Archive Collection FW - Whyte (Frederic) Archive

Identity area

Reference code

FW

Title

Whyte (Frederic) Archive

Date(s)

  • 1867 - 1941 (Accumulation)

Level of description

Archive Collection

Extent and medium

34 boxes (7 linear metres)

Context area

Name of creator

(1867-1941)

Biographical history

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Frederick Whyte's archive was deposited in the University Library by his son in 1972.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The papers of Frederic Whyte (1867-1941) form a literary archive although it contains a large amount of correspondence. The letters date largely from the late-Nineteenth and early-Twentieth Centuries and include correspondence with publishers, editors and literary agents. Correspondence also includes letters from Arthur Conan Doyle, George Bernard Shaw and correspondence with H.G. Wells.There are articles, notes and draft translations (including a manuscript draft and copy of an article 'Portrait of Cecil Rhodes' and correspondence about M.G. Sarfatti's biography of Mussolini); material for Whyte's Life of W.T. Stead, miscellaneous photographs, cuttings (including a scrapbook of press cuttings on the Boer War), book reviews, manuscript diaries, some publications and material relating to Sweden.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

No further material is expected to be added to the collection

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Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Standard copyright restrictions apply.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

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Uploaded finding aid

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Description control area

Description identifier

gb 186-FW

Institution identifier

gb 186

Rules and/or conventions used

Status

Final

Level of detail

Full

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

Script(s)

Sources

Archivist's note

Date first made available to the public: unknown

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