Pvt Gurney's Black Notebook
Item
Title
Pvt Gurney's Black Notebook
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Identifier
7511.cpd
Creator
Gurney, Ivor (1890-1937)
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Abstract
A Black notebook inscribed 'Pvt Gurney 241282 / Gloucester', used by Ivor Gurney between November 1917 and January 1918, whilst Gurney was at Seaton Delaval, Northumberland on a signalling course. The diary includes some early drafts of poems, notes on the camp and military matters, sketches, lists, musical scores, addresses and sums. The rear cover of the book and following pages reveal a cigarette burn-like hole.
Date
November 1917-January 1918
Date Created
1917-11-01
Temporal Coverage
1918-01-03
Spatial Coverage
Seaton Delaval, England
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Source
Notebook
Medium
Paper
Format
Pencil
Type
Miscellaneous
number of pages
104
Contributor
Alisa Miller
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| Title | Alternate label | Class |
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 Signallers Thanksgiving |
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 Military notes |
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 Song of Urgency |
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 'Magnetism' notes |
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 Coded message |
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 Photographs / The Clown |
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 Dust |
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 To Puck |
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 Toasts and Memories |
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 The Battalion is Now On Rest |
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 Recompense |
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 Sentry |
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 The Plain |
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 Song ['My heart makes songs...'] |
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 Excursion / Companion - North-East Dugout / Nurses |
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 Hebridean |
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 The Miner |
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