan 1886-June 1886 |
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8
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Diary and sketch book. Incorporating letters and cuttings. Mainly social and family events, picnics, Sunday School outings, sailing expeditions, trip to Weymouth [with illustrations from gazeteer]; bicycle ride to Lulworth; trip to Portland; theatre and concert programmes, and entries about his legal work.
1 item. |
Jul 1886-Dec 1886 |
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9
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Diary and sketch book. Including inserted letters, cuttings, and theatre programmes. Includes photograph and account of visit to HMS Conway; of trips to Ely, Bury St Edmunds, Colchester and around Suffolk; visit to Sevenoaks and Knole; picnics and expeditions on the Thames; Queen's Jubilee festivities; cuttings of Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at the American Exhibition; trip to Plymouth in SS Countess of Dublin and holiday and Cornwall and Devon; accounts of enrolment of Special Constables [with cuttings].
1 item. |
1887 |
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10
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Diary and sketch book. Mainly family and legal matters with some letters, cuttings and theatre programmes bound in; includes descriptions of Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race, the Derby, the Oaks, visit to British Museum and inspection of new shelving [with sketch], visits to school ship HMS Conway [with sketches of cadets] and family holiday to Hastings, Folkestone and France.
1 item. |
1888 |
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11
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Diary. Incorporating letters, cuttings, theatre programmes. Includes a description of an operation in King's Hospital; polling for London County Council and Bull's successful campaign to get the Conservative candidate, Arter, elected; legal studies; theatre outings; University Boat Race; party given by the Arters on their houseboat; expedition to Lewes to search parish registers for ancestors; visit to soldier brother at Folkestone; voyage to Henley on Arters' houseboat.
1 item. |
Jan 1889-Jun 1889 |
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12
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Diary and sketch book. Includes accounts of Henley Regatta [illustrated], Cowes Week, Naval Review at Spithead and visit of German Emperor [with maps, charts, programmes, and other documents]; visit to Paris to see Paris Exhibition, including climbing the Eiffel Tower and seeing can-can dancers in the Jardin de Paris; visit to Windsor Castle; Conservative Conference at Nottingham; comments on local Hammersmith politics and general affairs; comments on Lord Rosebery.
1 item. |
Jul 1889-Dec 1889 |
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