This section lists the collections which contain World War One diaries and notebooks.
Documents of daily life during World War One range from short, one-line descriptions of daily tasks to more detailed descriptions of events, scenery and personal attitudes. Some of these diaries have been digitisedand are accessible on UMA’s Digitised Items Catalogue using the author’s name or collection reference number as search term.
The following is a list of individual’s collections which contain diaries and notebooks, some of are available to read online:
- 2002.0019 BATTEN, E J (ERN) 1900-1943
- 1989.0062 BENJAMIN, OSWALD D. 1915-1917 (available online)
- 1979.0034 CHISHOLM, ALAN ROWLAND (1888-1981) 1917-1918 (available online)
- 1976.0074 DEANE, PERCIVAL EDGAR (1890-1946) 1906-1935
- 1963.0024 DERHAM, ALFRED PLUMLEY 1897-1962 (available online)
- 1976.0013 DISHER, Harold Clive (Strathfieldsaye Estate collection) available online
- 1994.0124 HUCK, EDWIN 1916-1918 (available online)
- 1981.0081 JONES, RAY 1915-1920
- 1972.0025 KEAST, W.R. 1914-1917 (available online)
- 1979.0133 MCCURE, ROLAND VIVIAN 1916-1979
- 1980.0146 PAPERS OF THE NEWTON AND STEPHEN FAMILIES 1817-1977 (diaries of Wilberforce Stephen Newton available online)
- 1963.0004 PAPERS OF SIR ALFRED EDWARD ROWDEN WHITE 1899-1962 (available online)
- 1978.0079 PAPERS OF OLIVER HOLMES WOODWARD 1884-1964 (available online)