Letters mostly to George Prothero as editor of the ‘Quarterly Review’ of correspondents with surnames M-R., 1900-1917.
Scope and Contents
The letters have been arranged alphabetically by correspondent surname.
Letters of Alfred Thayer Mahan to George Prothero, 1912-1913: folio 1-7;
Letters of Frederic William Maitland to George Prothero, 1901-1905: folios 8-17;
Letters of William Hurrell Mallock to George Prothero, 1900-1902: folios 18-23;
Letter of Alfred Marshall to George Prothero, 1908: folios 24-28;
Letter of David Mather Masson to George Prothero, 1902: folios 29-30;
Letters of Charles Arthur Mercier to George Prothero, 1914: folios 31-35;
Letters of Alfred Milner, Viscount Milner, to George Prothero, 1907-1911: folios 36-39;
Letters of William Flavelle Moneypenny to George Prothero, 1909-1911 and undated: folios 40-49;
Letters of Ernest Bruce Iwan Muller to John Murray [IV] and George Prothero, 1909: folios 50-54;
Correspondence of, to and relating to Sir Henry Norman, 1904, consisting of:
pages from ‘World’s Work’ edited by Henry Norman: folios 55-57,
letter of Sir Percy William Bunting to George Prothero: folios 58-59,
letter of Arthur James Balfour to George Prothero: folios 60-61,
draft of a letter of George Prothero to Henry Norman: folio 62,
letter of an anonymous correspondent to George Prothero: folios 63-64,
letter of John Murray [IV] to George Prothero: folios 65-68,
letters and a copy of a letter between Sir Henry Norman and George Prothero: folios 69-70;
letter of Charles Plumptre Johnson to John Murray [IV]: folios 55-76;
Letter of Hermann Gerhardt Karl Oncken to George Prothero, 1914: folios 77-78;
Letters of Violet Paget, pseudonym Vernon Lee, to George Prothero with notes possibly of George Prothero and John Murray [IV], 1913-1914: folios 79-101;
Letters of Alwyn Parker to George Prothero, with a letter of Prothero to Parker and a draft of a letter of Parker to Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge, 1917: folios 102-120;
Letters of Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, to George Prothero, 1900-1915: folios 121-131;
Letters of Ismail Qemali to George Prothero, 1917: folios 132-135;
Letter of Sir Walter Alexander Raleigh to George Prothero, 1902: folios 136-137;
Letter of Salomon Reinach to George Prothero, 1911: folios 138-139;
Letters of Sir William Ridgeway to George Prothero, 1907-1908: folios 140-142;
Letter of Theodore Roosevelt to George Prothero, 1900: folios 143;
Letters of Ernest Brown Bowen-Rowlands to George Prothero, with a copy of a letter of Prothero to Bowen-Rowlands, 1913-1914: folios 144-169.
Dates
- Creation: 1900-1917.
Creator
- Mahan, Alfred Thayer (American naval officer and historian) (Person)
- Maitland, Frederic William (legal historian) (Person)
- Mallock, William Hurrell (political thinker and philosopher) (Person)
- Marshall, Alfred (economist) (Person)
- Masson, David Mather (biographer, literary scholar and editor) (Person)
- Milner, Alfred, Viscount Milner (statesman) (Person)
- Mercier, Charles Arthur (physician and surgeon) (Person)
- Moneypenny, William Flavelle (journalist and biographer) (Person)
- Muller, Ernest Bruce Iwan (journalist) (Person)
- Norman, Henry, Sir, 1st Baronet (journalist, politician and public servant) (Person)
- Oncken, Hermann Gerhardt Karl (German historian and political writer) (Person)
- Paget, Violet (art historian and write, pseudonym 'Vernon Lee') (Person)
- Parker, Alwyn (diplomat and banker) (Person)
- Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery (statesman) (Person)
- Qemali, Ismail (Albanian politician and statesman) (Person)
- Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir, Knight (Professor of English Literature, Oxford) (Person)
- Reinach, Salomon (art historian and archaeologist) (Person)
- Ridgeway, William, Sir, Knight (archaeologist) (Person)
- Roosevelt, Theodore (President of the United States of America) (Person)
- Rowlands, Ernest Brown Bowen- (barrister and legal writer) (Person)
- Prothero, George Walter, Sir, Knight (historian) (1848-1922) (Recipient, Person)
- Hardinge, Charles, Sir, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst (Viceroy of India) (Recipient, Person)
- Murray, John, Sir, Knight (publisher (IV)) (1851-1928) (Recipient, Person)
- Norman, Henry, Sir, 1st Baronet (journalist, politician and public servant) (Recipient, Person)
- Parker, Alwyn (diplomat and banker) (Recipient, Person)
- Rowlands, Ernest Brown Bowen- (barrister and legal writer) (Recipient, Person)
- Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (statesman) (Person)
- Bunting, Percy William, Sir, Knight (social reformer and editor) (Person)
- Johnson, Charles Plumptre (solicitor and bibliophile) (Person)
- Murray, John, Sir, Knight (publisher (IV)) (1851-1928) (Person)
- Prothero, George Walter, Sir, Knight (historian) (1848-1922) (Person)
Language of Materials
Most of the content is in English, but some content is in French and some is in German.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
171 Leaves
Arrangement
ii + 169 folios.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
0473A
Repository Details
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