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Title |
Finding aid for Collection of James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1758-1922 (bulk 1875-1922). |
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Creator |
Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922. |
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Extent |
120 pieces. 2 boxes. |
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Biographical Note |
James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, British politician, historian and diplomat, was born in Belfast, on May 10, 1838; he was educated at the University of Glasgow and Trinity College, Oxford. He was called to the Bar in 1867, and first elected to Parliament as a Liberal in 1880, where he remained until 1907. Throughout his life, Bryce travelled and wrote extensively, and was active in the intellectual and literary communities of England, America and Europe. On July 23, 1889, Bryce married Elizabeth Marion Ashton when he was fifty-one years old and she was twenty years younger; they had no children. In 1907, he was appointed British Ambassador to the United States, a post he held until 1913. Upon his return to England, Bryce was created Viscount Bryce and joined the House of Lords; he also served at the International Court at The Hague, worked in support of the League of Nations, and continued to write and travel. He was on holiday in Sidmouth, Devon, when he unexpectedly died of heart failure on Jan. 22, 1922. |
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Scope and Content |
The collection consists of three miscellaneous manuscripts by Bryce; the majority of the correspondence are letters written by Bryce to various addressees in the political, social, and literary worlds of England and America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The letters deal with personal, political and business/publishing matters and the addressees include: Richard Everard Webster (Viscount Alverstone), Sabine Baring-Gould, Anne Cobden-Sanderson, William Gibbs McAdoo, George Foster Peabody, William H. Rideing, Harold Felix Baker Wheeler, and Lucien Wolf. This series also includes two Colonial-era documents signed by Thomas Pownall, Governor of Massachusetts (1757-1760), and one folder of ephemera containing a printed engraving and a printed photograph of Bryce. |
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Notes |
For any questions about the collection, including specific reproduction requests, please contact the Curator of British Historical Manuscripts. |
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Date |
1758-1922. |
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Provenance |
Gift of Rosemary DiSalvo, Feb. 6, 2009. |
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Subject |
Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922.
Gladstone, W. E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898.
Pownall, Thomas, 1722-1805.
World War, 1914-1918 -- Great Britain.
World War, 1914-1918 -- United States.
Great Britain -- History -- 19th century -- Sources.
Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Sources. |
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Form/Genre |
Business letters Great Britain. (aat)
Ephemera Great Britain. (aat)
Letters (correspondence) Great Britain. (aat)
Manuscripts Great Britain. (aat)
Personal papers Great Britain. (aat) |
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Contributors |
Alverstone, Richard Everard Webster, Viscount, 1842-1915.
Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924.
Cobden-Sanderson, Anne, 1853-1926.
McAdoo, W. G. (William Gibbs), 1863-1941.
Peabody, George Foster, 1852-1938.
Rideing, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1918.
Wheeler, Harold, b. 1877.
Wolf, Lucien, 1857-1930. |
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Department |
Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery. Manuscripts Department. |
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Call Number |
mssHM 71900-72019 |
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Accession Number |
mss 02552. |
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Physical Collection |
James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, Collection. |
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Digital Collection |
Finding Aids, Huntington Digital Library |
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Physical Description |
12 p. |
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Digitization Specifications |
Original finding aid converted into PDF document by B. Black, 2011-08-27. |
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Date Digital |
2011-08-27 |
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DCMI Type |
text |
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Digital Format |
pdf |
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Original Finding Aid |
Finding aid prepared by Gayle M. Richardson, October 15, 2010. |
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Citation Information |
Finding aid for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, Collection, Huntington Digital Library, San Marino, California. |
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Restrictions |
Images in this collection are for scholarly research; please review the Huntington Library's copyright information: http://cdm16003.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/about. For purchasing images for publication please review our permission to publish policy: http://www.huntington.org/huntingtonlibrary.aspx?id=590. |
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Cataloging Notes |
Organized in the following manner: 1. Manuscripts and Correspondence (Box 1); 2. Correspondence and Ephemera (Box 2); arranged alphabetically. |
