| Collection | Victorian Papers, Main Series |
| Description | These 13 volumes contain the typed transcript of the first 28 original journals made for Lord Esher, the first Keeper of the Royal Archives, covering the period from 1832 to February 1840 when Queen Victoria married Prince Albert. This transcript was made without the knowledge of Princess Beatrice, and it extends by two and a half years the period for which the text of the original journals survives. Lord Esher used these volumes as the basis for his two volume book, 'The Girlhood of Queen Victoria', published in 1912. (Passages quoted in this book are indicated by a purple line in the margins of the Journals.) |