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 8 Collections and/or Records:
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
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
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
/
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
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
Series
Letter from Arthur C. Benson, 5 Mar. 1912
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8990/52
Scope and Contents
Sends cheque of ten guineas; cannot come to the dinner
Dates:
5 Mar. 1912
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).
Item
Letter from Arthur C. Benson to John Willis Clark, 2 Nov. 1906
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8954/11
Scope and Contents
Sorry about Clark's accident
Dates:
2 Nov. 1906
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).
Item
Letter from Arthur C. Benson to Mrs Clark, 17 Nov. 1904
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8954/10
Scope and Contents
Declining lunch invitation
Dates:
17 Nov. 1904
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).
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