Register of the Price family papers

Finding aid prepared by Jessica Lemieux
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Title: Price family papers
Date (inclusive): 1793-2004 (bulk 1856-2004)
Collection Number: 82061
Contributing Institution: Hoover Institution Library and Archives
Language of Material: In English, German and Malagasy
Physical Description: 17 manuscript boxes, 1 oversize box (8.0 Linear Feet)
Abstract: The Price family papers are comprised of correspondence, writings, diaries, orders, memoranda, genealogical material, printed matter, notes, photographs, and memorabilia, documenting several generations of the Price family. Due to the diverse careers of the family and their residence in different countries, the collection provides an international account of events spanning from Victorian England to the late 20th century United States. Material relates to missionary work in Madagascar, 1875-1882; German prisoners of war in Siberia during World War I; the Russian Revolution; social conditions in China; Allied secret service and radio propaganda activities in World War II; and London during the Blitz.
Creator: Price family
Creator: Price, Charles T. (Charles Thomas)
Creator: Price, Hereward Thimbleby, 1880-1964
Creator: Price, Arnold Hereward, 1912-
Physical Location: Hoover Institution Library & Archives

Access

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Use

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Acquisition Information

Acquired by the Hoover Institution Library & Archives in 1982.

Preferred Citation

[Identification of item], Price family papers, [Box no., Folder no. or title], Hoover Institution Library & Archives.

Biographical/Historical Note

Charles Thomas Price (1847-1933) was educated at Cheshunt College, Cambridge. He was ordained as a Congregational minister on January 25, 1875, and married Mary Anne (Polly) Thimbleby on February 28. The couple sailed for Madagascar on March 25, 1875, where Charles Price served as a missionary for six years, and where his sons Egbert and Hereward were born. He was widowed and remarried in 1901 to Annie Beatrice Hill. After returning to England in 1882, he ministered to several congregations including: Lenham in Kent (1883-1890), Buckingham (1890-1901), Ross-on-Wye (1901-1910), and East Grinstead (1910-1914). His last congregation was at Reigate in Surrey (1916-1925), where he died in 1933.
Hereward Thimbleby Price was born in Madagascar in 1880. He studied at Oxford, where he received his B.A. and M.A. and worked on the Oxford English Dictionary. He moved to Germany in 1904, where he taught English at the Universities of Kiel and Bonn, and studied under Bülbring for his Ph.D. While in Bonn he met Elisabeth (Liese) Prym (1884-1971), who became his wife in 1911. Their son Arnold was born in 1912. Drafted into the German army in 1915, Hereward Price was captured on the eastern front by Russia and sent to a prisoner of war camp in Siberia. After his escape, he traveled across Russia to China, where he worked briefly at the Anglo-Chinese College of Tientsin before returning to his family in England via Japan and Canada. Hereward moved to the United States and became a professor of English at the University of Michigan in 1929. He became a distinguished scholar of Shakespeare, and died in 1964.
Egbert Thimbleby Price (Bret) was the son of Charles, brother of Hereward. He was born in June of 1876. He was educated at the Eltham School and Silcontes School in Wakefield. He began working at the Hearts of Oak Benefit Society in 1892, transferred to Barclay's Bank in 1895, and worked for a succession of banks and businesses until 1923. During this period he traveled widely, spending time in Berlin and South America. From 1923-1925 he lived in London, then returned to the business world until 1936 by buying a partnership in Sedgwick and Co. of Colombo. After his return to England, he worked in publications for the Institute of Sociology (1936-1938), as Editor of the Digest of Charities (1938-1940), at the Censor in the Foreign Office (1940-1946), and at the Post Office Savings Department (1946-1949). He died July 5, 1949.
Arnold Hereward Price was born in Bonn, Germany, on July 1, 1912. He came to the United States after finishing high school in Germany in 1933. Joining his parents in Ann Arbor, he became a specialist in Modern European History at the University of Michigan, receiving his A.B. in 1935, his M.A. in 1936. He married Alice Price in 1938, and from 1939 to 1941 acted as assistant supervisor of the University's archaeological laboratory in Detroit. After the lab shut down, he worked for the department of English as a research assistant on the Early Modern English Proverb Dictionary (1941-1942), and received his Ph.D. in 1942. Arnold Price then moved to Washington D.C., where he worked for the Library of Congress, specializing in Central Europe. In 1943, he left the Library of Congress and began his service with the Army, in the Office of Strategic Services, which lasted until 1946. At the conclusion of World War II, Arnold Price transferred to the Department of State until 1960. He returned to the Library of Congress from 1960 to 1979 as an area specialist for Central Europe, then performed bibliographic work for the American Historical Association until 1991. In addition to his professional duties, Arnold Price also lectured at the University of New Mexico (1947-1948) and American University (1948, 1959), and was section editor of the American Historical Review from 1961 through the 1980s. He was divorced from Alice in 1970, remarried Elizabeth Beitz, was widowed in 1986, and remarried again in 1991 to Dana Dinkins.

Scope and Content of Collection

The Price family papers are comprised of correspondence, writings, diaries, orders, memoranda, genealogical material, printed matter, notes, photographs, and memorabilia, documenting several generations of the Price family. Due to the diverse careers of the family and their residence in different countries, the collection provides an international account of events spanning from Victorian England to the late 20th century United States. Material relates to missionary work in Madagascar, 1875-1882; German prisoners of war in Siberia during World War I; the Russian Revolution; social conditions in China; Allied secret service and radio propaganda activities in World War II; and London during the Blitz.
The collection is arranged into series by family member. The first series documents the life of Charles T. Price: his studies, missionary work, return to England, and retirement. It also contains a small amount of correspondence dated during World War I concerning his son Hereward. The second series depicts Hereward Price's service in the German army during World War I, his sojourn in a Russian POW camp, and his subsequent travels through Siberia and China on his way home. The Egbert Price series contains correspondence with his brother Hereward and his sister Dorothea (children of Charles T. Price), describing conditions in London during World War II. The fourth series encompasses Arnold Price's work during World War II with the Office of Strategic Services, the State Department, his research interests, and his efforts to compile genealogical information about the Price and Prym families. The photographs series contains material relating to all of the family members, including photographs of the Price family, their friends, travels, and the mission in Madagascar.

Arrangement

The collection is organized into five series: Charles T. Price papers, 1856-1989; Hereward T. Price papers, 1900-1999; Egbert T. Price papers, 1917-1950; Arnold H. Price papers, 1793-2004; and Photographs, 1860-2001.

Related Materials

Malagasy subject collection, 1902-1998. Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Carl Bartram photograph collection, 1944-1995. Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Marvin R. Edwards papers, 1942-2004. Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Imprisonment in Siberia, ca. 1920. Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Kreisverband Jena records, 1917-1976. Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Shtab photographs, 1916. Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Joyce N. Laxalt album, 1914-1917. Hoover Institution Library & Archives
Hereward Thimbleby Price papers, Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Siberia (Russia) -- History -- Revolution, 1917-1921
China -- Social conditions
United States -- Foreign relations
Prisoners of war
World War, 1914-1918 -- Russia
World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda
Propaganda, American
Secret service -- United States
World War, 1914-1918 -- Prisoners and prisons
Missionaries
World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service
Missions -- Madagascar
United States. Department of State
Germany. Heer
United States. Office of Strategic Services

 

Charles T. Price papers 1831-1989. [bulk 1856-1933]

Scope and Contents note

Includes diary of Charles Price's missionary work in Madagascar, correspondence, notes from his college days in Cheshunt College at Cambridge, published material, Sunday school medals, a Malagasy spindle and charm to ward against the evil eye. The Charles Price series primarily documents his studies, missionary work, and retirement; it also contains a small amount of correspondence dated during World War I concerning his son Hereward. Arranged by document type.
box 1, folder 1

Cheshunt College notebook 1874 June 9

box 1, folder 2

Correspondence 1856-1865

box 1, folder 3

Correspondence - Cheshunt College 1870-1874

box 1, folder 4-5

Correspondence - Madagascar 1875-1881

box 1, folder 6

Correspondence 1903-1921

box 1, folder 7-11

Correspondence - Reigate 1922-1933

box 1, folder 12

Correspondence regarding leaving Madagascar 1932

box 1, folder 13-16

Correspondence to Hereward 1915-1933

box 2, folder 1

Correspondence and notes on publication of diary 1988

box 2, folder 2-3

Diary of Mr. C.T.P. 1875-1877

box 2, folder 4

Jubilee at Buckingham 1907

box 2, folder 5

List of places preached 1881-1883

box 2, folder 6

Notes on typescript of diary 1933

box 2, folder 7

Prelude in A by Rinck undated

 

Published material 1871-1989

box 2, folder 8

Antananarivo Annual 1875, 1886

box 2, folder 9

Missionary to the Malagasy: The Madagascar Diary of the Rev. Charles T. Price, 1875-1877, edited by Arnold H. Price. New York: Peter Lang Inc. 1989

box 2, folder 10

North-East Madagascar: A Narrative of a Missionary Tour, by Reverend J. A. Houlder. Antananarivo: London Missionary Society Press 1877

box 8

Ny Fiherana 1882

box 2, folder 11

Ny Soratra Masina. London: British and Foreign Bible Society 1871

Scope and Contents note

Translation of the Bible into Malagasy
box 2, folder 12

South-East Madagascar: Being Notes of a Journey through the Tanala, Taimoro, and Taisaka Countries, in June and July, 1876, by James Sibree, Jr. Antananarivo: Abraham Kingdon 1876

box 2, folder 13

Ten Years' Review of Mission Work in Madagascar, 1880-1890. Antananarivo: London Missionary Society 1890

box 3, folder 1

Teny Soa. Antananarivo: London Missionary Society 1882

Scope and Contents note

In Malagasy.
box 3, folder 2

Tiona Ela Sy Vao, by Reverend J. Richardson and Reverend C. T. Price. Antananarivo: London Missionary Society 1879

Scope and Contents note

In Malagasy.
box 3, folder 3

Vatsim-Panahin' Ny Mpiantafika. Paris: Société des Missions Evangéliques de Paris 1917

 

Memorabilia 1831-1880

box 8

Sunday School medals 1831-1866

box 8

Cartes-de-visite photographs of Cheshunt College friends circa 1874

box 8

Malagasy spindle circa 1880

box 8

Charm to ward off the evil eye circa 1880

box 8

Wax seal undated

 

Hereward T. Price papers 1900-1999.

Scope and Contents note

Contains correspondence, postcard books depicting his travels, clippings, articles, and published material. Records Hereward Price's service in the German army during World War I, his sojourn in a Russian POW camp, and his subsequent travels through Siberia and China on his way home. Includes a substantial amount of correspondence with his wife (Liese Price) and other family members, showing their efforts to locate and assist him after his capture. Arranged by document type. The correspondence is further arranged by name.
 

Correspondence 1900-1949.

Scope and Contents note

Arranged by correspondent's last name
box 3, folder 4

Entschedé, Matilda 1915-1919

box 3, folder 5

Entschedé, Matilda to Charles T. Price 1915-1916

box 3, folder 6

Farquharson, Dorothea Price to Hereward Price 1916-1933

box 3, folder 7-11

Farquharson, Dorothea Price 1914-1917

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence among Dorothea (Dodo), Charles, Liese, and Hereward Price. Concerns aiding Hereward while he is abroad and repatriating him. Collected and annotated by Dorothea.
box 4, folder 1-10

Farquharson, Dorothea Price 1914-1917

box 5, folder 1-4

Farquharson, Dorothea Price 1914-1917

box 5, folder 5

Farquharson, Dorothea Price, extracts from Hereward's letters 1917-1918

box 5, folder 6

Price, Hereward to Arnold 1916-1919

box 5, folder 7-9

Price, Hereward to Charles 1900-1933

box 5, folder 10-11

Price, Hereward to Liese 1915-1916

box 6, folder 1

Price, Hereward to Liese 1917

box 6, folder 2

Price, Hereward, postcards 1917

box 6, folder 3

Price, Hereward 1918

box 6, folder 4-8

Price, Liese 1915-1919

box 6, folder 9

New English Dictionary correspondence 1918-1949

box 6, folder 10-12

Other correspondents 1914-1932

box 7, folder 1

Testimonial correspondence 1903-1917

box 7, folder 2

Clippings 1919-1951

box 7, folder 3

Diary of the War 1914-1919

box 7, folder 4

Hereward Price and Liese Price, as told to their grandchildren on the occasion of their Golden Wedding 1961, 1999

box 7, folder 5

Oxford documents 1900-1909

box 7, folder 6

Postcards undated

box 7, folder 7

Ration cards 1919

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 7, folder 8

Travel documents 1904-1919

box 7, folder 9

Travel reports 1929-1930

box 7, folder 10

University of Bonn - Certificates of study 1905-1907.

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 7, folder 11

Miscellany 1906-1918

box 8

War memorabilia undated.

Scope and Contents note

Includes bone medal and Afrikakorps armband
 

Published material 1919-1950.

Scope and Contents note

In chronological order
box 7, folder 12

Bibliography undated

box 7, folder 13

Tipy Zabaikal'ia, and Vidy Krugobaikal'ia, postcard sets undated.

Scope and Contents note

In Russian
box 7, folder 14

Stozh M. E. Irkutsk do pervago gubernatora, essay 1916

Scope and Contents note

In Russian
box 7, folder 15

Tovarishch, calendar/planner for 1917/1918

Scope and Contents note

In Russian
box 7, folder 16

The Cornhill Magazine 1919 November

box 7, folder 17

The Median 1921

box 7, folder 18

Erinnerungsblätter deutscher Regimenter, 2 Kurhessisches Infanterie - Regiment Nr. 82 1922

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 7, folder 19

The Dream by H.G. Wells and The Innocence of Father Brown by G.K. Chesterton 1926

box 9, folder 1

Economic Dictionary by Dr. Hereward T. Price 1926

Scope and Contents note

In English and German
box 9, folder 2

Michigan Alumnus Quarterly Review 1940, 1945

box 9, folder 3

Emory University Quarterly 1950 June

 

Egbert T. Price papers 1917-1950.

Scope and Contents note

Includes correspondence written by Egbert (Bret) Price, primarily to his brother Hereward and his sister Dorothea Price Farquharson. Describes conditions in London during World War II. Arranged by correspondent.
box 9, folder 4-10

Correspondence to Dorothea 1917-1950

box 9, folder 11

Correspondence to Hereward 1920-1949

 

Arnold H. Price papers 1793-2004.

Scope and Contents note

Consists of correspondence, notes, reports, clippings, and printed material illustrating Arnold Price's work during World War II with the Office of Strategic Services, the State Department, his research interests, and his efforts to compile genealogical information about the Price and Prym families. Arranged in five subseries: Genealogical material, 1793-1999; Government work files, 1942-1979; Published material and writings, 1935-2002; Correspondence, 1919-2003; and Subject files, 1934-2004.
box 9

Genealogical material 1793-1999.

Scope and Contents note

In alphabetical order
box 10, folder 1-2

Alexander Alexeiev-Gigh 1992-1999

box 10, folder 3-4

Clippings 1903-1968

box 10, folder 5-6

Collected materials and notes, 1793 1880-2002.

Scope and Contents note

Includes 5 livres, 10 sous, and 15 sols notes dating from the French Revolution
box 10, folder 7

Correspondence 1887-1985

box 10, folder 8

Free Hollow to Forest Home by Liese Price Bronfenbrenner 1974

box 10, folder 9

Gemixte Korni: a family history for the descendents of Urie Bronfenbrenner and Liese Price 1978

box 10, folder 10

Publication of Missionary to the Malagasy 1962-1991

box 10, folder 11-12

Prym Family 1923-1984

box 11, folder 1

Prym Family 1981-1986

box 11, folder 2

University of Michigan correspondence 1992

 

Government work files 1942-1979.

Scope and Contents note

In chronological order
box 11, folder 3-4

Army/Office of Strategic Services 1942-1947

box 11, folder 5

Army - transcripts of short wave broadcasts 1943

box 11, folder 6

Fort Getty - Eine Einfuehrung in das Amerikanische Schulwesen undated.

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 11, folder 7

Fort Getty - America from the Inside undated.

Scope and Contents note

In German and English
box 11, folder 8

Fort Getty - Kleiner Führer durch Amerika undated.

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 11, folder 9

Fort Getty - "German History in a New Light" lectures undated.

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 11, folder 10

Fort Getty 1945-1947

box 11, folder 11-13

Lecture Notes - German history 1945

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 12, folder 1

Lecture Notes - democracy and America 1945

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 8

Collier's magazine article regarding teaching German prisoners of war 1946

box 12, folder 2-4

State Department Office of Research and Analysis 1948-1960

box 12, folder 5

Department of State Bulletin 1949 October 17

box 12, folder 6

The Present Status of the Saar. Documents and State Papers 1948 October

box 12, folder 7

Die gegenwärtige Lage des Saarlandes 1949

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 12, folder 8

Report on the occupation boundaries of Berlin 1951

box 12, folder 9

Cornerstone laying of Department of State building 1957 January 5

box 12, folder 10

State Department travel report 1959

box 12, folder 11

Poverty rates in West Germany (study for Department of Health, Education and Welfare) 1963

box 12, folder 12

Quarterly Journal of the Library of Congress 1965

box 12, folder 13

Library of Congress publications 1968-1979

box 12, folder 14

Library of Congress - Study of Düsseldorf rule of revolution 1969

box 12, folder 15-17

Library of Congress 1968-1984

box 12, folder 18

Library of Congress travel report 1979

box 12

Published material and writings 1935-2002

box 13, folder 1

The Territorial Development of the Zollverein, 1818-70 1935

box 13, folder 2

Zollverein reviews 1945-1951

box 13, folder 3-4

Miscellaneous articles 1949-1987

box 13, folder 5

Reprints on German history 1957-1982

box 13, folder 6

Monatshefte 1959 December.

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 13, folder 7

Book reviews 1962-1992

box 13, folder 8

American Historical Association Reviews 1965-1980

box 13, folder 9

Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte 1969-1974.

Scope and Contents note

In German and English
box 13, folder 10

Role of the Germanic warrior clubs in the historical process 1974

box 13, folder 11

Miscellanea Mediaevalia 1980

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 13, folder 12

Central European History, 1981 September

box 13, folder 14

Articles on libraries 1984-2001

box 13, folder 15

The Germanic Warrior Clubs by Arnold H. Price 1994

box 14, folder 1

The Germanic Warrior Clubs - addenda 1998-2001

box 14, folder 2

The Germanic Warrior Clubs - notes 1996-1998

box 14, folder 3

The Germanic Warrior Clubs - reprints 1964-2001

box 14, folder 4-5

The Germanic Warrior Clubs - reviews 1995-1997

box 14, folder 6

Mitteilungen der Kieler Gelehrtenschule 1996

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 14, folder 7

Complaint against Encyclopedia Britannica 1996-1998

box 14, folder 8-9

Swiss-American Historical Society Review 1997-2000

box 14, folder 10

Reprints by Frank Siegmund 2000

box 14, folder 11

American Historical Association Perspectives 2000 September

box 14, folder 12-13

My Twentieth Century, 2000-2002

 

Correspondence 1919-2003

box 15, folder 1-7

Correspondence 1919-2003

box 15, folder 8

Correspondence from Dana 1991

 

Subject files 1934-2004.

Scope and Contents note

Arranged in alphabetical order
box 15, folder 9

Association for the Bibliography of History 1979

box 15, folder 10

Bibliographies 1964-1978

box 15, folder 11

Bibliography on Zollverein, undated. In German

box 15, folder 12

Bookplate by William Beitz undated

box 15, folder 13

Boundaries of Germany during World War II undated

box 16, folder 1

Boundaries of greater Germany 1984

box 16, folder 2

Boundaries of greater Germany - Maps 1944

box 16, folder 3

Boundaries of greater Germany - News digest undated

box 16, folder 4

Boundaries of greater Germany - Notes 1962-1979

box 16, folder 5

Boundaries of greater Germany - Publications 1944-1974

box 16, folder 6

Boundaries of greater Germany - Stuhlpfarrer, Karl. Die Operationszonen "Alpenvorland" und "Adriatisches Küstenland." Dissertation, Universität Wien 1967

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 16, folder 7

Clippings 1984-1990

box 16, folder 8

Destruction of Hamburg records 1996

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 16, folder 9

Early Germanic society 1969-2002

box 16, folder 10

Editing Test 1992

box 16, folder 11

German plans for Eupen, Malmedy, and Moresnet 1940 May.

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 16, folder 12

Germanic realities and projections undated

box 16, folder 13

Hildebrandlied 1971-2002

box 17, folder 1

Historical bibliography and librarianship 1972-1991

box 17, folder 2

Hoof Prints and Foot Prints in the Sands of Time, Describes work of the University of Michigan Archaeological Laboratory. Includes photograph undated.

box 17, folder 3

Kieler Gelehrtenschule 1994-1997

box 17, folder 4

Chronik des Kieler Wandervogels, 1926-1929 1996

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 17, folder 5

Kieler Wandervogel und die Hohburg zwischen 1921 und 1933 1996.

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 17, folder 6-7

Verein zur Erhaltung der Hohburg - Kieler Wandervogel, 1926-1997.

Scope and Contents note

In German, includes photographs
box 17, folder 8

Memorials 1987-2004

box 17, folder 9

Miscellaneous quotes 1934-1991

box 17, folder 10

Miscellaneous studies on German problems 1968, undated

box 17, folder 11

Nazi Germany 1934-1961

box 17, folder 12

Netherlands and Belgium 1940-1971.

Scope and Contents note

In French
box 17, folder 13

New Orleans police 1984

box 17, folder 14

Die Nibelungen 1958-1974

box 17, folder 15

Notes 1974-2002

box 17, folder 16

OSS 1980-1990

box 17, folder 17

OSS map 1984

box 17, folder 18

OSS remembered undated

box 17, folder 19

Waldo in OSS: a memoir undated

box 17, folder 20

Personnel file 1947-1986

box 17, folder 21

References submitted to publisher undated

box 17, folder 22

Report of the Tax Committee of the Prussian State Council of 1817 1943

box 18, folder 1

Role of the Germanic warrior club in the historical process 1974

box 18, folder 2

Roman history at the University of New Mexico undated

box 18, folder 3

Serb documents on July crisis (Serbiens Aussenpolitik 1908-1918) 1945

Scope and Contents note

In German
box 18, folder 4

Switzerland 1997

box 18, folder 5

Thesis editing questions 1941

box 18, folder 6

University of Michigan Convocation and Commencement 1935-1942

box 18, folder 7

Western European holdings in the Indiana University library undated

box 18, folder 8

Will 2001

 

Photographs 1860-2001.

Scope and Contents note

Comprised of photographic prints and negatives depicting members of the Price family, friends, and the house and mission in Madagascar. Arranged in chronological order.
box 8

Prym family undated.

Scope and Contents note

Includes photograph of Prym family and photograph of their house in Bonn.
box 18, folder 9

Charles Price undated.

Scope and Contents note

Includes images of Price family members, mission in Madagascar, and the Murray family.
box 18, folder 10

Hereward Price 1860-1919.

Scope and Contents note

Includes images of Hereward in the army, Siberia, Ernestine Prym, Liese Prym Price, and her home during the war
box 18, folder 11

Alexander Alexeiev-Gigh 1912-1972.

Scope and Contents note

Includes images of Alexander Alexeiev-Gigh and Irkutsk in Siberia
box 18, folder 12-13

Kieler Wandervogel 1918-1933.

Scope and Contents note

Depicts camping expeditions
box 18, folder 14

Book photographs 1918-1968

box 18, folder 15

OSS and State Department circa 1943

box 18, folder 16

Price family 1913-2001