IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0097 SR 1142
Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science
Title: REEVES, William Pember, 1857-1932, journalist and politician
Date(s): 1890
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 1 volume
Name of creator(s): Unknown.
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born New Zealand, 1857; educated at Christ's College Grammar School, Christchurch, New Zealand; educated as a barrister at Oxford University, and admitted to the New Zealand Bar in 1880; worked as a barrister, but preferred journalism; edited the Canterbury Times 1885-1889, and the Lyttelton Times, 1889-; Liberal Member of the New Zealand Parliament, 1887-1896; Minister of Education, Labour, and Justice, 1891-1896; resigned position to become Agent-General for New Zealand, 1896-1905; Governor of the London School of Economics and Political Science, [1896-1932]; first High Commissioner for New Zealand, 1905-1908; Director London School of Economics, 1908-1919; Member of Senate of University of London, 1902-1919; Director, 1908-1917, and Chairman of the Board, 1917-1931, National Bank of New Zealand; set up Anglo-Hellenic League; died 1932.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Cartoons of William Pember Reeves from New Zealand newspapers, 1890, whilst a member of parliament.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
1 volume.
Conditions governing access:
Open.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No copyright restrictions.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
No further list required.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Transferred from the LSE in 1966.
Immediate source of acquisition:
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
The British Library of Political and Economic Science also holds papers of William Pember Reeves relating to articles on strikes in the Daily Chronicle (Ref: Coll Misc 0099), his work as Agent General (Ref: Coll Misc 0198), the Royal Commission on Electoral Systems (Ref: Coll Misc 0203), and labour legislation in New Zealand and Australia (Ref: Coll Misc 0524). The Library also holds the papers of Maud Pember Reeves (Ref: Coll Misc 0847), and papers relating to her husband in the records of the Fabian Society (Ref: Fabian Society).
The House of Lords Record Office holds correspondence with Herbert Samuel, 1888-1900 (Ref: Samuel Papers); the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, holds correspondence and papers.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Sources: Who's Who 1897-1996 (A & C Black, 1996); British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97; Historical Manuscripts Commission National Register of Archives. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: 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.
Date(s) of descriptions: Apr 2001