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- 1883-1932 (Creation)
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1.06 linear metres
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Samuel and Henrietta Barnett were important figures in the social reform movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Samuel was the vicar of Saint Jude's Whitechapel, founder of Toynbee Hall, Whitechapel Art Gallery and the Education Reform League. Later he became Canon of Bristol and Canon and Sub-Dean of Westminster Abbey.
Henrietta was the founder of the London Pupil Teachers' Association, and is widely reknowned as the founder of Hampstead Garden Suburb.
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GB 0074 LMA/4266 1883-1932 Collection 1.06 linear metres Various.
Samuel and Henrietta Barnett were important figures in the social reform movement of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Samuel was the vicar of Saint Jude's Whitechapel, founder of Toynbee Hall, Whitechapel Art Gallery and the Education Reform League. Later he became Canon of Bristol and Canon and Sub-Dean of Westminster Abbey.
Henrietta was the founder of the London Pupil Teachers' Association, and is widely reknowned as the founder of Hampstead Garden Suburb.
The correspondence was purchased at auction in 2000. LMA is extremely grateful for the financial contributions made towards this by the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust, the Hampstead Garden Suburb Archive Trust and the V&A Purchase Grant Fund.
This collection consists of 186 letters sent to or written by Samuel and Henrietta Barnett. The correspondence is from public figures, including authors, poets, artists and other social reformers.
The auction lots in which the material was purchased is reflected in the arrangement of the collection. Within the lots there was no discernable original order, and so the letters were catalogued alphabetically by author. Some lots consisted of letters from groups of people e.g. artists, whilst others consisted of letters from one individual only. The sub-series descriptions reflect the contents of these auction lots:
A-1: Social issues;
A-2: Matthew Arnold;
A-3: Artists;
A-4: Herbert Henry Asquith;
A-5: Authors;
A-6: Robert Baden-Powell;
A-7: Edward Coley Burne-Jones;
A-8: Walter Crane;
A-9: Octavia Hill;
A-10: Edwin Landseer Lutyens;
A-11: Royalty;
A-12: Mary Augusta Ward;
A-13: H.G. Wells;
A-14: James McNeill Whistler.
This material is open for public consultation.
Copyright to this collection rests with the authors and their descendants.
English
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ACC/3816: Hampstead Garden Suburb;
F/BAR: Personal papers of Canon Barnett;
A/TOY: Records of Toynbee Hall;
LMA/4063: A quasi autobiography of Henrietta Barnett;
LMA/4255: Chatham Close, 005-006, Hampstead Garden Suburb;
LMA/4524: Mary Ward Settlement;
B98/048: Plans from the Building Control Office of the Borough of Barnet.
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.
August to October 2010. Jones , Sir , Edward Coley , Burne , 1833-1898 , Knight , painter x Burne Jones , Sir , Edward Coley Hill , Octavia , 1838-1912 , housing and social reformer Crane , Walter , 1845-1915 , artist Barnett , Samuel Augustus , 1844-1913 , Canon of Westminster Social Reformer Wells , H G x Wells , Herbert George , 1866-1946 , author Lutyens , Sir , Edwin Landseer , 1869-1944 , architect Ward , Mary Augusta , 1851-1920 , nee Arnold , novelist , philanthropist and political lobbyist Communication skills Communication process Artists Writing People Letter writing Social reformers People by roles Authors Writers Poets Social policy Social reform Asquith , Herbert Henry , 1852-1928 , 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith , statesman x Oxford and Asquith , 1st Earl of Powell , Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden- , first Baron Baden-Powell , 1857-1941 , army officer and founder of the Boy Scouts and Girl Guides Arnold , Matthew , 1822-1888 , poet and critic Whistler , James Abbott McNeill , 1834-1903 , painter and printmaker Barnett , Dame , Henrietta Octavia Weston , 1851-1936 , social reformer and author
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The correspondence was purchased at auction in 2000. LMA is extremely grateful for the financial contributions made towards this by the Hampstead Garden Suburb Trust, the Hampstead Garden Suburb Archive Trust and the V&A Purchase Grant Fund.
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Scope and content
This collection consists of 186 letters sent to or written by Samuel and Henrietta Barnett. The correspondence is from public figures, including authors, poets, artists and other social reformers.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The auction lots in which the material was purchased is reflected in the arrangement of the collection. Within the lots there was no discernable original order, and so the letters were catalogued alphabetically by author. Some lots consisted of letters from groups of people e.g. artists, whilst others consisted of letters from one individual only. The sub-series descriptions reflect the contents of these auction lots:
A-1: Social issues;
A-2: Matthew Arnold;
A-3: Artists;
A-4: Herbert Henry Asquith;
A-5: Authors;
A-6: Robert Baden-Powell;
A-7: Edward Coley Burne-Jones;
A-8: Walter Crane;
A-9: Octavia Hill;
A-10: Edwin Landseer Lutyens;
A-11: Royalty;
A-12: Mary Augusta Ward;
A-13: H.G. Wells;
A-14: James McNeill Whistler.
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This material is open for public consultation.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the authors and their descendants.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
ACC/3816: Hampstead Garden Suburb;
F/BAR: Personal papers of Canon Barnett;
A/TOY: Records of Toynbee Hall;
LMA/4063: A quasi autobiography of Henrietta Barnett;
LMA/4255: Chatham Close, 005-006, Hampstead Garden Suburb;
LMA/4524: Mary Ward Settlement;
B98/048: Plans from the Building Control Office of the Borough of Barnet.
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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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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.
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- English