Gerard's Diaries

Gerard kept a diary from 1891 until he died in 1955 - but then his wife Violet took over, and kept it until she returned to England in 1965.

The diaries are (2024) being scanned - the easy bit ! - and perhaps at some stage they may be transcribed and added here.

But his diary for 1925 (when he was 54) was transcribed by his grandson Robin in 1993 (when HE was 54), and it can be downloaded from the Library.    I hope eventually to add more, but the priority is the scanning, for the scans can be spread around, and take up little room.

Gerard often would insert photographs, programmes, newspaper cuttings, etc., into his diary, and they are considered part of the record, so also scanned.

 priority is the scanning, for the scans can be spread around, and take up little room.

Those underlined & bold have been scanned. 
Those also in RED have been transcribed. 
If you want any, just ask.

1890    1891    1892    1893     1894     1895    1896     1897      1898     1899
1900    1901    1902    1903     1904     1905    1906     1907      1908     1909
1910    1911    1912    1913    1914    1915    1916     1917     1918    1919
1920    1921    1922    1923     1924     1925    1926    1927     1928    1929
1930    1931    1932    1933     1934     1935     1936     1937      1938    1939
1940    1941    1942    1943     1944     1945     1946     1947      1948    1949
1950    1951    1952    1953     1954     1955     1956    1957     1958    1959
1960    1961    1962    1963    1964     1965     1966     1967      1968    1969

The number after the year is the number of months that have been transcribed -
   - but NOT the fewer number uploaded to this WebSite.
If no number, the year has been scanned. but not transcribed.
If the year has "x", it has not yet been scanned.
If a year is on this WebSite, the year number is a Link to that Page, e.g. 1925.

If you would like to do some transcribing,
please conact us.

The Diaries he used had about 100 pages of advertisements at the beginning.  These have been scanned, but are not included here.  At the end of the Diaries were blank pages for "expenditure", etc. - these are included where they contain anything that he wrote; otherwise they were not scanned.

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