Guide to the Letters of Leopold James Maxse (as filmed by the AJCP)
M1954
National Library of Australia View Catalogue Record
Created: 2019
Collection Summary
- Creator
- Maxse, Leopold James
- Title
- Letters of Leopold James Maxse (as filmed by the AJCP)
- Date Range
- 8 December 1887 - 17 December 1931
- Collection Number
- M1954
- Extent
- 28 items
- Language of Materials
- English
- Repository
- Australian Joint Copying Project
- Sponsor
- The Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP) online portal was created with the assistance of the Australian Public Service Modernisation Fund, 2017-2020. The National Library of Australia gratefully acknowledges the contribution of the other foundation AJCP partners, the State Library of New South Wales and The National Archives of the UK, and all other organisations which supported the work of the AJCP, the world's most extensive collaborative copying project, operating from 1948 to 1997.
Introduction
Scope and Contents
The letters refer to Maxse's world tour, National Review, and Australian politics, including: powers of British Government in relation to colonial legislation and appointment of governors; Sir John Forrest, B.R. Wise, Alfred Deakin; visit of American Fleet; Australian Labor Party; Coalition Government in Britain; and economic policy. Correspondents include Alfred Deakin, W.P. Reeves, A.W. Jose, F. Fox, L.S. Amery, Ivor Maxse and W.M. Hughes.
Conditions Governing Access
Available for Access.
Conditions Governing Use
Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.
Preferred Citation
Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.
Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.
Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)
Archival History
Filmed at the West Sussex Record Office, Chichester, as part of the Australian Joint Copying Project, 1985 (AJCP Reel: M1954). Original microfilm digitised as part of the NLA AJCP Online Delivery Project, 2017-2020.
Existence and Location of Originals
West Sussex Record Office, Chichester, England. Collection reference: Acc1427 formerly Add.Mss 1545-1551. For further information see: West Sussex Record Office catalogue (http://www.westsussexpast.org.uk/SearchOnline/default.aspx).
Existence and Location of Copies
The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn765680] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.
Finding-aid Notes
This finding aid is a revised online version of the original finding aid prepared by the Australian Joint Copying Project (AJCP), published by the National Library of Australia in 2019. The original AJCP finding aids were unpublished typescripts or photocopies available from libraries that held copies of the original microfilm.
Dates used in this finding aid refer to the date range of the records selected for filming rather than to the date range of the Series or Files.
Subjects
American Fleet; Amery, L.S.; Australia; Australia: politics and government; Australian Labor Party; Deakin, Alfred; Editors; Forrest, Sir John, 1st Baron; Fox, Sir Frank; Great Britain; Hughes, William M.; Jose, A.W.; Journalists; Maxse, Ivor; Maxse, Leopold J.; National Review (London), journal; New Zealand; New Zealand: visits to; Newspaper proprietors; Reeves, W. Pember; Wise, Bernhard R.
Bibliography
Originally cited in Australian Joint Copying Project Handbook. Part 8: Miscellaneous (M) Series. Third Edition, published 1998. Entry 315, p117.
Biographical / Historical
Proprietor and editor of monthly journal National Review 1893-1932. Undertook tour of India, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and United States 1887-88.
Item Descriptions
Letters, 8 December 1887 - 12 July 1888 (File 442)
3 itemsFilmed selectively.
Letters, 8 May 1890 - 4 August 1890 (File 443)
Filmed selectively.
Lord Knutsford to Maxse, 8 May 1890 (Item W568)
Thanks for prospectus of Review; powers of British Government in relation to colonial legislation and appointment of governors.
Lord Knutsford to Maxse, 9 May 1890 (Item W569)
Erroneous statement by Sir Charles Dilke that South Australia refused to accept Lord Normanby as Governor.
A.P. Martin to Mallet, 8 June 1890 (Item W570)
General belief in Australia that Lord Normanby was to have been sent to South Australia; need for less reserve on part of Colonial Office.
Letters, 14 October 1898 - 11 December 1898 (File 446)
2 itemsFilmed selectively.
Letters, 28 July 1902 (File 450)
2 itemsFilmed selectively.
Letters, 4 January 1904 - 12 December 1904 (File 452)
9 itemsFilmed selectively.
B.R. Wise (Sydney) to Maxse, 4 January 1904 (Item T728)
Sends article on Australia and preferential trade; A. Deakin; likely appointment of Wise as High Commissioner in London; Sir John Forrest.
A. Deakin to Maxse, 26 April 1904 (Item T741)
Resignation of Deakin Ministry; offers to be regular, anonymous Australian correspondent of National Review.
A. Deakin (Melbourne) to Maxse, 10 August 1904 (Item T756)
Reiterates offer; turning-point in history of Australian labour movement.
J. Chamberlain to Maxse, 21 September 1904 (Item T764)
Work of B.R. Wise for tariff reform in Australia; his claims for honour; doubts if he would be acceptable as parliamentary candidate in England.
A. Deakin to Maxse, 21 September 1904 (Item T765)
Inadequacy of quarterly articles; need for current Australian news in England; failings of cable service; rates of payment.
Letters, 10 January 1905 - 5 July 1905 (File 453)
8 itemsFilmed selectively.
A. Deakin (Melbourne) to Maxse, 10 January 1905 (Item S1)
Sends article; requests drafts rather than cheques; difficulty of treating current politics.
A. Deakin to Maxse, 7 February 1905 (Item S10)
Printers' errors in article; dissatisfaction with his work; congratulations on success of National Review.
A. Deakin to Maxse, 7 March 1905 (Item S21)
Sends article, abbreviated to utmost; speculation in Australia about authorship of articles.
A. Deakin to Maxse, 11 April 1905 (Item S39)
Article on White Australia; proposes article on defence and foreign relations; plans to visit Western Australia.
Lord Grey (Ottawa) to Maxse, 6 May 1905 (Item S47-49)
Sends volume on All-Red Cable; scheme of Sir Sandford Fleming to facilitate cable from Canada to Australia.
A. Deakin to Maxse, 13 June 1905 (Item S69)
Speculation on authorship of articles; future articles; reactions in Australia.
Letters, 18 July 1905 - 22 December 1905 (File 453)
4 itemsFilmed selectively.
A. Deakin to Maxse, 18 July 1905 (Item S86)
Unexpected return to office; sends article on political situation; suggests further articles.
A. Deakin to Maxse, 15 August 1905 (Item S103)
Wishes to be released from further articles; offers short summary of public affairs; offers to find another correspondent.
Letters, 20 July 1906 - 13 August 1906 (File 456)
3 itemsFilmed selectively.
Letters, 3 March 1907 - 7 November 1907 (File 457)
10 itemsFilmed selectively.
Lord Leconfield to Maxse, 3 March 1907 (Item S492)
Lord Elgin and tariff reform; suggests big meeting while colonial Premiers in England.
Lord Leconfield to Maxse, 29 April 1907 (Item S516)
Urges strong pressure be put on A. Deakin to attend preference dinner.
L.S. Amery to Maxse, 14 May 1907 (Item S526)
Hopes A. Deakin will return and campaign for tariff reform.
A. Deakin (Paris) to Maxse, 21 May 1907 (Item S529)
Meeting with G. Clemenceau; thanks for help during nervous breakdown; ideas for National Review.
Letters, 23 March 1908 - 21 July 1908 (File 458)
2 itemsFilmed selectively.
Letters, 12 January 1909 - 26 May 1909 (File 459)
10 itemsFilmed selectively.
[A.W. Jose] (Sydney) to Maxse, 12 January 1909 (Item R2)
Agrees to be Australian correspondent; sends account of South Africa by Australian visitor. (Incomplete)
[A.W. Jose] to Maxse, 19 January 1909 (Item R7-8)
Subscriptions by Australian institutions to monthly reviews; H. Arnold-Foster; Darling. (Incomplete)
Sir Gerald Strickland (Hobart) to Maxse, 5 April 1909 (Item R85)
Appointment as Governor of Western Australia; influence of constitutional governor in colonial democracy.
Letters, 28 August 1909 - 27 December 1909 (File 460)
7 itemsFilmed selectively.
F. Fox to Maxse, 28 August 1909 (Item R385-86)
Offers article on American politics; scheme for national Australian daily.
Ivor [Maxse] to Maxse, 29 September 1909 (Item R412)
Suggests he seek opinion of B.R. Wise on Australian United Steam Navigation Company.
T. Knox to Maxse, 11 October 1909 (Item R420-23)
Navy League; account of visit to New Zealand to establish branches
F. Fox to Maxse, 13 October 1909 (Item R426)
Refers to article on Mark Twain in Age; anxious to return to Australia.
Letters, 15 March 1910 - 15 June 1910 (File 461)
3 itemsFilmed selectively.
Letters, 30 September 1910 - 30 November 1910 (File 462)
4 itemsFilmed selectively.
Letters, 15 July 1913 - 2 November 1913 (File 468)
3 itemsFilmed selectively.
Letters, 16 July 1915 - 29 October 1915 (File 471)
4 itemsFilmed selectively.
T.M. Reid (Adelaide) to Maxse, 16 July 1915 (Item 264)
Seeks information on reduction of Expeditionary Force; popularity of National Review in Adelaide.
Margaret Cox-Taylor (Sydney) to Maxse, 27 July 1915 (Item 277-80)
Criticisms by Maxse of Asquith Government; Sir George King-Hall and his belief in Australian Navy.
Letters, 1 March 1916 - 14 April 1917 (File 472)
6 itemsFilmed selectively.
British Engineers Association to [Maxse], 1 March 1916 (Item 608-9)
Cable from Critchley Parker in Melbourne on alleged withdrawal of article in National Review on British Thomson-Houston Company.
G. Robinson to Maxse, 3 April 1916 (Item 643-44)
W.M. Hughes and Trade Conference; question of preference.
Ivor [Maxse] to Maxse, 7 April 1917 (Item 649-50)
Strong feeling among soldiers that it is scandal if Australian and Canadian, but not British, soldiers can vote.
Ivor [Maxse] to Maxse, 14 April 1917 (Item 654-55)
Voting by soldiers; belief of Sir William Birdwood that Australian soldiers voted against conscription; their influence on home vote.
Letters, 15 November 1916 - 27 December 1916 (File 473)
3 itemsFilmed selectively.
J.M. Fowler (Melbourne) to Maxse, 15 November 1916 (Item 843)
Labor bias of Australian correspondent of National Review; split in Labor Party; failure of W.M. Hughes to consult Liberal Party on formation of new Ministry; folly of conscription referendum; Hughes 'hasn't got the judgment of a hen'
Letters, 19 January 1917 - 21 December 1917 (File 474)
5 itemsFilmed selectively.
W.M. Hughes to Maxse, 19 January 1917 (Item N9-10)
Defeat of conscription referendum; formation of National Government uncertainty about scope of Imperial Conference.
J. Marjoribanks Steele (Auckland) to Maxse, 7 February 1917 (Item N26-28)
Formation of Coalition Government in Britain; military situation; W.F. Massey.
Letters, 30 March 1918 - 25 November 1918 (File 475)
4 itemsFilmed selectively.
J. Marjoribanks Steele (Auckland) to Maxse, 30 March 1918 (Item T220-26)
German offensive; military situation; propaganda.
J. Marjoribanks Steele to Maxse, 4 April 1918 (Item T231-40)
Military situation; Sir Douglas Haig; propaganda.
Letters, 15 December 1919 - 19 September 1921 (File 476)
12 itemsFilmed selectively.
W.M. Hughes (Melbourne) to Maxse, 15 December 1919 (Item M101)
Election victory; support of soldiers; President W. Wilson and 14 Points: D. Lloyd George; covets Grand Cross of Legion of Honour.
Lord Jellicoe to Maxse, 2 April 1920 (Item M111)
Declines to write article on future naval policy until Government publishes report on naval defences of Dominions.
F.A.W. Gisborne (Hobart) to [Maxse], 13 December 1920 (Item M138-40)
Complaints of A. Gilruth, late Administrator of Northern Territory, on Gisborne's article in National Review on Darwin disturbances; sends rejoinder for publication. (copy)
Preston and Foster to Maxse, 14 February 1921 (Item M150-53)
Sends letter from E. O'Connor & Co. on inaccuracies in article about Archbishop D. Mannix.
Letters, 14 January 1924 - 20 April 1926 (File 479)
4 itemsFilmed selectively.
F. Fox to Maxse, 14 January 1924 (Item K217)
Offers to write article on development in Australia from 3-party system to 2-party system.