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: M Manuscripts of Books, Articles, Reviews, Talks etc.
(NOTE: sections M 38 - 81 revised version, August 2001)
[BRYANT: M/1]
[1929]
The Spirit of Conservatism: early manuscript draft, including typed quotations from other works
[BRYANT: M/2]
[1931]
King Charles II: early manuscript draft
[BRYANT: M/3]
[1931]
King Charles II: corrected typescript with typed notes
[BRYANT: M/3a]
[1931]
King Charles II: duplicate typescript
[BRYANT: M/4]
[1932]
Macaulay: partial manuscript, with manuscript notes and outline
[BRYANT: M/5]
[1932]
Macaulay: corrected typescripts [two copies, one incomplete]
[BRYANT: M/6]
[1933]
Pepys: The Man in the Making: manuscript
[BRYANT: M/7]
[1935]
Pepys: The Years of Peril: manuscript
[BRYANT: M/8]
[1938]
Pepys: Saviour of the Navy: manuscript
[BRYANT: M/9]
[1938]
Pepys: Saviour of the Navy: additional manuscript copies of some chapters, with dates of composition
[BRYANT: M/10]
[no date]
Pepys: The Man in the Making: corrected typescript
[BRYANT: M/11]
[no date]
Pepys: The Years of Peril: two [earlier and later] typescript versions, one incomplete
[BRYANT: M/12]
[no date]
Pepys: Saviour of the Navy: two [earlier and later] typescript versions, one incomplete
[BRYANT: M/13]
[1978]
Pepys, volume IV [unpublished]: typescript and partial carbon copies of first two chapters, with various typescript versions of Pepys and the Revolution, an adaptation of part of Pepys: Saviour of the Navy with previously unpublished epilogue.
[BRYANT: M/14]
[1934]
The England of Charles II: corrected typescript versions, one chapter with marginal comments apparently by G.M. Trevelyan
[BRYANT: M/14a]
[1934]
The England of Charles II Duplicate Chapters
[BRYANT: M/15]
[1935]
The Letters, Council Notes and Speeches of Charles II: manuscript
[BRYANT: M/16]
[1935]
The Letters, Council Notes and Speeches of Charles II: corrected typescript
[BRYANT: M/17]
[1934]
The National Character: manuscript of original broadcast talks [1933], with some manuscript notes and a preface. Incomplete. Related Material [See also M/100]
[BRYANT: M/18]
[no date]
The National Character: typescripts of talks [various versions]
[BRYANT: M/19]
[1936]
Postman's Horn: corrected typescript with manuscript introduction and fragments of manuscript
[BRYANT: M/20]
[1936]
The American Ideal: incomplete manuscript with corrective notes in typescript and in the hand of Arthur Bryant's father, Sir Francis Bryant
[BRYANT: M/21]
[1936]
The American Ideal: corrected typescript with some duplication
[BRYANT: M/22]
[1936]
King George V: early version, mixed manuscript and typescript
[BRYANT: M/23]
[1936]
King George V: later version, almost all in typescript
[BRYANT: M/24]
[1936]
King George V: corrected typescript
[BRYANT: M/25]
[1937]
Stanley Baldwin, A Tribute: manuscript
[BRYANT: M/26]
[no date]
Stanley Baldwin, A Tribute: corrected typescript
[BRYANT: M/27]
[no date]
Stanley Baldwin, A Tribute: typescript of earlier versions of two chapters [2 and 3]
[BRYANT: M/28]
[1938]
Humanity in Politics: typescript copies of 'Our Notebook' essays from Illustrated London News [with new titles] used for book
[BRYANT: M/29]
[1939]
My Struggle for Peace: The Political Speeches of Neville Chamberlain, ed. by Arthur Bryant: manuscript of editorial sections
[BRYANT: M/30]
[1939]
My Struggle for Peace: typescript, with earlier version in the form of newspaper-cuttings, Hansard extracts and typed linking sections
[BRYANT: M/31]
1940
Britain Awake! [published anonymously by 'Junius']: early manuscript and typescript drafts, including many duplicates
[BRYANT: M/31a]
[1940]
Britain Awake!: further typescript copies
[BRYANT: M/32]
[1940]
Britain Awake!: notes
[BRYANT: M/33]
[1940]
Unfinished Victory: original manuscript draft
[BRYANT: M/34]
[1940]
Unfinished Victory: various corrected typescript drafts
[BRYANT: M/35]
[1940]
English Saga: manuscript draft with corrected typescripts of Preface and Introduction and some typescript pages, together with typed notes [on slips] inserted into the text
[BRYANT: M/36]
[no date]
English Saga: various corrected typescript versions
[BRYANT: M/36a]
[no date]
English Saga: another version with carbon manuscript pages
[BRYANT: M/36b]
[no date]
English Saga: another version, typed
[BRYANT: M/37]
1962
English Saga: extracts used for a projected school textbook, Your Forefathers, by Arthur Bryant and Fielden Hughes, together with comments by Arthur Bryant and some correspondence with Hughes
BRYANT: M Manuscripts of books, articles, reviews, talks etc, sections M 38 - 81 (revised version, August 2001)
[ BRYANT: M 38]
[1942]
The Years of Endurance (1942): corrected typescripts of earlier versions and main, final version, intermingled but in chronological order. 1 box
[ BRYANT: M 39]
[1942]
The Years of Endurance: odd typescript pages including part of index. 1 box
[ BRYANT: M 40 ]
[1944]
The Years of Victory (1944): original manuscript version. 2 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 41]
[1944]
The Years of Victory: typescript versions of chapters 1-6. 2 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 42]
[1944]
The Years of Victory: typescript versions of chapters 7-15. 4 boxes.
[ BRYANT: M 43]
1950
The Age of Elegance (1950): original manuscript, including manuscript notebook containing draft of one chapter. 4 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 44]
1957
The Turn of the Tide (1957): manuscript. 2 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 45]
[1957]
The Turn of the Tide: early manuscript versions and drafts of letters by Arthur Bryant about the projected book. 2 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 46]
[1957]
The Turn of the Tide: corrected typescript. 5 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 47 ]
[1959]
Triumph in the West (1959): manuscript, and some typescript. 2 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 48]
[1959]
Triumph in the West: various corrected typescript versions of chapters 1-6. 2 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 49]
[1959]
Triumph in the West: various corrected typescript versions of chapters 7-14. 2 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 50]
[1959]
Turn of the Tide and Triumph in the West: typed indexes and various typescript versions of Arthur Bryant's prologue and epilogue. Also typescript of broadcast, 'The Alanbrooke diaries' (1957); typescript of an American edition of a biography of Alanbrooke, annotated by Arthur Bryant, and duplicated fair copies of parts of both The Turn of the Tide and Triumph in the West, possibly for an American condensed edition. 3 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 51]
1953
Makers of the Realm (1953): manuscript versions, with notes on Christianity in handwriting that is not Arthur Bryant's, also typescript chapters annotated with comments by A L Rowse, A R Myers and others. 2 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 52]
1963
The Age of Chivalry (1963): manuscripts, chiefly in chapter files. 2 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 53]
1966
The Medieval Foundation (1966): incomplete manuscripts, blurbs and other material. 1 file
[ BRYANT: M54]
no date
The Island Kingdoms, 1382-1572 (unpublished in this form): manuscripts and typescripts. 2 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 55]
1980
The Elizabethan Deliverance (1980): typescript. 4 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 56]
1971
The Great Duke (1971): incomplete manuscript. 1 file
[ BRYANT: M 57]
[1971]
The Great Duke: incomplete typescript. 1 file
[ BRYANT: M 58]
[1972]
Jackets of Green (1972): manuscript. 2 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 59]
[1975]
A Thousand Years of British Monarchy (1975): manuscript. 1 file
[ BRYANT: M 60]
[1975]
A Thousand Years of British Monarchy: typescript.
BRYANT: M 61-66 Books written for private circulation or unfinished (revised version, August 2001)
[ BRYANT: M 61]
1925
Rupert Buxton: a memoir (Cambridge University Press,1925): manuscript, typescript and proofs, with typescript copies of poems and original manuscript letters and typescript copies of letters from Rupert Buxton to Arthur Bryant and members of his own family. (See also C 4-5).Rupert Buxton, a slightly younger Harrow contemporary of Arthur Bryant's, and the nephew of Charles Roden Buxton, MP, was drowned at Sandford Lock while an undergraduate at Oxford. 1 file
[ BRYANT: M 62]
[1930]
History of the Bonar Law College, Ashridge: typescript, with typescript of other articles and lectures on Ashridge, c 1930. 1 file
[ BRYANT: M 63]
1940 - 1941
The Battle of Britain, August - October, 1940 (Ministry of Information, 1941): manuscript, typescript, notes and printed copy. 1 file
[ BRYANT: M 64]
1967-1968
History of BUPA (British United Provident Association) (1967-1968): manuscript, typescript and printed copy. 1 file
[ BRYANT: M 65]
[1936]
Biography of Disraeli (commissioned 1936 but never published): manuscript and typescript copies of first three chapters. 1 file
[ BRYANT: M 66]
no date
History of the Shaw Savill Line: manuscript draft, typescript and printed copy. 1 file
BRYANT: M 67-81 Articles, reviews, talks and lecture notes (revised version, August 2001)
[ BRYANT: M 67]
1936-1937
Illustrated London News: 'Our notebook' articles, 1936-1937: manuscripts, with assorted manuscripts and typescripts of later Illustrated London News articles and some for other newspapers or periodicals. 3 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 68]
[1930-1949]
Illustrated London News articles, 1930s - 1940s: manuscripts. 5 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 69]
[1940-1959]
Illustrated London News articles, 1940s - 1950s: manuscripts. 5 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 70]
[1940-1969]
Illustrated London News articles, 1940s - 1960s: typed fair copies and proofs, with a few whole issues. 3 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 71]
no date
Illustrated London News articles, undated: manuscripts. 4 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 72]
no date
Illustrated London News articles, undated: manuscripts and typescripts. 5 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 73]
[1970-1989]
Illustrated London News articles, 1970s - 1980s: manuscripts, typescripts, some proofs, some printed copies of earlier articles. 5 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 74]
[1920-1938]
Stories, articles and reviews (early, to c 1929): manuscripts and typescripts, with manuscripts of Observer reviews and leading articles, c 1934-1938 (see also B 16 and B 18). 3 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 75]
[1930-1959]
Reviews and prefaces, 1930s - 1950s: manuscripts and typescripts. 4 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 76]
no date
Reviews and articles, various dates (including a few printed copies): manuscripts and typescripts. 5 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 77]
no date
Reviews, forewords and other articles, various dates: typescript. 5 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 78]
[1933-1989]
Texts of speeches and broadcasts by Arthur Bryant, c 1933-1980s: manuscripts and typescripts, with some printed transcripts. 3 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 79]
[1923-1936]
Lecture notes on English literature, local and social history and the writing of history and biography. Includes early notes for classes in Cambridgeshire and on the Oxford extramural circuit, c 1923-1936, and printed lecture notes issued by the Education Department, Conservative Central Office, 1927. 5 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 80]
no date
Lecture notes on history and biography. 4 boxes
[ BRYANT: M 81]
no date
Lecture notes on topics including politics, World War Two and reconstruction; also general notes for school speech days. 3 boxes
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