Guide to the Papers of Walter Long, 1st Viscount Long (as filmed by the AJCP), 1913-1923

Summary

Collection number:

M1114 - M1119

Creator:

Long, Walter, 1854-1924

Extent:

129 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Correspondence concerning: Imperial relations; recruiting in Australia and New Zealand; campaigns in France; 1918 Imperial War Conference; control of former German colonies in Pacific; split in Australian Labor Party over conscription; communications between Britain and Dominions; appointment of governors; honours; Imperial trade; federal-State relations in Australia; W.M. Hughes; Keith Murdoch; Archbishop D. Mannix; and administration of Straits Settlements.

Correspondents include Sir William Birdwood, Sir Charles Crewe, D. Lloyd George, W.F. Massey, Sir George Reid, Sir Walter Davidson, Lord Liverpool, Sir Henry Galway, Sir William Ellison Macartney, Sir Ronald Munro-Ferguson, Sir Francis Newdegate, Sir Arthur Stanley, Sir Bickham Sweet-Escott, A.J. Balfour and Sir Maurice Hankey.

Biographical / Historical:

Walter Hume Long (1854-1924), 1st Viscount Long of Wraxall (created 1921). Born at Rood Ashton, Wiltshire. Conservative M.P. 1880-1921. President of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries 1895-1900, President of the Local Government Board 1900-1905, Chief Secretary for Ireland 1905, President of the Local Government Board 1915-1916, Secretary of State for the Colonies December 1916-January 1919, First Lord of the Admiralty 1919-1921.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2248317] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre, Cocklebury Road, Chippenham, Wiltshire, England.

Collection Reference: 947. For further information see: Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre Catalogue. [https://calmview.wiltshire.gov.uk/CalmView/]

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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