KING'S COLLEGE LONDON
LIDDELL HART CENTRE FOR MILITARY ARCHIVES
Papers of Sir Arthur Wynne Morgan Bryant (1899-1985) and Lady Bryant (1874-1958): professional, family and married life, 1877-1938
BRYANT: F Fan-Letters, and other correspondence, about Bryant's Books and Articles
[BRYANT: F/1]
1931-
Correspondence about King Charles II
[BRYANT: F/2]
1933-
Correspondence about Pepys (vols. I-III and prospective vol. IV)
[BRYANT: F/3]
1932-
Correspondence about Macaulay, The National Character, Postman's Horn, The American Ideal, King George V, Stanley Baldwin and Humanity in Politics
[BRYANT: F/3a]
1940-
Correspondence about Unfinished Victory and Britain Awake!, including criticisms of early drafts of Britain Awake, correspondence about its distribution by Lord Queenborough, and letters about the Union and Reconstruction movement. Related Material (See also ADDENDA)
[BRYANT: F/4]
1940-
Correspondence about English Saga. Includes a letter of 1936 about material for the book
[BRYANT: F/5]
1942-
Correspondence about Years of Endurance, Years of Victory and Age of Elegance
[BRYANT: F/6]
1952-
Correspondence about Makers of the Realm, Age of Chivalry, Medieval Foundation, Protestant Island, Elizabethan Deliverance, The Fire and the Rose, A Thousand Years of British Monarchy, The Spirit of England and Set in a Silver Sea
[BRYANT: F/7]
1957-
Correspondence about Turn of the Tide and Triumph in the West, including some correspondence about Lord Alanbrooke's papers and the background to the volumes. Related Material (See also BRYANT N/34-38)
[BRYANT: F/8]
1960-
Correspondence about Jimmy, the Dog in my Life
[BRYANT: F/9]
1969-
Correspondence about The Lion and the Unicorn
[BRYANT: F/10]
1970-
Correspondence about Nelson and The Great Duke
[BRYANT: F/11]
1968-72
Correspondence about Arthur Bryant's projected history of the Royal Greenjackets (Jackets of Green, 1972) with Lt-Gen Sir Richard Fyffe
[BRYANT: F/12]
1972-
Other correspondence and fan-letters about Jackets of Green
[BRYANT: F/13]
1945-
Correspondence about Historian's Holiday
[BRYANT: F/14]
1932-84
Letters from and on behalf of members of the Royal Family acknowledging gifts of copies of Arthur Bryant's books, and about his broadcasts, his knighthood and other matters
[BRYANT: F/15]
[no date]
Fan-letters (general)
[BRYANT: F/16]
[no date]
Fan-lists
[BRYANT: F/17]
c.1939-84
Illustrated London News (ILN) fan-letters, (surnames A-R)
[BRYANT: F/18]
c.1939-84
Illustrated London News (ILN) fan-letters, (surnames S-Z) and other letters arranged regionally by topic
[BRYANT: F/19]
1939-84
Fan-letters about Illustrated London News (ILN) articles and other journalism
[BRYANT: F/20]
1950-84
Fan-letters about Illustrated London News (ILN) articles and other journalism, mainly
[BRYANT: F/21]
1962-
Fan-letters about Illustrated London News (ILN) articles against Britain's entry to the Common Market (and letters of disagreement)
[BRYANT: F/22]
[no date]
Letters about Illustrated London News (ILN) articles appealing for a support-fund for Kate Ward's stray dogs' home at Camberley
[BRYANT: F/23]
1945-46
Letters about Sunday Times article and Times letter on the post-war importance of Community Centres
BRYANT: G Preliminary Naval
History of the Second World War; Regimental, etc.
[BRYANT: G/1]
1944-55
Correspondence about the Preliminary Naval History, with outlines for it by Arthur Bryant
[BRYANT: G/2]
[no date]
Eight volumes of papers, with supporting material, on the strategic background to the Preliminary Naval History
[BRYANT: G/3]
[no date]
Typescript drafts of the Preliminary History (authorship uncertain)
[BRYANT: G/4]
[no date]
Typescript drafts of the Preliminary History (authorship uncertain)
[BRYANT: G/5]
[no date]
Typescript drafts of the Preliminary History with supporting material
[BRYANT: G/6]
(1972)
Material for Jackets of Green, Arthyr Bryant's history of the Royal Greenjackets and Rifle Brigade. Related Material (See also BRYANT F/11 and BRYANT M/71)
[BRYANT: G/7]
1947-59
General file on regimental histories. Related Material (See also BRYANT D/60)
[BRYANT: H/1]
1968-70
General political correspondence with the Duke of Bedford, Hugh Dalton, Cuthbert Fitzherbert, Harold Wilson and others, 1943-78. Also correspondence with John Hewitt of 10 Downing Street about the closure of papers related to Arthur Bryant's prewar visit to Germany and Austria until 1990
[BRYANT: H/2]
1941-57
Papers on Economic Reform, including copies of writings for Tory Forum, a speech to the Southampton Chamber of Commerce etc. Related Material (See also BRYANT E/57)
[BRYANT: H/3]
1945-48
Correspondence with members of the Brooke family, and other papers, about the deposition of the Brookes as Rajahs of Sarawak
[BRYANT: H/4]
1962-63
Britain's entry into the Common Market: important early correspondence with Lord Avon, Sir Hugh Gaitskell, Viscount Montgomery, General de Gaulle, Sir Harold Caccia, Lord Butler, Lord Beaverbrook and others, with drafts of Arthur Bryant's letters to Beaverbrook, (Sir) Denis Hamilton and Garfield Weston about his articles on the subject
[BRYANT: H/5]
(1963?)
Typescript copies of Arthur Bryant's articles on the "Common Market, An Alternative" and "Why Abandon Freedom"
[BRYANT: H/6]
1967-82
Common Market correspondence. Copy and manuscript of interview with Arthur Bryant in The Director; manuscript of Sunday Express article, "Britain Yet Shall Stand" (1968)
[BRYANT: H/7]
c.1962-71
Newspaper and pamphlet material on the Common Market and North Atlantic Free Trade
[BRYANT: H/8]
c. 1962-71
Further newspaper material
[BRYANT: H/9]
c.1970-84
Correspondence, articles and pamphlets on the economy
BRYANT: J Pageants, Invitations,
Honours etc. Related Material (For DRAMA and FILMS see Addenda)
[BRYANT: J/1]
1924-1926
Cambridge Pageant, 1924, and Oxford Pageant, 1926: scripts, newspaper reports, programmes etc.
[BRYANT: J/2]
1929
Wisbech Pageant: correspondence
[BRYANT: J/3]
not dated
Wisbech Pageant: scenarios, notes, newspaper reports and manuscript of descriptive article by Arthur Bryant
[BRYANT: J/4]
1928 and 1930
Correspondence and papers about Empire Day processions in the East End of London and Hyde Park
[BRYANT: J/5]
1932
Correspondence and papers about the Daily Express Empire Day pageant in Hyde Park
[BRYANT: J/6]
1933
Greenwich Night Pageant: scripts, newspaper reports, programmes etc.
[BRYANT: J/7]
c.1925-1940
General material on pageants
[BRYANT: J/8]
1938-
Invitations
[BRYANT: J/9]
c. 1965-84
Invitations, various dates; menus of dinners; correspondence with Christina Foyle about Foyles' Literary Lunches (many of them chaired or attended by Arthur Bryant)
[BRYANT: J/10]
1949
Letters of congratulation on CBE
[BRYANT: J/11]
1954
Letters of congratulation on Knighthood
[BRYANT: J/12]
1967
Letters of congratulation on CH
[BRYANT: J/13]
1979
Letters of congratulation on 80th birthday
[BRYANT: J/14]
1980
Letters of congratulation on engagement to Laura, Duchess of Marlborough
[BRYANT: J/15]
1946-
Correspondence about honorary degrees, and related papers
BRYANT: K Clubs, Societies,
Committees etc.
[BRYANT: K/1]
1939-1984
Correspondence and papers about membership of: a. The Confrères, 1939-
b. The Athenaeum, 1942-
c. Beefsteak Club, 1943-
d. Saintsbury Club, 1951-
e. Pratts' Club, 1956-
f. Allies' Club, to 1946
g. United Oxford & Cambridge Club, to 1948
h. Other clubs
j. Leathersellers' Company, 1960-
k. D'Oyley Carte Opera Company
[BRYANT: K/2]
1951-1984
Correspondence about Grillion's Club (a political dining club, including many eminent politicians, which Arthur Bryant joined in 1951 and of which he was joint secretary for 30 years) with Arthur Bryant's manuscript history of the club
[BRYANT: K/3]
1922-84
Societies (general), including Royal Historical Society; Historical Association; Society of Authors (including typescript copy of an article for the Daily Telegraph about VAT (Value Added Tax) on books); Harrow Association (including copy of 1922 article on the Harrow Mission), Chiropractic Association etc.
[BRYANT: K/4]
mainly c.1960-80
Amenity Societies, including Friends of the Vale of Aylesbury; Knightsbridge Society; Chiltern Society; Wing Airport Resistance Group; correspondence about proposed overhead power-line at Wootton Underwood, and requests for help on various environmental issues
[BRYANT: K/5]
1946-72
Correspondence and papers about Red Cross Libraries' Committee
[BRYANT: K/6]
1974-76
Red Cross Libraries' Committee, 1972-73, and letter to the Committee from Aneurin Bevan, 1946. King George V Jubilee Trust, 1949-76. RAF Benevolent Fund, 1954-82. Army Education Council, 1947-59. Soldiers', Sailors' and Airmen's Association (mainly for finding outdoor staff), 1944-. Polish Air Force Association, and other charities. Historic Houses Association; Folk Dance Society; Westminster Abbey Historic Buildings Committee, etc.
BRYANT: L Houses,
Legal, Bills etc.
[BRYANT: L/1]
1944-84
Legal correspondence, general
[BRYANT: L/2]
[no date]
Legal correspondence, mainly 1944-56 but some later
[BRYANT: L/3]
1944-48
Correspondence about Arthur Bryant's tenancy of Rapsgate Manor, near Cirencester, and related papers
[BRYANT: L/4]
1945-75
Correspondence and papers about Arthur Bryant's tenancy and purchases of 18 Rutland Gate, London SW7, 1945-75; Smedmore House, near Wareham, 1947-56; Wincombe Park, near Shaftesbury, 1951-63; South Pavilion, Wootton Underwood, 1963-73; and Myles Place, Salisbury, 1973-85; together with correspondence about houses viewed by Arthur Bryant, 1945-75
[BRYANT: L/5]
1920-84
Miscellaneous bills, and particulars of furniture, pictures and other items bought by Arthur Bryant at the sale of contents of his parents-in-laws' house, Somerford Park, near Congleton, 1925
[BRYANT: L/6]
[no date]
Bills, various dates
[BRYANT: L/7]
1928-29
Valuations, inventories of contents of Arthur Bryant's houses, index-cards containing details of furniture, pictures etc., including lists of items bought at the Somerford Park sales, 1925-26, and inventory of contents of The White House, East Claydon (Arthur Bryant's main residence, 1925-45) with provenances of items
[BRYANT: L/8]
[no date]
Valuations
[BRYANT: L/9]
c.1940-84
Correspondence with Arthur Bryant's secretaries, including applications for the post of secretary
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