Catalogue description PERSONAL DIARIES 1941-46, 1946-48, 1957-62

Exercise-book used as diary, with many press-cuttings pasted in and others left as loose items; letters, postcards, notices of meetings also pasted in or inserted in the book.

The entries run 23 December 1940-23 May 1946 and include domestic and scientific material, and also many press-cuttings on the progress of the war with comments and reflections by Krebs. There are a few entries by Margaret Krebs about family holidays, children's progress, etc. Some of the pasted-in material is similar to that sometimes chosen for the scrapbooks (qqv.) or used by Krebs in his autobiography. It includes:

11 March 1941 Acknowledgement of Krebs's letter to Churchill 'on the importance of home production'

6 May 1941 Meeting with J.G. Crowther about yeast production from bracken (Rem. & Refl., p.123)

2 February 1942 Letter from T. Davidson with news of relatives in Germany

24 March 1945 Notice of conferral on Krebs of title of professor of biochemistry at Sheffield

18 May 1945 Extract from letter from Canon A.C. Austen about his meeting with Krebs's family during the last days of the war (quoted in Rem. & Refl., pp.147-48 when the date of the letter is given as 16 May). Also enclosed is a photocopy of a note from Maria and Gisela Krebs (date not legible) describing the meeting.