Guide to the Papers of Richard Jebb (as filmed by the AJCP), 1885-1953

Summary

Collection number:

M2241-M2253

Creator:

Jebb, Richard

Extent:

35 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the Senate House Library, University of London 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: Press cuttings from London newspapers re. the proposed colonial tour, 1905, Senate House Library, University of London. (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-903774413)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Correspondence 1885-1953. Correspondents include L. Curtis, R.R. Garran, Sir Samuel Way, A. Atlee Hunt, F. Fox, W. Nelson, B. Kerr-Pearse, Alfred Deakin, S.M. Bruce, R.G. Menzies, Fabian Ware and E.A. Edwards.

Journals 1899-1906 containing detailed accounts of Jebb's tours of Australia, New Zealand, Canada and South Africa.

Photograph albums of tour of Australia and New Zealand 1899-1900.

Scrapbooks 1904-1949 containing reviews of Jebb's writings Studies in Colonial Nationalism, Imperial Conference, Britannic Question, Empire in Eclipse and His Britannic Majesty, and Jebb's articles for the Morning Post.

Manuscript of 'Studies in Colonial Nationalism', including unpublished third volume.

Biographical / Historical:

Richard Jebb, 1874-1953 was educated at Marlborough and New College, Oxford He had intended to serve in the Indian Civil Service, however the death of his father and brother left him finacially independent and enabled him to travel widely - Egypt, North America, Australia, New Zealand, Japan and India in 1897-1901; Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, 1905-1906; and West Indies 1909. These visits turned his attention to the problem of Britain's Empire and especially trade with in that Empire. He spent the rest of his life writing about and publicising the Empire, both as a correspondent for the Morning Post and in his books Studies in Colonial Nationalism (1905), The Imperial Conference 2 vols. (1911), The Britannic Question (1913), Empire in Eclipse (1926), and His Britannic Majesty (1935). He stood unsuccessfully for parliament in 1910.

For a more detailed life of Richard Jebb and a discussion of his imperial theories see JDB Miller Richard Jebb and the problem of Empire (Commonwealth Papers, 3) Athlone Press, 1956.

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-vn2298912] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Institute of Commonwealth Studies, Senate House Library, University of London, London, England.

For further information, see Richard Jebb at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London (http://archives.ulrls.lon.ac.uk/Details/archive/110023497).

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 Senate House Library, University of London.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the Senate House Library, University of London 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: Press cuttings from London newspapers re. the proposed colonial tour, 1905, Senate House Library, University of London. (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-903774413)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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