| Description | The first 172 pages of the scrapbook covering the period from 1884 to 1898 are clearly compiled by Eden Phillpotts and contain examples of his prose, poetry, cartoons and sketches. The focus is on the more humorous side of office life with frequent accounts of "receipting championships" involving Walter Helmer. There are also telegrams, letters (including two from a member of staff serving in the Boer War) and invoices pasted into his section of the scrapbook. The range of material includes notices to staff, letters, extracts from staff magazines, certificates, newspaper cuttings and photographs.
The photograph album contains twenty four photographs of named members of staff at their desks and photographs of staff engaged in sporting activities such as athletics and tennis, as well as photographs of premises including 60 Charing Cross. |