Guide to the Papers of Professor Arthur Berriedale Keith (as filmed by the AJCP), 1901-1939

Summary

Collection number:

M1678-M1681

Creator:

Keith, Arthur Berriedale

Extent:

15 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the University of Edinburgh and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the Centre for Research Collections. University of Edinburgh and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: Colonial Office Correspondence, 1901-1914, Papers of Professor Arthur Berriedale Keith (as filmed by the AJCP), Centre for Research. The University of Edinburgh. (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-771827086/findingaid#nla-obj-798920548).

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Colonial Office correspondence 1910-14 including letters of Sir Charles Lucas, Sir Gerald Strickland, Sir Thomas Carmichael, Lord Chelmsford, Sir William MacGregor, Lord Liverpool, A. Deakin and Sir Joseph Ward.

Correspondence 1908-39 on constitutional issues such as: relations between Colonial Office and governors; Imperial federation; conscription referendum; possible abolition of State governors; industrial disputes; proposed abolition of Legislative Councils; appointment of Sir Isaac Isaacs as Governor-General of Australia; dismissal of J.T. Lang as New South Wales Premier; and Western Australian secession movement.

Letters 1911-18 from Keith to A.V. Dicey on constitutional issues, such as: relations between Britain and dominions; appeals to Privy Council; role of monarch in Empire; and interpretation of the Australian Constitution.

Literary and general correspondence 1915-40 referring to Keith's publications, thesis by Walter Murdoch on A. Deakin, and general constitutional matters. Correspondents include J.G. Tucker, Sir James Allen, T.L. Buick, Lord Stanley and Arthur Robinson.

Typescripts 1911-37 by Keith on Australian and Imperial political and constitutional topics, including Statute of Westminster.

Biographical / Historical:

Arthur Berriedale Keith (1879-1944). Educated at Royal High School, Edinburgh, Edinburgh University, Oxford University and Inner Temple. Official in Colonial Office, 1901-14, including Secretary to Crown Agents for Colonies 1903-5. Professor of Sanskrit and Comparative Philology, Edinburgh University, 1914-44, Lecturer on Constitution of British Empire, Edinburgh University, 1927-44. Author of many works on Sanskrit linguistics and philosophy and on British and imperial constitutional history and theory, including Responsible government in the Dominions (1909, revised 1912, 1928), Imperial unity and the Dominions (1916), The Sovereignty of the British Dominions (1929), The constitutional law of the British Dominions (1933) and The Governments of the British Empire (1935).

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-vn2257971] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Centre for Research Collections. The University of Edinburgh, Scotland. Collection Reference: Gen. 140-153.

For further information see: Centre for Research Collections. (https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/crc)

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the Centre for Research Collections, University of Edinburgh. For more information, contact the Centre for Research Collections [https://www.ed.ac.uk/information-services/library-museum-gallery/crc].

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the University of Edinburgh and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the Centre for Research Collections. University of Edinburgh and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: Colonial Office Correspondence, 1901-1914, Papers of Professor Arthur Berriedale Keith (as filmed by the AJCP), Centre for Research. The University of Edinburgh. (AJCP ref: https://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-771827086/findingaid#nla-obj-798920548).

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

Contact:

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