LHCMA catalogue: Papers of Sir Arthur Bryant

Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives

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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 Political correspondence, 1943-82

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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