Diary of Medical Officer, W. Wilson attached to the Ulster Division of the British Army
Overview
The author of this diary has been tentatively identified as William James Wilson (1879-1954), who later became Professor of Public Health at Queen's University, Belfast. Diary contains information about Wilson's daily life: conversations, entertainments, scenery. Little on medical matters. Literary and emotional reflections. Local battlefront news: tanks, flying. Irish and general political and war-news. Last entry: "Hun offensive started...Had lunch at Camiers...There will be few more chances of these Jaunts for a while now..." followed by many blank pages.
Dates
- Creation: November 1917-March 1918
Creator
- Wilson, William James, 1879-1954 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
No access restrictions.
Conditions Governing Use
Spencer Library staff may determine use restrictions dependent on the physical condition of manuscript materials.
Extent
1 volume : Binding: Marbled paper exercise-book with black cloth spine. Printed list of types of battle-wounds, apparently to be used when filling up forms. Begins: "1. Wounds of the head--". Cut up and pasted on reverse.(4p) "W. Wilson. Etaples. '16" written on back pastedown in author's hand.
Language of Materials
English
Scope and Contents
Incipit: "November 17th 1917. And the first day of my writing in my new book--as Pepys would say..." Colleagues: Tommy Houston, Hay, Jackson, Butterworth, Paterson, McCloy, Thompson, Col. Ballance, Col. Barclay, Major Hope, Gen. Carr, Coe, ... Visitors: Gen. Bertchauld, R.M. Beath, Gen. Stogell, McLaughlin, Fleming, Colebrook, Almroth Wright...
Physical Location
MS C252
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Peter Eaton Booksellers, 1977.
- Title
- Guide to W. Wilson's World War I Diary Collection
- Subtitle
- Diary of Medical Officer, W. Wilson attached to the Ulster Division of the British Army
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by alh, 1978; revised by ksc, 2006 and 2007. Finding aid encoded by skt, 2006.
- Date
- 2006
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- Finding aid written in English.
- Finding aid permalink
- http://hdl.handle.net/10407/4675767952
- Preferred citation
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W. Wilson's World War I Diary, Department of Special Collections, MS C252, Kenneth Spencer Research Library, University of Kansas Libraries
Repository Details
Part of the University of Kansas. Kenneth Spencer Research Library Repository