Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- 1954 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
1 envelope
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
Though no details regarding the creator of this collection, information regarding William Ewart Berry exists.
William Ewart Berry was born on 23 June 1879 at Gwaelod-y-garth, Merthyr Tudful; leaving school at fourteen, Berry joined the Merthyr Times, moving on to neighbouring newspapers in order to widen his experience; he was appointed a City reporter on the Investors' Guardian,1898. Berry launched his first commercial venture, 1901; after four years William Berry decided to sell Advertising World, he saw a substantial return upon his initial investment and; successfully launched Boxing, 1909.
Due to demand for news from the western front after the outbreak of the First World War, Berry and his brother that the moment was right to acquire the Sunday Times. Berry purchased the St Clement's Press, and its City flagship the Financial Times, 1919 and became a baronet, 1921. In 1927 Berry and his brother acquired a major London based daily newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, which was in need of modernization. In October 1937 Berry took over the Morning Post, the Telegraph's rival. In 1929, on the recommendation of Stanley Baldwin, Berry was elevated to the peerage, as Baron Camrose of Long Cross. Viscount Camrose died in the Royal South Hampshire Hospital, Southampton, on 15 June 1954.
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
Unknown
GB 0096 MS 1098 1954 collection 1 envelope Unknown
Though no details regarding the creator of this collection, information regarding William Ewart Berry exists.
William Ewart Berry was born on 23 June 1879 at Gwaelod-y-garth, Merthyr Tudful; leaving school at fourteen, Berry joined the Merthyr Times, moving on to neighbouring newspapers in order to widen his experience; he was appointed a City reporter on the Investors' Guardian,1898. Berry launched his first commercial venture, 1901; after four years William Berry decided to sell Advertising World, he saw a substantial return upon his initial investment and; successfully launched Boxing, 1909.
Due to demand for news from the western front after the outbreak of the First World War, Berry and his brother that the moment was right to acquire the Sunday Times. Berry purchased the St Clement's Press, and its City flagship the Financial Times, 1919 and became a baronet, 1921. In 1927 Berry and his brother acquired a major London based daily newspaper, the Daily Telegraph, which was in need of modernization. In October 1937 Berry took over the Morning Post, the Telegraph's rival. In 1929, on the recommendation of Stanley Baldwin, Berry was elevated to the peerage, as Baron Camrose of Long Cross. Viscount Camrose died in the Royal South Hampshire Hospital, Southampton, on 15 June 1954.
Unknown
Unknown
Papers of William Ewart Berry, 1954, comprise six press cuttings regarding the death of Viscount Camrose, 1954; Order of proceedings for the funeral of Viscount Camrose, held at St Paul's Cathedral, 23 June 1954; telegrams between Geoffrey Harmsworth and Molly Camrose regarding the death of Viscount Camrose, 15-28 June 1954.
Arranged as in Scope and Content.
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.
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.
English
No addional finding aids exist.
Compiled by Samantha Velumyl.
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.
April 2008 Obituaries Documents Information sources Life cycle Death Burial Berry , William Ewart , 1879-1954 , 1st Viscount Camrose of Longcross , newspaper proprietor St Paul's Cathedral , London
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Unknown
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Papers of William Ewart Berry, 1954, comprise six press cuttings regarding the death of Viscount Camrose, 1954; Order of proceedings for the funeral of Viscount Camrose, held at St Paul's Cathedral, 23 June 1954; telegrams between Geoffrey Harmsworth and Molly Camrose regarding the death of Viscount Camrose, 15-28 June 1954.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
Arranged as in Scope and Content.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
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.
Condiciones
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.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
- latín
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
English
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
Instrumentos de descripción
No addional finding aids exist.
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Área de notas
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
Puntos de acceso por lugar
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
Tipo de puntos de acceso
Área de control de la descripción
Identificador de la descripción
Identificador de la institución
Reglas y/o convenciones usadas
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.
Estado de elaboración
Nivel de detalle
Fechas de creación revisión eliminación
Idioma(s)
- inglés