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Missing diaries

For those who may be sceptical of the chances of missing volumes of diaries turning up, a story from Tyne & Wear shows it does happen!

We have a collection of diaries of a doctor Thomas Giordani Wright, which originally comprised 12 volumes written between 1826 and 1831. Nine volumes - 1-7 and 11-12 -  were found in Nanaimo, Canada in 1985, possibly taken there by a grandson of Wright, and sent to us in 1990.

The diaries were transcribed and published by the Surtees Society in 2001, which brought them to the attention of a great great grandson of Wright living in Scotland, who just happened to have volume 8, now reunited with the rest.

We still live in hope of vols 9 and 10 turning up!

Liz Rees

 
Liz Rees
Senior Manager
Collections Management 
Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums
Discovery Museum
Blandford Square
Newcastle NE1 4JA
Tel: 0191 277 2241
Fax: 0191 230 2614
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