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Newman, Francis William: letters, 1864-1894


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0096 AL342

Held at: Senate House Library, University of London

Title: Newman, Francis William: letters, 1864-1894

Date(s): 1864-1894

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 34 items

Name of creator(s): Newman | Francis William | 1805-1897 | Professor of Latin

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Francis William Newman was born in London and educated at Worcester College, Oxford, graduating with a double first in 1826. As a young man he travelled in the Middle East before settling to an academic career. After holding positions in Bristol and Manchester, he became Professor of Latin at University College London in 1846, retaining the post until 1862. Newman aslo wrote widely on classical and religious topics and was a staunch supporter of women's rights and women's education. He returned to south-west England in 1866 and continued to write extensively while living in retirement at Weston-super-Mare. Unlike his elder brother, John Henry Newman (who converted to Roman Catholicism and became a cardinal), Francis Newman came to be sceptical of religious teaching, rejecting bibical authority and Christian dogma, but still considered himself to be a Christian.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

34 letters from Francis William Newman, 1864-1894. 32 letters addressed to Newman's nephew John Rickards Mozley; 1 letter addressed to Newman's sister Jemima Mozley; 1 letter addressed to J R Mozley's father-in-law Bonamy Price. Topics covered include: domestic and family affairs; Newman's brother John Henry Newman (Cardinal Newman); education (including Augustus De Morgan and University College London); New Testament criticism; religion and morality; classical literature; mathematics; wealth; current affairs (including Irish Home Rule and the American Civil War); William Ewart Gladstone; and John Ruskin. All items are autograph, with signatures.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

See hard copy catalogue.

Conditions governing access:

Access to this collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the supervised environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Please contact the University Archivist for details. 24 hours notice is required for research visits.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Typescript catalogue available in the Library's Palaeography Room.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

See archivist

Immediate source of acquisition:

Gift from James Frederick Mozley, great-nephew of Francis William Newman, 1965.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Presumably, Miss Treadwell retained the original letters after relinquishing these copies; the current whereabouts of the original letters is unknown.

Related material:

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Anya Turner.

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: July 2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
American Civil War (1861-1865) | Civil war | Political movements
Family correspondence | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Irish Home Rule | Liberation movements | Political movements
Moral values | Ethics
Religious belief | Theology
Civil wars (events)
Family
Mathematics

Personal names
Gladstone | William Ewart | 1809-1898 | statesman
Morgan | Augustus De | 1806-1871 | mathematician and historian x De Morgan | Augustus
Newman | Francis William | 1805-1897 | Professor of Latin
Ruskin | John | 1819-1900 | author, artist and social reformer

Corporate names
University College London

Places