File S22A/4 - Diaries of Daniel Jones

Notebook containing diary of Daniel Jones for 1936, which describes his travels throughout Europe after being awarded the Mendelssohn Scholarship, a British and German award presented to young composers to facilitate their further studies. Daniel Jones's name and address written in his hand inside front cover. First entry dated 'Thursday Sept 24 1936'. The diary notes are interspersed with annotated pencil sketches of buildings and architectural features noted while travelling, together with sections of musical scores.
f. 43: reproduced photograph of the poet and writer Dylan Thomas, a close friend of Daniel Jones, as a very young man, taped to page.
f. 55: observations on Dylan Thomas's nascent poetic talent taken from a printed source, taped to page.
f. 55v: draft letter written in French to a [Monsieur] Pirretti and signed 'DJ'.
f. 71 poem in Daniel Jones's hand titled 'The Colloseum [sic], Rome Nov. 16th 1936'.
f. 81: notification of a piano recital by Leonard Morris, taken from the Radio Times, 9 October 1936, taped to page.
f. 90: observations on Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, taken from a printed source, taped to page.
Loose contents inserted into the volume comprise rough notes, a record of cheque payments, a traced map of a section of Europe and an untitled draft poem written on hotel notepaper.

Notebook containing diary of Daniel Jones describing his visit to the then Soviet Union in 1960. Some Russian (Cyrillic) script. 'DANIEL JONES' written in his hand on front and back covers and on flyleaf. Daniel Jones's name and address, partly in Russian (Cyrillic) script, written in his hand inside front cover. First entry reads: 'Saturday April 30th'. Calendars for 1958 and 1959 printed on back cover.