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File of diaries belonging to Theodora Trench.

From 1917 until 1919 Theodora volunteered as Chauffeuse with the Red Cross's Voluntary Aid Detachment. Throughout the early diaries she writes about her experiences resulting from this volunteer work and the responsibilities she was required to carry out. Examples of such entries include one she wrote on 18 January 1918 she writes 'Evacuation 4.45 am breakfast 4.15. Cleaned engine a little. 1.30 went to Richmond football match & Austin lunchtime.' Another example includes an entry from 12 January 1919 'On duty all day (night duty) inspection 11.30'.
Theodora also uses the diaries to record her her daily life. On 5 February 1921 she records attending a concert, 'Concert Albert Hall (Samson & Delilah)' and on 23 may 1922 she writes about going to the Chelsea Flower show 'S & I went to Chelsea Flower Show. Very hot & [humid] but beautiful flowers...'.

Two letters from Frances Cashel Hoey to her mother Charlotte Jane Johnston, reporting on her brother Dalkeith Holmes Plunkett-Johnston's condition after being bitten by a rabid patient.

Three letters from Fanny Kerr at 5 South Terrace, Dorchester, Dorset, to her sister-in-law Alice Ann Lamb.

"How to Prepare a Family Pedigree" issued to Doctor Francis William Lamb by the Eugenics Society at 20 Grosvenor Gardens, London, England.

Diary written by Benjamin Bloomfield Trench which documents his wife's death. Within the diary Benjamin records her last words, visits from her family, breaking the news to his daughters and her funeral.

One exchange Benjamin recorded shows that Dora Trench knew her death was imminent 'When I came upstairs after dinner she said. "Come & sit near me, we shall not have more evenings together' I asked if she felt worse or had been in pain. She said "No I feel my end is near".'

Diaries and notebooks belonging to Dora Trench née Turnor.
Dora’s diary documents her life at Stoke Rochford Hall, Lincolnshire, and at the family’s London home at Chesham Place, Belgravia, London.
The diaries chronicle her struggles with asthma, her family tragedies, her marriage, her children and her every day life.

Postcard of the Presence Chamber of Windsor Castle, Berkshire, England.

Postcards from "Shakespeare's England" at Earl's Court, London. Printed by WH Smith and Son, printers and advertising agents, 53-55 Fetter Lane, London. Souveniers of Dalkeith Holmes Plunkett-Johnston and his wife Maria Blanche Plunkett-Johnston, latter passed on to their daughter Constance Lamb.

Letter from Nora Schmidt at Burton Vicarage, North Carnforth, Westmoreland, England, to Reverend Adam Lamb at Julianstown Rectory, Drogheda, County Louth.

Five early twentieth-century photographs of scenes from around Dorchester.