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Contributing Institution:
UCLA Library Special Collections
Title: Arthur Christopher Benson papers
Creator:
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Identifier/Call Number: LSC.0656
Physical Description:
1.0 Linear Feet
(2 boxes)
Date (inclusive): 1900-1925
Abstract: Arthur Christopher Benson (1862-1925) published his first volume of essays in 1896. In all, he published more than seventy
books, including poetry, short stories, novels, biographies, and essays. The collection consists of correspondence and literary
manuscripts, an unpublished novel and a presentation copy of a book of Benson's poems.
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Language of Material: Materials are in English.
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[Identification of item], Arthur Christopher Benson Papers (Collection 656). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Processed by Brooke Whiting, July and November 1962.
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UCLA Catalog Record ID:
997093353606533
Benson was born April 24, 1862; his father was Edward White Benson, who later became Archbishop of Canterbury; entered Eton
as King's scholar, 1874; went to King's College, Cambridge, 1881; returned to work at Eton, 1885-1903; published first volume
of essays, 1896; produced various works, including a biography of his father,
Edward White Benson (1899),
The Schoolmaster (1902),
Land of Hope and Glory, and
Peace and Other Poems (1905); in all, published more than seventy books, including poetry, short stories, novels, biographies, and essays; became
master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1915; died June 17, 1925 at Cambridge.
Collection consists of the correspondence and literary manuscripts of Arthur Christopher Benson. Manuscript titles include:
The Art of the Biographer,
Biographic Studies,
Loopholes,
Memoir of Mary Benson,
Poems,
The War 1914, and
Bibliography of Arthur Christopher Benson. Also includes an unpublished novel and a presentation copy of a book of Benson's poems,
Le Cahier Jaune.
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence, book of poetry, and typescripts.
- Manuscript and typescripts of unpublished material.
Derived from in-house card file.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Poets, English -- 20th century -- Archives.
Authors, English -- 20th century -- Archives
Benson, Arthur Christopher
Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925--Archives.