Finding Aid for the Arthur Christopher Benson Papers, 1900-1925
Processed by Brooke Whiting; machine-readable finding aid created by Myra Villamor and Caroline Cubé.
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
Box 951575
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
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The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Finding Aid for the Arthur Christopher Benson Papers, 1900-1925
Collection number: 656
UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
Manuscripts Division
Los Angeles, CA
Contact Information
- Manuscripts Division
- UCLA Library, Department of Special Collections
- Room A1713, Charles E. Young Research Library
- Box 951575
- Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575
- Telephone: 310/825-4988 (10:00 a.m. - 4:45 p.m., Pacific
Time)
- Email: spec-coll@library.ucla.edu
- URL: http://www.library.ucla.edu/libraries/special/scweb/
- Processed by:
- Brooke Whiting, July & November 1962
- Encoded by:
- Caroline Cubé
- Online finding aid edited by:
- Josh Fiala, May 2002
© 1999 The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
Descriptive Summary
Title: Arthur Christopher Benson Papers,
Date (inclusive): 1900-1925
Collection number: 656
Creator:
Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925
Extent:
2 boxes (1 linear ft.)
Repository:
University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.
Los Angeles, California 90095-1575
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manuscripts, an unpublished novel and a presentation copy of a book of Benson's poems.
Physical location: Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Language:
English.
Administrative Information
Restrictions on Use and Reproduction
Property rights to the physical object belong to the UCLA Library,
Department of Special Collections. Literary rights, including copyright,
are retained by the creators and their heirs. It is the responsibility of
the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the
copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where The UC
Regents do not hold the copyright.
Restrictions on Access
COLLECTION STORED OFF-SITE AT SRLF: Open for research. Advance notice required for access. Contact the UCLA Library, Department
of Special Collections Reference Desk for paging information.
Preferred Citation
[Identification of item], Arthur Christopher Benson Papers (Collection 656). Department of Special Collections, Charles E.
Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.
Biography
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.
Scope and Content
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.
Organization and Arrangement
Arranged in the following series:
- Correspondence, book of poetry, and typescripts.
- Manuscript and typescripts of unpublished material.
Indexing Terms
The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the library's online public access catalog.
Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925--Archives.
Authors, English--20th century--Archival resources.
Poets, English--20th century--Archival resources.
Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925--
Cahier Jaune.
Container List
Box 1
Correspondence, mainly from Gordon G. Wordsworth to Arthur Christopher Benson, but with 2 letters from other people, and also
copies of 3 letters from various people to Gordon Wordsworth. v.p., September 1924-February 1925.
Creator/Collector: Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925.
Physical Description: 24 pieces.
Scope and Content Note
These letters concern the purchase of Mount Scawfell by Benson and Wordsworth for the purpose of giving it to the National
Trust.
Box 1
Le Cahier Jaune; poems. Eton: Privately printed, 1892.
Creator/Collector: Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925.
Physical Description: 99pp. 22.5cm.
Scope and Content Note
- Presentation copy from the author to Sir Walter Durnford, Provost of King's College, Cambridge.
-
With this is bound: His, The Myrtle Bough, a Vale. Eton, Spottiswoode, 1903. 70pp.,
and his, The Olive Bough. Eton: Spottiswoode, 1904. 31pp.
Note
Ex libris: C.K. Ogden.
Box 1
The Art of the Biographer. Cambridge, 1917.
Creator/Collector: Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925.
Physical Description: 49 leaves. Typescript with holograph corrections, bound.
Scope and Content Note
Published in
Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom, London. Essays by diverse hands, being transactions. London, 1926. 22cm. New [i.e. 3rd] series, vol.6, pp. [139]-164.
Read April 29th, 1925.
Box 1
Biographical studies: Issak Walton, Edward Ernest Bowen, William Collins, Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, Henry James, The Angel
[fiction?], Matthew Arnold, Crevasse [fiction?]. Cambridge, v.d.
Creator/Collector: Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925.
Physical Description: 8 typescripts with holograph corrections, bound in 1 vol.
Note
Apparently all unpublished.
Box 1
Letters to various persons. v.p., v.d.
Creator/Collector: Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925.
Physical Description: 2 items. Typescript, holograph.
Scope and Content Note
With these: 1 letter of July 26, 1926 (typescript copy) from R.M. Welsford to Lord Charnwood, and 1 letter of August 2, 1926 (typescript
copy) from Charnwood to Welsford, both regarding Arthur Christopher Benson's estate.
Box 1
Loopholes. Cambridge, 1916.
Creator/Collector: Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925.
Physical Description: Typescript with holograph corrections, bound.
Scope and Content Note
- These were... made into a little book called Loopholes [unpublished]...
- Title on backstrip reads Fragments 1917 (omitted from
Loopholes).
Box 2
[Manuscript without title. n.p.,n.d.].
Creator/Collector: Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925.
Physical Description: 190 leaves. 23cm. Holograph marked in pencil.
Note
A novel, apparently unpublished.
Box 2
Memoir of Mary Benson. Cambridge, 1925.
Creator/Collector: Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925.
Physical Description: Typescript (carbon), bound.
Scope and Content Note
A life of the author's mother.
Note
Ex libris: E.F. Benson.
Unpublished.
Box 2
Poems. [A volume of miscellaneous pieces, both poetry and prose. n.p., v.d.]
Creator/Collector: Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925.
Physical Description: 24 typescripts, some with holograph corrections.
Scope and Content Note
The dates, 1904, 1909, and 1916 appear on several items.
One item dated December 13, 1903, is printed. Poems. A.C.B. appears on the spine. Bound in boards.
Ex libris: C.K. Ogden.
Box 2
The War 1914. Cambridge, n.d.
Creator/Collector: Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862-1925.
Physical Description: Typescript with holograph corrections, bound.
Note
Apparently unpublished.
Box 2
Bibliography of Arthur Christopher Benson. n.p., n.d.
Physical Description: 25pp. 26cm. Typescript with corrections in ink.
Scope and Content Note
- Compiler unknown.
- Included are several biographical quotations from various sources.
