Hilaire Belloc Papers 1834-circa 1970 (bulk 1907-1938) MS.2005.003 http://hdl.handle.net/2345/1125 Archives and Manuscripts Department John J. Burns Library Boston College 140 Commonwealth Avenue Chestnut Hill 02467 library.bc.edu/burns/contact URL: http://www.bc.edu/burns Table of Contents Summary Information .................................................................................................................................... 3 Administrative Information ............................................................................................................................ 4 Related Materials ........................................................................................................................................... 4 Biographical Note: ......................................................................................................................................... 6 Scope and Contents ........................................................................................................................................ 6 Arrangement ................................................................................................................................................... 7 Collection Inventory ....................................................................................................................................... 8 I: Manuscripts .............................................................................................................................................. 8 II: Diaries, Logs, Journals, and an Autograph Book ................................................................................ 14 III: Belloc Student Papers and Lecture Notes .......................................................................................... 15 IV: Personal Papers ................................................................................................................................... 15 V: Sound Recordings ................................................................................................................................ 16 VI: Financial Records ............................................................................................................................... 16 VII: Publications ........................................................................................................................................ 19 VIII: Maps ................................................................................................................................................. 21 IX: Visual Materials .................................................................................................................................. 22 X: Scrapbooks ........................................................................................................................................... 24 XI: Diplomas and Certificates, Hilaire Belloc .......................................................................................... 25 XII: Artifacts ............................................................................................................................................. 25 Hilaire Belloc Papers MS.2005.003 - Page 2 - Summary Information Creator: Belloc, Hilaire, 1870-1953 Title: Hilaire Belloc papers ID: MS.2005.003 Date [inclusive]: 1834-circa 1970 Date [bulk]: bulk 1907-1938 Physical Description 58 Linear Feet (149 boxes) Language of the English, French, Latin, Spanish, Italian, German, and Polish. Material: Abstract: The collection consists mainly of manuscripts, publications, and printed materials representative of Belloc's nearly sixty years as a public intellectual. This collection contains manuscripts of over eighty books and numerous articles, as well as lecture notes, research notes, maps, student papers, financial records, drawings, sketches, paintings, photographs, sketchbooks and scrapbooks. The collection also includes a series of diaries by Hilaire Belloc, Elodie Hogan Belloc, and Elizabeth Hogan. Preferred Citation Identification of item, Box Number, Folder Number, Hilaire Belloc papers, MS.2005.003, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Hilaire Belloc Papers MS.2005.003 - Page 3 - Administrative Information Publication Information Processed by Matthew Heitzman, David Tennant, Amy Braitsch in 2007 Summer. This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace. Restrictions on access Collection is open for research. Restrictions on use These materials are made available for use in research, teaching and private study, pursuant to U.S. Copyright Law. The user must assume full responsibility for any use of the materials, including but not limited to, infringement of copyright and publication rights of reproduced materials. Any materials used for academic research or otherwise should be fully credited with the source. The original authors may retain copyright to the materials. Provenance Purchased from Hilaire Belloc Estate, 1981-1982. Related Materials Related Materials Belloc Family Correspondence, MS.1996.028, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Belloc Family Correspondence, MS.2007.008, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Belloc Family Correspondence and Administrative Documents, MS.2007.009, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Bessie Rayner Parkes Belloc - Kelsey Family Collection, MS.1998.027, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Elodie (Hogan) Belloc Correspondence, MS.2007.005, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Hilary A. Belloc Papers, MS.1998.004, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Hilaire Belloc Papers, MS.2005.002, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Hilaire Belloc Papers MS.2005.003 - Page 4 - Hilaire Belloc Papers (MacGillivray Collection), MS.2006.035, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Hilaire Belloc papers, MS.2007.012, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Herbert Family - Hilaire Belloc Correspondence, MS.1991.003, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Hoffman Nickerson - Hilaire Belloc Collection, MS.1988.008, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Patrick Cahill Collection of Belloc and Chesterton Materials, MS.1986.138, John J. Burns Library, Boston College. Hilaire Belloc Papers MS.2005.003 - Page 5 - Biographical Note: The British writer Joseph Hilaire Peter Belloc was born in Celle Saint-Cloud, France, on 27 July 1870. In 1896 he married an American, Elodie Hogan, with whom he had five children -three sons and two daughters: Louis (1897), Eleanor (1899), Elizabeth (1900), Hilary (1902) and Peter (1904). Belloc began his literary career with Verses and Sonnets (1895). He next published The Bad Child's Book of Beasts (1896), a collection of nonsense verse that was so popular it sold out in four days. Belloc then produced a series of biographies that included Danton (1899) and Robespiere (1901). In 1902 he published Path to Rome, which is perhaps his most representative work for its combination of Belloc's love for travel, as well as his fierce Roman Catholicism. It recounts Belloc's journey on foot from Toul, France to Rome, Italy. In 1906 Belloc was elected to the House of Commons as the representative for South Salford, a seat that he held until 1910. He left his political career to pursue journalism, founding the political journal, New Witness, with G.K. Chesterton. His political broadsides written with Chesterton and his brother, Cecil, were popularly known as the "Chesterbellocs." Belloc also served as editor of Land and Water, a journal devoted to the progress of the First World War, from 1914 to 1920. Elodie Belloc died in 1914, and Belloc's eldest son, Louis, was killed in 1918 while serving in World War I. Belloc's youngest son, Peter, a captain in the Royal Marines, would later die during World War II. Belloc was decorated with the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Gregory the Great in 1934 by Pope Pius XI for his devotion to Catholicism as a writer. That same year, he was also awarded an honorary Master of Arts from Oxford University. Belloc published prolifically over the course of his life. He wrote 153 books of essays, fiction, history, biography, and poetry, as well as numerous articles for periodicals. He continued to travel extensively until suffering a stroke in 1942. On 12 July 1953, Belloc accidentally fell into his fireplace while sleeping beside it. He was badly burned and died on 16 July 1953. Sources: A.N. Wilson Hilaire Belloc: A Biography, Atheneum: New York, 1984. Scope and Contents The Hilaire Belloc Papers spans over a century, from 1834 to 1970. The bulk of the materials are published and unpublished writings of Hilaire Belloc, including manuscripts, typescripts, proofs, galleys; reprints of various articles, essays, reviews, poetry, plays, prose, notes; and about eighty of Belloc's books. Among the other publications in this collection are a series of reviews of Belloc's books and articles; commentary on Belloc's politics; parliamentary materials saved by Belloc; and printed materials including book notices, lecture notices, syllabi, speeches, news clippings, leaflets, advertisements, and weekly journals. Hilaire Belloc Papers MS.2005.003 - Page 6 - The collection also contains an visual materials, including artwork and photographs, such as illustrations for Belloc's New Cautionary Tales drawn by Nicolas Bentley and photographic portraits of Hilaire Belloc, family members, friends, and associates. Other photographic materials include images of Belloc's King's Land Estate, photo albums, and sailing and ship photos. Also included in the visual