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  • Overview of the Collection
  • Access
  • Administrative Information
  • Cataloging Decisions
  • Related Materials in the Huntington Library
  • Biographical Note
  • Scope and Content
  • Arrangement
  • Indexing: Subjects and Added Entries
  • Indexing Terms

    • Overview of the Collection

    Title: James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, Collection
    Dates (inclusive): 1758-1922
    Bulk dates: 1875-1922
    Collection Number: mssHM 71900-72019
    Creator: Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922.
    Extent: 120 pieces + ephemera in 2 boxes
    Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Manuscripts Department
    1151 Oxford Road
    San Marino, California 91108
    Phone: (626) 405-2129
    Email: reference@huntington.org
    URL: http://www.huntington.org
    Abstract: This collection consists of papers of British politician, historian, and diplomat Viscount James Bryce (1838-1922) including correspondence dealing with personal, political and business/publishing matters from Bryce to various addressees in the political, social, and literary worlds of England and America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
    Language: English.

    Access

    Open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, contact Reader Services.

    Administrative Information

    Publication Rights

    The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item]. James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, Collection, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California.

    Provenance

    Gift of Rosemary DiSalvo, Feb. 6, 2009.

    Cataloging Decisions

    1. The cataloging of the collection was begun by Sarah Green in 2009, and completed by Gayle M. Richardson in 2010. Regardless of the cataloger, the standard authorized form of the names has been used on the folders and in the Finding Aid.
    2. A number of letters and postcards were originally pasted down or mounted into albums by previous owners. The letters and postcards have been removed from the original pages and mountings; but, some evidence of the original locations (old glue, tabs, etc.) remain on the letters. Also, some material in the collection has pencilled notes and markings of previous owners and sellers.

    Related Materials in the Huntington Library

    Biographical Note

    James Bryce, Viscount Bryce (1838-1922), 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.

    Bibliography

    Fisher, H.A.L. (Herbert Albert Laurens). James Bryce: Volumes I-II (New York: The Macmillan Company, 1927).
    Matthew, H.C.G. (ed.) The Gladstone Diaries: Volume XIV Index (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1994).
    Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 8, eds. H.C.G. Matthew and B. Harrison (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2004), pp. 404-412.

    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 papers consist of the following series:
    1. Manuscripts & Correspondence (Box 1) are arranged alphabetically by author and title (manuscripts) and by author and addressee (correspondence). This series includes 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, and William Gibbs McAdoo.
    2. Correspondence & Ephemera (Box 2) is arranged alphabetically by author. This box continues the series of personal, political and business/publishing letters to, among others, 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.

    Arrangement

    Organized in the following manner: 1. Manuscripts and Correspondence (Box 1); 2. Correspondence and Ephemera (Box 2); arranged alphabetically.
    • Alpine Club (London, England). In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, “The Pleasures of Mountaineering…,” A.MS.S. ([ca. 1908]). HM 71900.
    • Alverstone, Richard Everard Webster, Viscount, 1842-1915. Recollections of Bar and Bench. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone, 1842-1915, (1915, Feb. 9). HM 71908.
    • Armenian massacres, 1894-1896. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to “Dear Sir,” (1895, Apr. 10). HM 71994.
    • Armenian massacres, 1894-1896. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to “My dear Sir,” (1895, May 20). HM 71995.
    • Baldwin, Jesse A., 1854-1921. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone, 1842-1915, (1911, June 26). HM 71906.
    • Bouton, John Bell, 1830-1902. Uncle Sam’s Church. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838- 1922, letter to John Bell Bouton, 1830-1902, (1895, Mar. 11). HM 71914.
    • Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962 (Ed.). The Book of Elizabethan Verse, Chosen and Edited, with Notes… In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to William Stanley Braithwaite, 1878-1962, (1907, Dec. 24). HM 71916.
    • Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922. In Ephemera: James Bryce…, printed engraving and photograph, ([ca. 1890-ca. 1902]). Box 2 (60).
    • Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922. The American Commonwealth. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to [Mr.] P---- A---- Wieting, (1890, May 9). HM 72012.
    • Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922. The American Commonwealth. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to [Miss] Louisa -----, (1889, Apr. 5). HM 72017.
    • Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922. Impressions of South Africa. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to [Century Company]?, (1897, Sep. 26). HM 71930.
    • Bryce, James Bryce, Viscount, 1838-1922. Studies in History and Jurisprudence. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to Jefferson Davis Brodhead, 1859-1920, (1908, Jan. 28). HM 71917.
    • Commons and Footpaths Preservation Society. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to [Mr.] ----- Nicholls, (1891, Mar. 5). HM 71973.
    • Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 1803-1882. “Monadnock” (poem). In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to [Mrs.] ----- Thompson, (1921, Feb. 23). HM 72003.
    • Emery, Lucilius A. (Lucilius Alonzol), 1840-1920. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to Richard Everard Webster, Viscount Alverstone, 1842-1915, (1909, May 8). HM 71905.
    • Gladstone, W.E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, “Some Traits of Mr. Gladstone’s Character,” A.MS.S. ([1898-1899]). HM 71901.
    • Gladstone, W.E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letters to Century Company, (1898). HM 71931-71932.
    • Gladstone, W.E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to “Dear Sir,” (1895, Apr. 10). HM 71994.
    • Gladstone, W.E. (William Ewart), 1809-1898. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to “Dear Sir,” (1895, May 20). HM 71995.
    • Grey, Albert Henry George Grey, Earl, 1851-1917. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to Theodore E. (Theodore Elijah) Burton, 1851-1929, (1917, Nov. 14). HM 71926.
    • Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943. Actual Government as Applied Under American Conditions. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to Albert Bushnell Hart, 1854-1943, (1903, Nov. 23). HM 71950.
    • Mountaineering. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, “The Pleasures of Mountaineering…,” A.MS.S. ([ca. 1908]). HM 71900.
    • Page, Walter Hines, 1855-1918. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to Harry Shaw Perris, 1870-1933, (1918, Sep. 13). HM 71977.
    • Panama Canal (Panama). In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to Theodore E. (Theodore Elijah) Burton, 1851-1929, (1912, Sep. 23). HM 71922.
    • Sidgwick, Henry, 1838-1900. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to [Miss] ----- Shore, ([ca. 1885?], July 12). HM 71990.
    • Suez Canal (Egypt). In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to [Miss] ----- Hutchison, (1909, Feb. 17). HM 71953.
    • Suffrage -- History -- 20th century. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to Theodore E. (Theodore Elijah) Burton, 1851-1929, (1917, Nov. 14). HM 71926.
    • Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron, 1809-1892. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to “My dear Sir,” (1910, Apr. 18). HM 71999.
    • Wellesley College. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to Katherine Coman, 1857- 1915, (1897, Sep. 24). HM 71939.
    • Women’s rights -- United States. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letter to Theodore E. (Theodore Elijah) Burton, 1851-1929, (1917, Nov. 14). HM 71926.
    • World War, 1914-1918. In James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, letters to Theodore E. (Theodore Elijah) Burton, 1851-1929, (1914-1917). HM 71925-71926.
    • Alverstone, Richard Everard Webster, Viscount, 1842-1915. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1909-1915). HM 71905-71908.
    • American Red Cross. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1913, Mar. 29). HM 71909.
    • Balfour of Burleigh, Alexander Hugh Bruce, Baron, 1849-1921. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1914, Aug. 7). HM 71911.
    • Baring-Gould, S. (Sabine), 1834-1924. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1894, July 24). HM 71912.
    • Blakeslee, Albert Francis, 1874-1954. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1912, Sep. 23). HM 71913.
    • Bouton, John Bell, 1830-1902. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1895, Mar. 11). HM 71914.
    • Bowker, R.R. (Richard Rogers), 1848-1933. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838- 1922, ([ca. 1902?], Aug. 9). HM 71915.
    • Braithwaite, William Stanley, 1878-1962. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838- 1922, (1907, Dec. 24). HM 71916.
    • Brodhead, Jefferson Davis, 1859-1920. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1908, Jan. 28). HM 71917.
    • Brown, Curtis, 1866-1945. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1918, Mar. 16). HM 71918.
    • Burton, Theodore E. (Theodore Elijah), 1851-1929. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1911-1917). HM 71920-71926.
    • Capper, Stewart Henbest, 1859-1925. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1905, Mar. 21). HM 71927.
    • Castle, William R. (William Richards), 1878-1963. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1916-1917). HM 71928-71929.
    • Century Company. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1897-1898). HM 71930-71932.
    • Chapman and Hall. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1893, Apr. 27). HM 71933.
    • Chesson, W.H. (Wilfrid Hugh). Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, ([1896?]). HM 71934-71935.
    • Cobden-Sanderson, Anne, 1853-1926. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1902-1906). HM 71936-71937.
    • Colchester, Reginald Charles Edward Abbot, Baron, 1842-1919. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1906, Dec. 27). HM 71938.
    • Coman, Katherine, 1857-1915. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1897, Sep. 24). HM 71939.
    • Cunynghame, Arthur Augustus Thurlow, Sir, 1812-1884. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, ([ca. 1882?], Feb. 28). HM 71940.
    • Fisher, H.A.L. (Herbert Albert Laurens), 1865-1940. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1917, May 26). HM 71943.
    • Garrison, Wendell Phillips, 1840-1907. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, ([1894]). HM 71944.
    • Gilder, Richard Watson, 1844-1909. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1904, Nov. 24). HM 71946.
    • Gray, George, 1840-1925. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, ([ca. 1902?]). HM 71947.
    • Harrison, Frederic, 1831-1923. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1903, June 30). HM 71949.
    • Hart, Albert Bushnell, 1854-1943. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1903, Nov. 23). HM 71950.
    • Hurd, John C. (John Codman), 1816-1892. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838- 1922, (1895, June 12). HM 71952.
    • Hyslop, James H. (James Hervey), 1854-1920. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838- 1922, (1913, Sep. 24). HM 71954.
    • McAdoo, William Gibbs, 1863-1941. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1913, Apr. 21). HM 71957.
    • Macfarland, Henry B.F. (Henry Brown Floyd), b. 1861. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1907-1911). HM 71958-71959.
    • McKeehan, Charles L. (Charles Louis), 1875-1925. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1909). HM 71961-71965.
    • Maclaurin, Richard C. (Richard Cockburn), 1870-1920. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1919, Apr. 10). HM 71966.
    • Maynard, LaSalle Almeron, 1857-1906. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1898, Nov. 16). HM 71968.
    • Metcalf, Lorettus Sutton, 1837-1920. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1890, Oct. 29). HM 71969.
    • Nansen, Fridtjof, 1861-1930. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1891- 1898). HM 71970-71971.
    • Neate, Charles, 1806-1879. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, ([1875?], Feb.). HM 71972.
    • Parker, Alton B. (Alton Brooks), 1852-1926. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838- 1922, (1910, Jan. 3). HM 71974.
    • Peabody, George Foster, 1852-1938. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1910, July 18). HM 71975.
    • Perris, Harry Shaw, 1870-1933. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1917- 1918). HM 71976-71977.
    • Peters, Andrew James, 1872-1938. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1913, Apr. 29). HM 71978.
    • Putnam, George Haven, 1844-1930. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1887, May 9). HM 71981.
    • Richardson, Charles F. (Charles Francis), 1851-1913. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1890, Feb. 19). HM 71982.
    • Rideing, William H. (William Henry), 1853-1918. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1891-[1905]). HM 71983-71986.
    • Royal College of Surgeons (London, England). Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1893, Feb. 13). HM 71987.
    • Sedgwick, Ellery, 1872-1960. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1904, Oct. 14). HM 71988.
    • Smith, James Parker, 1854-1929. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1895, Mar. 13). HM 72000.
    • Spicer, Gerald Sydney, 1874-1942. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, ([1886?], June 21). HM 72001.
    • Spottiswoode, William, 1825-1883. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, ([ca. 1877?], Jan. 16). HM 72002.
    • Valley Forge Historical Society. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1922, Jan. 5). HM 72004.
    • Weld, Agnes Grace, 1849-1915. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, ([1881], July 6). HM 72006.
    • Wendell, Barrett, 1855-1921. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1895- 1902). HM 72007-72008.
    • West, Algernon, Sir, 1832-1921. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1893, Feb. 8). HM 72009.
    • Wheeler, Harold Felix, 1877-. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1914, Jan. 11). HM 72010.
    • Whelen, Frederick, 1867-1955. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1918, Jan. 17). HM 72011.
    • Wilson, John Reid, 1874-1946. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1911, Apr. 11). HM 72013.
    • Wolf, Lucien, 1857-1930. Addressee for James Bryce, Viscount Bryce, 1838-1922, (1906). HM 72014-72015.

    Indexing Terms

    The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog.  

    Subjects

    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.

    Forms/Genres

    Business letters -- Great Britain.
    Ephemera -- Great Britain.
    Letters (correspondence) -- Great Britain.
    Manuscripts -- Great Britain.
    Personal papers -- Great Britain.

    Additional 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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