CollectionVictorian Papers, Main Series
ReferenceVIC/MAIN/QAD
TitleEngagement Diaries of Queen Alexandra
Date1873-[1999]
DescriptionPrinted 'Calendars' with brief manuscript entries for morning and evening, kept for the Queen by her Lady-in-Waiting, Charlotte Knollys. The volumes for 1874, 1875, 1878, 1881 and 1920 are missing. The volumes occasionally include ephemera such as newspaper cuttings, travel guides and maps, postcards, dried flowers, itineraries, drawings, race cards and theatre and concert programmes. The collection also includes a typed list of hospitals and institutions visited by Queen Alexandra during the First World War (1914-1918).
LanguageEnglish
Extent46 volumes and 1 typescript document
Access ConditionsAvailable for research
LevelSeries
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