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032-001997943
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032-001997943
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Add MS 59541-59597
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WRENCH PAPERS. Correspondence and diaries of Sir John Evelyn Leslie Wrench, K.C.M.G., (b.1882, d.1966); 1887-1950, n.d. Partly printed, typewritten, copies. Partly French. The papers reflect Wrench's activities as an author and journalist, specifically his editorship of The Spectator 1925-1932, as well as his involvement as founder in both the Over-Seas Club (afterwards League), 1910, and the English-Speaking Union of the Commonwealth, 1918. See also Add. 62222; 62223; 46073, ff. 190, 230; 46074, ff. 276, 312; 46075, f. 145; 46080, ff. 118, 129-130, 146. For a more detailed review of Wrench's life and work see Dictionary of National Biography 1961-1970, pp. 1114-1115. Presented by Sir Evelyn Wrench in 1950 and hitherto reserved: de-reserved Dec. 1975.

Paper. Fifty-seven volumes. British Library arrangement as follows:

A. Correspondence: 59541-59548

B. Diaries: 59549-59597

Scope & Content:

Sir John Evelyn Leslie Wrench, founder of the Overseas League: Correspondence and diaries of Sir John Evelyn Leslie Wrench: 1887-1950: Partly signed. Partly copies.

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Vol. II. 1904-1909. ff. iii+116. 235 x 173mm. includes: f. 1 Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997948", "parent" : "037-001997946", "text" : "Add MS 59543: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. III. 1912-1928. ff. iii+148. 272 x 200mm. includes: ff. 1-3 Alfred Charles William Harmsworth, Viscount Northcliffe:…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997949", "parent" : "037-001997946", "text" : "Add MS 59544: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. IV. 1928-1937. ff. 348. 350 x 250mm.includes:ff. 5, 61 Enoch Arnold Bennett, author: Letters to Sir Evelyn Wrench…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-001997950", "parent" : "036-001997944", "text" : "Add MS 59545-59547: WRENCH PAPERS. Vols. V-VII. General letters addressed to Evelyn Wrench; 1913-1949, n.d. Mostly typewritten. Partly printed. Three…" },{ "id" : "040-001997951", "parent" : "037-001997950", "text" : "Add MS 59545: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. V (ff. 144). The first letter is addressed to Wrench's mother, Charlotte. Others relate to Wrench's duties as…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997952", "parent" : "037-001997950", "text" : "Add MS 59546: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. VI (ff. 186). 1945-1948.includes:ff. 3, 15, 49 George Ward Price: Letters to Sir Evelyn Wrench from George Ward…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997953", "parent" : "037-001997950", "text" : "Add MS 59547: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. VII (ff. 134). 1949, n.d.includes:ff. 1-109 passim Sir Ralph Norman Angell Lane, alias 'Norman Angell'; author and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997954", "parent" : "036-001997944", "text" : "Add MS 59548: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. VIII. (ff. 8). Six letters from T. E. Shaw formerly Lawrence, 'Lawrence of Arabia', to Francis Yeats-Brown, literary…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "036-001997955", "parent" : "032-001997943", "text" : "Add MS 59549-59597: B. DIARIES WRENCH PAPERS. Vols. IX-LVII. Diaries, many containing records of travels abroad; 1897-1950. Some are typewritten…" },{ "id" : "040-001997956", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59549: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. IX. Journal covering Wrench's travels in Switzerland; 31 Aug.-18 Sept. 1897. ff. i+91. Notebook, half bound in…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997957", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59550: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. X. Journal covering Wrench's travels in Germany and Poland; 15 Aug.-14 Sept. 1898. ff. 85. Notebook, half bound in…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997958", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59551: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XI. Journal covering Wrench's travels in Russia and Asia Minor; 1 Aug.-1 Sept. 1899. ff. 97. Leather bound. 198 x…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997959", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59552: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XII. Journal covering Wrench's travels in Eastern Europe and Asia; 2 Sept.-14 Oct. 1899. See Add. 59551 above for…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997960", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59553: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XIII. Pocket diary with entries recording day to day life; 1900. Most of the year was spent travelling in Germany,…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997961", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59554: WRENCH PAPRERS. Vol. XIV. (ff. i+42). Typewritten version of Add. 59553 above, with some variations in text and later handwritten…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997962", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59555: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XV. Notebook with daily entries covering travels in Central Europe; 27 July-3 Sept. 1900. See also Add. 59553 above.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997963", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59556: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XVI. Journal of Wrench's tour of Hungary, Bosnia-Herzogovnia, Montenegro, the Dalmatian Coast and Venice; 31 Aug.-2…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997964", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59557: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XVII. Pocket diary covering day-to-day life in London and travels in Europe; 1903. ff. 205. Leather bound. 140 x…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997965", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59558: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XVIII. (ff. ii+88). Typewritten version of Add. 59557 with variations in text and later handwritten additions; 1903." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997966", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59559: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XIX. Pocket diary covering Wrench's day-to-day life in London and travels in Europe; 1905. ff. 206. Leather bound.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997967", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59560: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XX. (ff. ii+111). Typewritten version of Add. 59559 with variations in the text and later handwritten additions;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997968", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59561: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXI. Pocket diary covering day-to-day life and work; 1906. For a detailed account of Wrench's travels in Canada and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997969", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59562: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXII. (ff. ii+83). Typewritten version of Add. 59562 with variations in the text and later handwritten additions;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997970", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59563: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXIII. Journal of Wrench's travels in Canada and the United States, in the form of typewritten letters to his…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997971", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59564: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXIV. Diary of day-to-day life and work; 1907. ff. 200. Leather bound. 140 x 93mm." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997972", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59565: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXV. (ff. i+71). Typewritten version of Add. 59564 with variations in the text and later handwritten additions;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997973", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59566: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXVI. Diary of day-to-day life and work; 1908. For a detailed account of Wrench's travels in the United States see…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997974", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59567: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXVII. (ff. i+83). Typewritten version of Add. 59566 with variations in the text and later handwritten additions;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997975", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59568: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXVIII. Diary of day-to-day life and work; 1908. ff. 198. Leather bound. 140 x 95mm." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997976", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59569: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXIX. (ff. i+62). Typewritten version of Add. 59568 with later handwritten additions; 1908." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-001997977", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59570-59573: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXX-XXXIII. Journal of a tour of the Commonwealth undertaken by Wrench and his sister Winifride to promote the…" },{ "id" : "040-001997978", "parent" : "037-001997977", "text" : "Add MS 59570: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXX. Canada; 11 May-23 July 1912. ff. 256. Leather bound. 257 x 202mm." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997979", "parent" : "037-001997977", "text" : "Add MS 59571: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXXI. New Zealand and the South Sea Islands; 17 Oct. 1912-19 March 1913. ff. 425. Leather bound. 257 x 202mm." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997980", "parent" : "037-001997977", "text" : "Add MS 59572: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXXII. Australia; 19 March 1913-13 Aug. 1913. ff. 353. Leather bound. 257 x 202mm." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997981", "parent" : "037-001997977", "text" : "Add MS 59573: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXXIII. South Africa; 13 Aug.-8 Nov. 1913. ff. 226. Leather bound. 257 x 202mm." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997982", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59574: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXXIV. Journal detailing a tour of the Baltic undertaken by Wrench and Francis Yeats-Brown; 17 July-13 Aug. 1917.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997983", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59575: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXXV. (ff. i+75). Typewritten version of Add. 59574 with variations to the text and later handwritten additions; 17…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997984", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59576: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXXVI. Journal of a motor tour of Europe undertaken by Wrench, his cousin (later his wife), Lady Hylda des Voeux and…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997985", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59577: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXXVII. (ff. 125). Typewritten version of Add. 59576 with variations to the text and later handwritten additions; 6…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997986", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59578: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXXVIII. Journal of a Balkan tour taken by Wrench, Hylda des Voeux, Sir Christopher and Lady Lynch-Robinson; 14…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997987", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59579: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XXXIX. (ff. i+105). Typewritten version of Add. 59578 with variations to the text and later handwritten additions;…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997988", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59580: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XL. Journal describing two separate tours; 1936, 1938. ff. 103. Half bound in cloth with board covers. 257 x 217mm.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997989", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59581: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XLI. (ff. i+58). Typewritten version of Wrench's tour of the West Indies with variations in text and later…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-001997990", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59582-59586: WRENCH PAPERS. Vols. XLII-XLVI. Journals describing Evelyn and Hylda Wrench's honeymoon tour; 1937-1938. See also Add. 59587-59591…" },{ "id" : "040-001997991", "parent" : "037-001997990", "text" : "Add MS 59582: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XLII (ff. 102). Canada; 21 May-21 July 1937." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997992", "parent" : "037-001997990", "text" : "Add MS 59583: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XLIII (ff. 102). Canada, Seattle, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Philippines, Japan; 21 July-28 Sept. 1937." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997993", "parent" : "037-001997990", "text" : "Add MS 59584: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XLIV (ff. 103). San Francisco to Washington D.C.; 28 Sept.-6 Dec. 1937." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997994", "parent" : "037-001997990", "text" : "Add MS 59585: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XLV (ff. 49). Washington D.C. to Miami; 6 Dec. 1937-9 Jan. 1938. Partly written by Hylda Wrench." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997995", "parent" : "037-001997990", "text" : "Add MS 59586: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XLVI (ff. 18). Miami to London, including a visit to Nassau; 10 Jan.-25 Jan. 1938." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-001997996", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59587-59591: WRENCH PAPERS. Vols. XLVII-LI. Typewritten versions of Add. 59582-59586 with later handwritten additions; 1937-1938. Five volumes." },{ "id" : "040-001997997", "parent" : "037-001997996", "text" : "Add MS 59587: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XLVII (ff. ii+121). Canada; 21 May-21 July 1937." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997998", "parent" : "037-001997996", "text" : "Add MS 59588: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. XLVIII (ff. ii+119). Canada, Seattle, Honolulu, Hong Kong, Philippines, Japan; 21 July-28 Sept. 1937." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001997999", "parent" : "037-001997996", "text" : "Add MS 59589: WRENCH PAPERS. Vols. XLIX (ff. i+115). San Francisco to Washington D.C.; 28 Sept.-6 Dec. 1937." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001998000", "parent" : "037-001997996", "text" : "Add MS 59590: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. L (ff. i+50). Washington D.C. to Miami; 6 Dec. 1937-9 Jan. 1938. Partly written by Hylda Wrench." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001998001", "parent" : "037-001997996", "text" : "Add MS 59591: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. LI (ff. 21). Miami to London, including a visit to Nassau; 10 Jan.-25 Jan. 1938." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001998002", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59592: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. LII. Journal of Evelyn and Hylda Wrenchs' travels through Switzerland and France; 4 Aug.-26 Aug. 1938. For an…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001998003", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59593: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. LIII. Journal of Evelyn and Hylda Wrench's travels in India, Russia, Poland, Denmark and Sweden; 1939. See Add.…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001998004", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59594: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. LIV. Journal of Evelyn and Hylda Wrenchs' travels in Germany, France, Italy, Switzerland and Sweden on the eve of…" , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "037-001998005", "parent" : "036-001997955", "text" : "Add MS 59595-59597: WRENCH PAPERS. Vols. LV-LVII. Journal of Evelyn and Hylda Wrenchs' travels in the United States in the form of typewritten copies…" },{ "id" : "040-001998006", "parent" : "037-001998005", "text" : "Add MS 59595: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. LV (ff. 144). United States and the Bahamas; 25 Oct. 1947-9 March 1948." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001998007", "parent" : "037-001998005", "text" : "Add MS 59596: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. LVI (ff. 195). United States and Canada; 24 Aug.-27 Nov. 1949." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} },{ "id" : "040-001998008", "parent" : "037-001998005", "text" : "Add MS 59597: WRENCH PAPERS. Vol. LVII (ff. 84). United States, mainly North Carolina; 1 Aug.-4 Sept. 1950." , "li_attr" : {"class": "orderable"} }]
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Add MS 59541-59548 : A. CORRESPONDENCE
Add MS 59549-59597 : B. DIARIES WRENCH PAPERS. Vols. IX-LVII. Diaries, many containing records of travels abroad; 1897-1950. Some are…

 

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1887
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1950
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Wrench, John Evelyn Leslie, founder of the Overseas League