Special Collections Sir Norman Angell, Papers, 1890 - 1976 67 Boxes (66.3 Cu
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1 Special Collections Sir Norman Angell, Papers, 1890 - 1976 67 boxes (66.3 cu. ft.) Biography Ralph Norman Angell Lane (December 26, 1872-October 7, 1967) was one of six children of Thomas Angell Lane and Mary Brittain Lane. Raised in a Victorian household in Holbeach in Lincolnshire, England, he attended elementary schools in England, the Lycée de St. Omer in France, a business school in London, and a year of courses at the University of Geneva. At the age of seventeen he decided to emigrate to America. He headed directly to the West Coast, where he worked for seven years a as vine planter, an irrigation-ditch digger, a cowpuncher, a California homesteader (after filing for American citizenship), a mail-carrier for his neighborhood, a prospector, and a reporter for the St. Louis Globe-Democrat and later the San Francisco Chronicle. After returning to England in 1898 to tend to some family affairs, Angell went to Paris where he worked as sub-editor of the English language Daily Messenger, then as staff contributor to Éclair. During this time he also acted as a correspondent for some American newspapers to which he sent dispatches on the progress of the Dreyfus case. In 1903, he published his first book Patriotism under Three Flags: A Plea for Rationalism in Politics. In 1905, Angell became the editor of the Paris edition of Lord Northcliffe's Daily Mail. In 1909 he published a small book, entitled Europe's Optical Illusion, using for the first time the name Norman Angell which he later legalized. In 1910 he expanded this work and re-titled it The Great Illusion. This book has been translated into 25 languages, sold over two million copies, and gave rise to a theory popularly called "Norman Angellism." This theory, as stated in the book's Preface, holds that "military and political power give a nation no commercial advantage, that it is an economic impossibility for one nation to seize or destroy the wealth of another, or for one nation to enrich itself by subjugating another." In 1912 he resigned from his position at the Daily Mail, in order to pursue writing and lecturing full time. By 1951, Angell had published 41 more books, including The Fruits of Victory, The Money Game, The Unseen Assassins, Peace with Dictators?, and After All. During this period he also wrote regularly for newspapers and journals and from 1928-1931 edited Foreign Affairs. From 1929-31 he served as a Labor member of 2 Parliament and member of the Consultative Committee of the Parliamentary Labor Party. He was knighted for public service in 1931, was a member of the Council of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, an executive of the Comité mondial contre laguerre et le fascisme [World Committee against War and Fascism], an active member of the Executive Committee of the League of Nations Union, and president of the Abyssinia Association. In 1933 he was presented with the Nobel Peace Prize. Sir Norman Angell spent most of his later years at his Northey Island Farm, and died at the age of 94 in Croydon, Surrey. Sources: Nobelprize.org; Sir Norman Angell Papers, Ball State University Libraries Archives and Special Collections Research Center. Scope and Content This collection consists of the papers of Sir Norman Angell and span his entire career as a political writer. The collection is broken into several series, including: Correspondence, Chronological Files, Manuscripts, Writings, Research Files, and Personal Files. The Correspondence series is the largest of the collection, consisting of 28 cubic feet of material, and is arranged alphabetically. The Writings series is broken into four sub-series: Speeches and Addresses, Articles, Monographs, and Reviews. The Manuscript file consists of an assortment of notes and other unidentified materials. Research Files are also split into the sub-series of Articles, Clippings, Booklets, Leaflets, and Pamphlets, and also includes a poster and a sketch. Also in the collection, but as yet unprocessed, are Clipping Books, Photographs, Artifacts, Calendars, and Address books. Additionally, the book collection consists of more than 4,000 volumes including many rare editions and copies carefully annotated by Angell. All titles are listed in CardCat. Container List Index Box Contents Correspondence Files 01-14 A - League of Nations, Bootle Branch 15-28 League of Nations, Bradford Branch - Z Other Materials 29-68 Chronological Files, Manuscripts, Writings, Research Files, and Personal Files Created by Andrea Childers, 2005 Sir Norman Angell Collection Correspondence Box 1 A. and C. Black (Who's Who). 1911, 1963. A. Quick & Co., Ltd. 1934. A.T. Ferrell & Co. 1949. A.W. Gamage, Ltd. 1925. Aaron, Stanley. 1937. Aarons, Herbert. 1966. Abbey Press. 1964. Abbey Road Building Society. 1935. Abbott, F. Smith. 1930. Abbott, Hilda F. 1934. Abbott, William. 1897, 1929-1931, 1938, n.d. Abbott, William, Mrs. 1927. Abett, C.S. 1962. Abraham, Florence. n.d. Abrams, Alan. 1954. Abyssinia Association. 1936-1952, n.d. See also Beaufort-Palmer, Francis; Samuel, Herbert. Academie Diplomatique Internationale. 1935. Academy of Political Science. 1953. Acaland, F.A. 1929. Acaland, Richard. 1937-1939. Achilles, Theodore C. 1964. Achurch, G. Philip. 1927. See Parker, Winder, and Achurch. Ackland, G. 1937. Aclosoroff, C. (Dr.). 1930. Adams, Ernest. 1935. Adams, Leslie. 1947. Adams, M. Bridges (Mrs.). 1916. Adams, Mrs. n.d. Adamson, Vera. 1953. Addams, ?. n.d. Addams, Jane. 1932-1935. Addey, E. 1917. Addey and Stanhope School. 1935, 1950, 1959-1960, n.d. Addison, Christopher. 1930-1931, 1935. Aerofilms, Ltd. 1938. Agar, Herbert. 1941. Agar, William. 1943. Agence Litteraire Internationale. 1934-1937. Agent, Tom Nally. 1929. Agent General for India. 1942-1943. Agnew, John C. 1954-1964, n.d. Aguilera, J. de. 1950. Ahearne, Jean. 1954, n.d. Ahearne, Rosemary. 1953, 1961, n.d. Ahern, P. 1924. Ahler, C.N. 1937. Ahmed, S.M. 1942, n.d. Ahrens, E.H. 1944. Aid Refugee Chinese Intellectuals, Inc. 1952. Aid to Displaced Persons and Its European Villages. 1959. Aikenhead, Helen. 1942. Ainsworth, Felicity. 1952. Aire and Calder Navigation. 1929. Aistrop, Jack. 1952-1958, n.d. Aitken, George. 1928-1929, n.d. Alber, (Mr.) 1927. Albers, G. 1926. Albert, Eric G. 1946. Albert Romeike and Co. 1930. Albion, Robert G. 1945. Aldous, Leslie. 1957. Aldridge, M.F. (Mrs.). 1931. Alexander, A.V. 1930, 1935. Alexander, F. Matthias. 1911. Alexander, Gertrude. 1929. Alexander, Horace G. 1916-1917, 1925. Alexander, I.J. 1943. Alexander, Jerome. 1943. Alexander, Joseph G. 1916-1917. Alexander, William Henry F. 1911. Alexandra Hall Lectures (Grimsby). 1935. See also: Smith, Harold. Alf Cooke Ltd. 1929. Alfred Hays Ltd. 1935. Alfreton, Swanwick Hall Secondary School. 1935. Algar, G. 1931. Algase, Gertrude. 1942-1946, n.d. Algerian Front of National Liberation in the United States. 1960. All Peoples' Association. Hungarian Branch. 1933. International Governing Council (London). 1930, 1934-1935, n.d. See also: Chaplin, E.D.W. Netherlands Group. 1934. See also: Chaplin, E.D.W. Allan, Elkan. 1957. Allen, A.W. (World Peace Foundation). 1913-1916. Allen, C.B. 1942. Allen, Clifford. 1929. Allen, Devere (World Tomorrow). 1929. Allen, Ernest A. 1929. Allen of Hurtwood, (Lady). 1959. Allen of Hurtwood, Clifford A. (Lord). 1931-1938. Allen, W. Francis. 1935. Alliance Universelle pour l'Amitie Internationale par les egkuses, 1936. Allied Jewish Campaign. 1942. Allied News Agency. 1936. Allied Newspapers Limited. See: Blyton, W.J. Allin, F.I. 1936. Allinson, Brent Dow. 1934-1935, 1952. Allison, George. 1936, n.d. Allison, Robert. 1944, 1948. Allot, Walter. 1928. Allum, Robert F. 1950-1952. Allyn and Bacon, Inc. 1965. Alpaca Lodge. 1931. Alpart, (Dr.). 1954. Altman, Henry. 1943. Amalgamated Engineering Union. 1931. Amalgamated Press, Limited. 1943. Amalgamated Society of Dyers in Bradford. See: Bateson, Walter. Aman, Leigh (Major). 1928. Ambruster, Howard W. 1943. American Academy of Political & Social Science. 1915-1953. American Airlines. 1966. American Association for a Democratic Germany. 1944. American Association for International Conciliation. 1912-1918, n.d. See also: Keppel, F. P. American Association for the United Nations, Inc. See: Eichelberger, Clark M.; Roosevelt, Eleanor B. American Bankers' Association. 1932. American Bar Association. 1944. American Broadcasting Co. 1945. See also: Streit, Clarence. American Civil Liberties Union. 1942. American Committee for Cultural Freedom. 1953, 1955. American Committee for a Free Spanish Republic. 1945. American Committee for the Outlawry of War. 1927-1930. American Committee for Refugee Scholars, Writers and Artists. See Canby, Henry S. American Committee on United Europe. 1952 American Consul General. 1920, 1946. American Council for Judaism. 1945-1967, n.d. American Council on Education. 1958. American Economic Association. 1947. American Economic Foundation. 1942-1943. American Express Company. 1928. American Free World Association. 1943. See also: Roosevelt, Franklin Delano. American Friends Service Committee. 1935-1941. American Hebrew. 1928. American Historical Review. 1942-1943. American Institute of France. See: Levine, John L. American Jewish Congress. 1937-1943. American Journal of Economics and Sociology. 1941. American Journal of International Law. See: Potter, Pitman B. American Labor Conference on International Affairs. 1943-1945. American Labor Party. 1943. American League to Limit Armaments. 1915. American Lecture Bureau. 1946. American Magazine. 1945. American Mercury. 1943-1951, n.d. See also: Lyons, Eugene.