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Series 2: Diaries, 1884-1916

Alfred Deakin's diaries, kept each year from 1884 to 1916, provide a succinct account of his daily activities. There is a tendency towards fuller entries in the later years. Two volumes were kept for 1887 and for 1890 (the large one for the latter year being used in part for his visit to India).
The series also contains Deakin's two 'travel diaries', being a daily account of his tour of America in 1885 and his visit in 1887 to the Colonial Conference in London. The diaries are based on letters that Deakin sent back to his family, which were transcribed and edited by his sister, Catherine Deakin.
Deakin's 'Crude index to the diaries' comprises brief diary entries for the years 1878 to 1913. It also contains several pages of reminiscences about Lord and Lady Dudley. 'The medley', one of the notebooks in Series 3, has similar abbreviated entries for the years 1876 and 1878 to 1883.
This series contains Items 2/1 - 2/39. These items have been digitised, and are available online through this finding aid.

 

Item 2/1 Diary, 1884-1885
Item 2/2 Diary, 1899
Item 2/3 Diary, 1884
Item 2/4 Diary, 1885
Item 2/5 Diary, 1886
Item 2/6 Diary, 1887
Item 2/7 Diary, 1887
Item 2/8 Diary, 1888
Item 2/9 Diary, 1889
Item 2/10 Diary, 1890
Item 2/11 Diary, 1890
Item 2/12 Diary, 1891
Item 2/13 Diary, 1892
Item 2/14 Diary, 1893
Item 2/15 Diary, 1894
Item 2/16 Diary, 1895
Item 2/17 Diary, 1896
Item 2/18 Diary, 1897
Item 2/19 Diary, 1898
Item 2/20 Diary, 1900
Item 2/21 Diary, 1901
Item 2/22 Diary, 1902
Item 2/23 Diary, 1903
Item 2/24 Diary, 1904
Item 2/25 Diary, 1905
Item 2/26 Diary, 1906
Item 2/27 Diary, 1907
Item 2/28 Diary, 1908
Item 2/29 Diary, 1909
Item 2/30 Diary, 1910
Item 2/31 Diary, 1911
Item 2/32 Diary, 1912
Item 2/33 Diary, 1913
Item 2/34 Diary, 1914
Item 2/35 Diary, 1915
Item 2/36 Diary, 1916
Item 2/37 'Crude index to the diaries'
Item 2/38 'Travel diary' from America, 1885
Item 2/39 'Travel diary' from England and Europe, 1887
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