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