Typescript in ring binder 250x220mm headed 'Indian Diary 1952 (confidential) by Max Lock'. Details his 1952 India/Ceylon tour.

Text marked in pencil [indicating sections for publication?].

Two travel diaries in one volume.

First diary is entitled 'Switzerland: my first visit May 20- June 10 1905. Copied from letters sent home to my father and sister'. As well as handwritten text, numerous postcards have been stuck into the pages, alongside a few original photographs and press cuttings. The photographs include other people in the tour, and are sometimes named.

The second diary is titled 'The story of a weekin Lucerne with my dear father in July 1909 with only later 'Memorable Moments' at Montreux & Chamonix: my second visit to Switzerland [re-copied from my letters home]'. This diary is much shorted but also has postcards stuck intot he pages.

Loose-leaf pages attached to a hardback cover by a metal fastening.

Diary and letter written by Arthur Walter Carter (1852-1929) during a visit to the Columbian World Fair in Chicago in 1893 on a group tour organised by the Polytechnic.

The diary starts on Saturday June 3rd 1893 and ends on Thursday 6th July 1893. Entries describe the sea voyage as a 2nd class passenger from Southampton to New York, sight-seeing in New York, travelling by train within America, attending a Presidential reception in Philadelphia, as well as visiting the World’s Fair in Chicago, then onwards to Niagara Falls before journeying home. There is some social commentary including class differences on board the "New York" ship, transport infrastructure in the US, temperance, the treatment of Black Americans, the slaughterhouse, Armour & Co., language differences between American and British English, Rev. Moody's mass preaching.

The diary is a black cardboard bound lined notebook comprising 118 pages of ink manuscript. Inserted into the diary are various leaflets: a pasted-in map of Chicago with notable sites, leaflet from The Polytechnic outlining the tour, the ships programme of entertainment, tickets, an extract from the out-going voyage ‘S.S. New York Gazette’, a leaflet for the Cave of the Winds at Niagara, the Saloon Passenger List for the return journey, and a leaflet for American Line Steamers. Loose are leaflets about the Pennsylvanian and New York Central Railroads as well as a map and guide of the Niagara State Reservation.

The loose leaf letter begins dated June 3rd 1893, New York, and continues to chronicle the events of the trip over 72 pages with dated notes through to Tuesday July 4th. The letter is not addressed to a named individual but is written as if to a recipient, ending abruptly (possibly indicating that later pages are missing). It appears to be written in the same hand as the diary with some duplication of phrasings. The letter is written on lined airmail paper and has been folded, but it is unclear if the letter was posted from the US.

In addition to the 1893 material, there is a biographical note about Carter, a partial transcript of the diary and notes and correspondence (c2000) which appear to refer to an intention to publish the diary.

Edited by I Glover and R Griffiths, illustrations by David Burn and Jim Laws, typing by Estelle Hedge and Christine Munden. Contents include: a foreword by Sir Eric Richardson; map of college buildings; a message from the student union president Roger Beavil (photograph); notes from retiring president Owen Spencer-Thomas (photograph); introductions to and photographs of the presidents of the athletics union Roger Griffiths, deputy president of the students union Kalinsky Gupta, external vice-president Justin Labinjoh, social vice-president Stephen Langley, lady vice-president Mika Kalokerinou, Lady representative on the athletic union Jane Fleming Jones (annotated Joan Hunter-Dunne), secretary Ian Glover, treasurer Hugh Mant, permanent secretary Estelle Hedge; student life in London; student facilities and college information; halls of residence; cinemas; bookshops; where to eat; where to drink; external affairs (United Nations Student Associations, National Union of Students); Treasurer report and Budget; Dance dates; Athletics Union and sports facilities; Clubs and Societies (Afro-Asian, L'Association Internationale des Etudiants n Sciences Economiques et Commerciales, Architectural, Athletics, Badminton, Basketball, Billards and Snooker, Boxing, Car, Catholic, Chess, Christian Union, Cricket, Debating, Economics, Economic History, Engineering, Fencing, Film, Folk, Football, Gliding, Hockey, Jazz, Jewish, Judo, Mountaineering, Music, netball, Political Science, Polymuse, Riding, Rowing, Rugby, Socialist, Social Science, squash, Student Players, Student Societies Administration Working Party, Sub Aqua, Swimming, Table Tennis, West One).

The publication also includes a large number of advertisements relating to student services (e.g. Banking) or career opportunities. The advertisers are listed in an index at the back of the volume.