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San Marino, CA 91108
Manuscripts
Manuscripts
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Manuscripts
Note: signed as by [Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, 1803-1868], as Captain Ingestre; written and signed in an unknown hand. The Tyne was John Neilson Gladstone's ship.
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of correspondence and a small number of manuscripts by and about British Prime Minister William Ewart Gladstone, as well as photographs, engravings, prints and ephemera, collected by Professor John A. Schultz (1919-2005). The bulk of the collection is made up of letters by Gladstone, which deal mainly with British politics and business; there is also a small amount of personal letters by various other members of the Gladstone family. Other correspondents represented in the collection include: A.J.B Beresford Hope, Patrick William Campbell, Sir John Cowan, John Nielson Gladstone, Abraham Hayward, Henry and Catherine Holiday, Stafford Henry Northcote (Earl of Iddesleigh), George Cornewall Lewis, Henry William Primrose, Archibald Philip Primrose (Earl of Rosebery), and Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke). The papers consist of the following series: 1. Manuscripts (Box 1) are arranged alphabetically by author and title. This series includes a small number of miscellaneous manuscripts by Gladstone, as well as a few manuscripts about Gladstone by other authors. This series also includes seven printed items (with autograph annotations) and two sets of Captain's Orders for the H.M.S. Tyne, the ship on which Gladstone's brother John Neilson Gladstone served. 2. Correspondence (Boxes 2-14) is arranged alphabetically by author. This series includes a small number of personal letters by Gladstone but the majority of the letters concern British politics and business. The political letters deal with campaign management, many addressed to Gladstone's Scottish campaign manager, Patrick William Campbell, government policies and appointments, Parliamentary bills and business; other important addressees include: A.J.B. Beresford Hope, George Cornewall Lewis, and Robert Lowe, Viscount Sherbrooke. There are also letters regarding Gladstone's writing, scholarly interests, and the running of the Hawarden estate and other properties. This series also includes letters by various other members of the Gladstone family, including Gladstone's father, brothers, wife and children. This series also includes a group of letters written to his brother John Neilson Gladstone, mainly when he was away at sea; as well as a large amount of letters addressed to Henry and Catherine Holiday, by various Gladstone family members. There are also letters by other important authors, including: Sir John Cowan, Stafford Henry Northcote, Earl of Iddesleigh, Henry William Primrose, and Archibald Philip Primrose, Earl of Rosebery. 3. Photographs, Engravings, Prints (Box 15) are arranged chronologically. All of the photographs, engravings, and prints are of W.E. Gladstone from [ca. 1865]-[ca. 1890]. 4. Ephemera (Box 15) is arranged by subject, then chronologically and alphabetically by author and title. This series includes later reproductions of printed engravings of Gladstone, misc. material concerning Catherine Glynne Gladstone, John Neilson Gladstone, and Catherine and Henry Holiday. Also included are the provenance records retained by John A. Schutz during the acquisition of his collections; please note, these acquisition records include both Gladstone and Henry Cabot Lodge material. 5. Red Gilt Album (Box 16) is a bound volume, by Wallis; it was bound originally for Weetman Pearson, Viscount Cowdray, 1856-1927. The volume was then obtained by Joseph P. Kennedy. Sr., while he was Ambassador to England, to give to his son, Joseph P. Kennedy, Jr., supposedly to help him develop an interest in English history; the volume remained in the Kennedy family until 1996, when it was sold after the death of Rose Kennedy. The material in the album is arranged in chronological order, beginning with manuscripts and letters by W.E. Gladstone, then followed by letters by various Gladstone family members. The remaining letters are by various authors, mainly addressed to Gladstone, but also include letters with Gladstone as the subject. The other important authors and addressees include: A. (Abraham) Hayward, A.J.B. Beresford Hope, Edward Cardwell, Viscount Cardwell, George Hamilton Gordon, Earl of Aberdeen, Edward Henry Stanley, Earl of Derby, and Samuel Wilberforce.
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Manuscripts
The collection consists of a small number of manuscripts by and about Gladstone, as well as photographs, engravings, prints and ephemera. The bulk of the collection is made up of letters by Gladstone, which deal mainly with British politics and business; there is also a small amount of personal letters by various other members of the Gladstone family. Other correspondents represented in the collection include: A.J.B Beresford Hope, Patrick William Campbell, Sir John Cowan, John Nielson Gladstone, Abraham Hayward, Henry and Catherine Holiday, Stafford Henry Northcote (Earl of Iddesleigh), George Cornewall Lewis, Henry William Primrose, Archibald Philip Primrose (Earl of Rosebery), and Robert Lowe (Viscount Sherbrooke).
mssGLA 1-759
mssGLA 1-759