Benson, Arthur Christopher, 1862 - 1925 (author and college head)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1862 - 1925
Biography
Arthur Christopher Benson (1862-1925), man of letters, was master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1915-1925. He was a prodigious writer of biographies, essays, literary criticism and novels.
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
File
33 letters from Arthur Christopher Benson to Oscar Browning, 1884 - 1912
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/OB/1/135/A
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Most of the files contain five or more letters. Some files include letters from more than one member of a family, and the larger correspondences occupy two or more files.
Dates:
1884 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Fonds
A.C. Benson: A national education, letters 1907
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7687
Scope and Contents
Typed letters with annotations between Arthur Benson and Edward Lyttleton concerning educational practice. Includes printed information. The letters were to be published.
Dates:
1907
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
A.C. Benson: Blanche Warre-Cornish
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7695
Dates:
1922
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
A.C. Benson: Charles Tennyson-Turner
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7699
Dates:
1900 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
A.C. Benson: E.C. Austen Leigh
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7694
Dates:
1916
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Sub-Fonds
A.C. Benson: J.K. Stephen
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7700
Scope and Contents
Typewritten account of the life of J.K. Stephen with manuscript annotations.
Dates:
1900 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
A.C. Benson: Lectures on Carlyle
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7688-7690
Dates:
1911
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
A.C. Benson: Lectures on Milton
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7685
Scope and Contents
Four lectures given in Magdalene College.
Dates:
1905
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
A.C. Benson: Lectures on Poetry
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7684
Scope and Contents
Six lectures delivered at Magdalene and Newnham Colleges.
Dates:
1905
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
A.C. Benson: Memories and Faces
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7696
Dates:
1923
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
A.C. Benson: Mrs Holland's Letters
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7693
Scope and Contents
Typewritten draft.
Dates:
1916
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
A.C. Benson: Notes for Speeches and Addresses
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7698
Dates:
1923-1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
A.C. Benson: Public School Education
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7703
Scope and Contents
Typewritten draft with manuscript annotations.
Dates:
1900 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
A.C. Benson: Robert Browning
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7691-7692
Scope and Contents
Typewritten account of Browning's life, with manuscript annotations.
Dates:
1913
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
A.C. Benson: Trefoil
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7697
Dates:
1923
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
A.C. Benson: William Morris (lectures)
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7701-7702
Scope and Contents
Typewritten account of William Morris' life, wiht handwritten annotations. For a lecture.
Dates:
1900 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Arthur Benson: recollections of Professor Newton
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7686
Dates:
1907
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Fonds
Arthur Christopher Benson: Collection of Drawings
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6340
Scope and Contents
Collection of paintings, drawings and a lithograph, mainly of Cambridge. The identity of the artists other than Benson is not known. Clive Forster Cooper (b. 1880), featured in no. 6, was Director of the Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, 1914-1937, and was made Director of the British Museum in 1938.
Dates:
1727-1924
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
Arthur Christopher Benson (KC 1881), 1911-01-18
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/KCAC/1/3/6/2/BensonAC1
Scope and Contents
Also includes 1 autograph letter signed from Benson, giving an outline of his advice on the best method of reading.
Dates:
1911-01-18
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some records contain personal information as defined under the terms of the Data Protection Act (1998) and will be reserved.
File
Arthur Christopher Benson (KC 1881), 1910-06-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/KCAC/1/3/6/2/BensonAC2
Scope and Contents
Photographer: V H Mottram for a Supplement to 'The Gownsman' 8 Jun 1910.
Dates:
1910-06-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Some records contain personal information as defined under the terms of the Data Protection Act (1998) and will be reserved.
File
Correspondence between E.M. Forster and A.C. Benson, 1910 - 1924
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/EMF/18/53
Scope and Contents
4 autograph letters, signed, to E.M. Forster. 1910-24.
Photocopies of 2 autograph letters, signed, from E.M. Forster. 1919.
To request originals, please use the following call mark: vol. 8/24. To request photocopies, please use: 18/Benson
Dates:
1910 - 1924
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
For access conditions see the Archive Centre pages of the King's College Cambridge website.
Series
Correspondence to Arthur C. Benson (1862-1925), 3 May 1913-21 June 1913
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8781/48-49
Dates:
3 May 1913-21 June 1913
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miscellaneous letters
Fonds
Derek Pepys Whiteley: Index to Arthur Christopher Benson's Diaries
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8772
Scope and Contents
The index, compiled by Whiteley, covers Benson's diaries of 1897-1902.
Dates:
1977-1980 (Dates of compilation)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
File
GHWR and A. C. Benson, 1923
File
Reference Code: GBR/0272/GHWR/5/214
Scope and Contents
Photograph of GHWR and A. C. Benson standing arm in arm outside Lamb House, Rye, Sussex. Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.8 cm. Sleeve 115.
Dates:
1923
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the Rylands Papers are readily available to scholars in the Archive Centre. Record consultation is by appointment. Personal letters of living authors may only be consulted with their written permission. Some material is reserved in view of its sensitivity. There is no access to such material for the time being.
Fonds
Henry Marten: Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7897-7899
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, papers relating to Eton, Cambridge and Oxford Universitties, a large number of high quality photographs taken at Eton between 1879 and 1947, including many of royal visits, and also school reports on Marten written by the young A.C. Benson.
Dates:
1890-1948 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library