Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/26

Date:

1955 (creation)

Description:

Diary. Subjects covered include: private meetings with Ian Jacob at the BBC; National Provincial Bank business; United Nations Association meetings; Suez Canal Company business; BBC Board of Governors meetings and policy discussions, including remarks on audience research and the BBC's relationship with the government and the Independent Television Authority; religious programming; arrangements for the installation of television transmitters at Crystal Palace; the BBC's role during the newspaper maintenance workers' strike; an account of Cadogan's conversation with Lord Reith about the decline of deference on the BBC; the preservation of BBC impartiality, and the negotiation of the "closed fortnight" or "fourteen-day-rule". Also includes comments on leisure pursuits such as gardening and the introduction of Scrabble; visits to art galleries, concerts, and theatre in London; and various social engagements, including a meeting and invitation from Margot Fonteyn.

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/27

Date:

1956 (creation)

Description:

Diary. Subjects covered include: private meetings with Ian Jacob at the BBC; National Provincial Bank business; private meetings with Foreign Office officials including Ivone Kirkpatrick; United Nations Association meetings; Suez Canal Company business, including news of crisis and responses to nationalisation by Gamal Abdel Nassar; BBC Board of Governors meetings and policy discussions, including remarks on the BBC's relationship with the government, competition with commercial television, and audience research and viewing figures; Cadogan's response to the production of new talk show "Is This Your Problem?"; negotiations over BBC editorial responsibility in the case of Kathleen Bliss's "Fundamental Debate" project on the philosophy of religion; and Cadogan's sittings for his portrait by Duncan Grant. Also includes comments on leisure pursuits such as watching television and gardening; the progress of Cadogan's lessons in painting; visits to art galleries, concerts, and the cinema, and various social engagements.

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/28

Date:

1957 (creation)

Description:

Diary. Subjects covered include: private meetings with Ian Jacob at the BBC; National Provincial Bank and Phoenix Assurance Company business; comments on Anthony Eden's resignation and the formation of a new Cabinet; Suez Canal Company business; BBC Board of Governors meetings and policy discussions, including remarks on the BBC's General Advisory Council and relationship with the government, the future of sound broadcasting, and the White Paper on changes to BBC overseas information services; difficulties with BBC Governors, especially with Thelma Cazalet-Keir; Cadogan's visits to BBC studios, including a viewing of a film on the fashion collection at Eridge Museum hosted by Doris Langley Moore; negotiations over the reorganisation of the Third Programme and Network Three, and Cadogan's meetings and correspondence with members of the Third Programme Defence Society, including Peter Laslett, Vaughan Williams, Laurence Olivier, and T. S. Eliot; notes on an exhibition including Cadogan's paintings at the Royal Institute of Oil Painters; Cadogan's response to the controversy surrounding Malcolm Muggeridge's criticism of the British monarchy; and Cadogan's perspective on negotiations with the Treasury over pay increases for BBC staff. Also includes comments on leisure pursuits such as painting, gardening, and watching television and listening to the radio, with Cadogan's reviews of programming such as "The Benny Hill Show"; visits to art galleries, concerts, and the cinema; and various social engagements.

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/29

Date:

1958 (creation)

Description:

Diary. Subjects covered include: account of a trip to South Africa; English Speaking Union committee meetings; Phoenix Assurance Company business; comments on domestic service and household management; notes on an exhibition including Cadogan's paintings at the Chenil Gallery; accounts of holidays in Portmeirion and the Cotswolds; Cadogan's experience of renting studio space for painting at The Slade; thoughts on reading works of art criticism; and preparations for Christmas. Also includes comments on leisure pursuits such as watching television, listening to the radio, and gardening; visits to art galleries, concerts, and the cinema; and various social engagements. Includes illustrated souvenir log from the R.M.S. "Pretoria Castle" voyage from Cape Town to Southampton (February-March 1958) and postcard of the R.M.S. "Pretoria Castle" with Cadogan's annotations.

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/30

Date:

1959 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/31

Date:

1960 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/32

Date:

1961 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/33

Date:

1962 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/34

Date:

1963 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/35

Date:

1964 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/36

Date:

1965 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/37

Date:

1966 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/38

Date:

1967 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:

ACAD 1/39

Date:

1968 (creation)

Collection:

The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan