THE A.L. SMITH COLLECTIONS THE PAPERS AND LETTERS OF ARTHUR LIONEL SMITH MASTER OF BALLIOL 1916-1924 By Tim Procter Modern Manuscripts Assistant 1993 Catalogue copyright Balliol College 1993, 2012. Page 1 of 186 Table of Contents Introduction ....................................................................................................................................................4 Biographical Summary..................................................................................................................... 4 ARTHUR LIONEL SMITH.................................................................................................................4 A.L. SMITH AND THE TEACHING OF HISTORY IN OXFORD ......................................................6 BIBLIOGRAPHY AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS. ...........................................................................6 THE PROVENANCE OF THE COLLECTION.................................................................................... 7 THE ARRANGEMENT OF THE COLLECTION................................................................................. 7 1. The Papers of A.L. Smith - General Arrangement. ......................................................................7 2. The Letters To A.L. Smith - Arrangement. .................................................................................10 3. Arrangement of the Collections - Summary. ..............................................................................10 ABBREVIATION NOTE. .................................................................................................................11 PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE COLLECTION.......................................................................................11 CATALOGUE: THE PAPERS OF A.L. SMITH............................................................................................12 I. "HISTORICAL AND SCHOLARLY." (MS, ACADEMIC AND TEACHING NOTES.)................... 12 A. "HISTORY."................................................................................................................................12 B. "HISTORY OF POLITICAL THOUGHT." ...................................................................................27 C. "POLITICAL SCIENCE." ............................................................................................................32 II. "PAPERS ON PUBLIC QUESTIONS, 1908-1924." .................................................................... 37 A. "EXTRA-MURAL WORK."..........................................................................................................37 B. "CHURCH AND STATE."...........................................................................................................39 C. "EDUCATION DURING THE WAR." .........................................................................................42 D. "THE WAR AND PUBLIC POLICY." ..........................................................................................46 E. "POST-WAR, 1919-1924." .........................................................................................................56 III. "BALLIOL" (AND THE UNIVERSITY)........................................................................................ 59 A. "BALLIOL." .................................................................................................................................59 B: UNIVERSITY ENDOWMENT FUND MATERIAL. .....................................................................65 IV. "MISCELLANEOUS." ................................................................................................................. 66 A. MATERIAL FROM PART IV OF THE ORIGINAL LIST. ............................................................66 B: MATERIAL DONATED BY SIR GILES BULLARD. ...................................................................66 C. MISCELLANEOUS FAMILY/PERSONAL EXERCISE BOOKS. ...............................................67 D. OTHER MISCELLANEOUS MATERIAL, LATER ADDITIONS ETC. ........................................67 THE LETTERS TO A.L. SMITH ....................................................................................................... 67 A......................................................................................................................................................68 B......................................................................................................................................................71 C. ....................................................................................................................................................79 D. ....................................................................................................................................................84 E......................................................................................................................................................87 F......................................................................................................................................................88 G. ....................................................................................................................................................91 H. ....................................................................................................................................................94 I.......................................................................................................................................................99 J. ...................................................................................................................................................100 K....................................................................................................................................................102 L....................................................................................................................................................103 M...................................................................................................................................................109 N. ..................................................................................................................................................114 O. ..................................................................................................................................................116 P....................................................................................................................................................118 Page 2 of 186 Q. ..................................................................................................................................................122 R. ..................................................................................................................................................122 S....................................................................................................................................................125 T....................................................................................................................................................133 U. ..................................................................................................................................................135 V....................................................................................................................................................136 W...................................................................................................................................................137 Y....................................................................................................................................................141 Z....................................................................................................................................................143 UNIDENTIFIED/MISCELLANEOUS.............................................................................................143 WORKERS' EDUCATIONAL ASSOCIATION. .............................................................................. 143 UNDATED WEA MATERIAL. .......................................................................................................149 ADDENDA. ..................................................................................................................................... 149 INDEX. ............................................................................................................................................ 150 Page 3 of 186 Introduction Biographical Summary ARTHUR LIONEL SMITH Arthur Lionel Smith was perhaps the first Master of Balliol since Benjamin Jowett to acquire something of a national reputation. Smith was a particularly hard-working and wide-ranging Master, but although he followed the traditional path of a Balliol Fellow, returning to the college after he had been an undergraduate, he was by no means introspective, and a great part of his time and energy was devoted to work outside Oxford. Indeed, the opening of the University to all was one of Smith's strongest ideals. He was born in London on December 4th 1850, the second son of William Henry Smith, a civil engineer. His father died when he was young, and Smith went to Christ's Hospital when a family friend gave Mrs. Smith the money for a place there. She then went to live first in Rome, then in America. Smith was