{"id":349,"date":"2016-05-14T09:20:36","date_gmt":"2016-05-14T09:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dev.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/?page_id=349"},"modified":"2024-05-06T22:57:56","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T22:57:56","slug":"the-collection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/index.php\/community-links\/clubs-societies\/history-group\/projects\/doreens-diary\/about-the-project\/the-collection\/","title":{"rendered":"The Collection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<table id=\"tablepress-8\" class=\"tablepress tablepress-id-8 tbody-has-connected-cells\">\n<tbody>\n<tr class=\"row-1\">\n\t<td rowspan=\"2\" class=\"column-1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doreen-Portrait-BW-Square.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doreen-Portrait-BW-Square-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Doreen - Portrait (B&amp;W) Square\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doreen-Portrait-BW-Square-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doreen-Portrait-BW-Square-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doreen-Portrait-BW-Square-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.leekwoottonandguyscliffe.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Doreen-Portrait-BW-Square.jpg 1316w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/td><td class=\"column-2\">DOREEN&#8217;S DIARY:<br \/>\nThe life of an indomitable woman in Warwickshire during World War II<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr class=\"row-2\">\n\t<td class=\"column-2\">Contact: <a href=\"mailto:info@doreensdiary.org.uk\">info@doreensdiary.org.uk<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<!-- #tablepress-8 from cache -->\n\n<nav class=\"is-responsive items-justified-center 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Hubsite<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><\/nav>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"Normal-C1\">Along with the diary itself, Doreen\u2019s family has lodged a large quantity of papers and related documents at Warwickshire County Record Office (WCRO) for safe-<wbr>keeping.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"Normal-C1\">These include:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span class=\"Normal-C1\">Letters (including: from her parents in Ceylon during her school days; around the time of her engagement and marriage in 1934; wartime correspondence and relating to Gilbert\u2019s disappearance and; post-war correspondence)<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"Normal-C1\">Press clippings and memorabilia relating to Doreen\u2019s pre-war sporting achievements <\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"Normal-C1\">Cards and ephemera<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span class=\"Normal-C1\">Examples of her art and design work<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"Normal-C1\">The collection remains in the ownership of the family, but will remain at the WCRO for a minimum of 10 years after the end of the project.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span class=\"Normal-C2\">Archiving the collection<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"Normal-C1\">The HLF grant included an allowance to have the collection professionally catalogued and added to the WCRO online catalogue, to reach a local, national and worldwide audience and to enable others to utilise and research the collection.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span class=\"Normal-C1\">The catalogue is now available to view on line (CR 4356). &nbsp;It contains over 1,500 separate catalogue references and includes letters, photographs, diaries, art &amp; design work and materials, and medals.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n<table id=\"tablepress-9\" class=\"tablepress 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