Autograph book
Category
Ephemera
Date
Unknown
Materials
Measurements
232 x 196 x 35 mm
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 940650
Summary
Blue leather bound visitor book with gold lettering on the front 'Dunham Hall'. Inside it contains many signatures from both dignitaries and family, dating from 1908 through to 1957. Some of the entries have comments written by them. Entries of note are one written in 1938 in Arabic?, and the signatures of George VI and Queen Elizabeth in July 1946. In 1942 there is a comment that the entries relate to a visit from the head of the Russian trade delegation, and there is a later entry from a lieutenant of the Red Army. There are two single later entries in 1981 and 1985. There is a small newspaper cutting being used a s a bookmark that has handwritten comment as being from Manchester Evening Chronicle on 30.12.47, and titled The Dean looks at Russia.