Descriptive Summary
Woodson Research Center,
Fondren Library, Rice University, Houston,
Texas
Symonds, Arthur G.
Macedonia troubles correspondence
1882-1913
Materials are in English.
MS 128
1 lin. inch (1 folder)
This is a collection of 31 letters
dated variously between 1882-1913, regarding the troubles in Macedonia, written to
A. G. Symonds and others of the National Reform Union.
Biographical Note
Arthur G. Symonds was the Secretary of the National Reform Union in London, England
during the time these letters were received. After the revival of Greek, Serbian,
and Bulgarian statehood in the 19th century, the Ottoman lands in Europe that became
identified as Macedonia, were contested by all three governments, leading to the
creation in the 1890s and 1900s of rival armed groups who divided their efforts
between fighting the Turks and one another. In 1912, the allied Balkan states of
Bulgaria, Greece, Serbia and Montenegro declared war against Turkey.
A portion of this brief sketch was excerpted from wikipedia, accessed on July 9,
2008, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macedonia_%28region%29.
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of 31 letters in one folder, dated variously between 1882-1913,
regarding the troubles in Macedonia, written to A. G. Symonds and others of the
National Reform Union; letters are from Noel Buxton, G.O. Trevelyan, J. Biggar,
Gladstone, Goldwin Smith, Lord Hugh Cecil, the Bishop of London (“deplorable state
of things in Macedonia”); Montagu Butler, Earl Grey (“I fear that separate action of
the British Government alone would be useless or worse”), R.B. Haldane (“public
opinion is apathetic”), Drummond Wolff (“We are bound by our action in 1878 to
secure the well-being and the freedom of the Christian and Non-Muslim populations of
Turkey”), Hensley Henson, James Bryce, M. Javid, Turkish Statesman; The Archbishop
of Canterbury; Randall Davidson (to the Bishop of Worcester condemning the outrages
in the Balkans).
Access Restrictions
This material is open for research.
Use Restrictions
Permission to publish from the Macedonia troubles correspondence, MS 128, must be
obtained from the Woodson Research Center, Fondren Library, Rice University.
Preferred Citation
Macedonia troubles correspondence, 1882-1913, MS 128, Woodson Research Center,
Fondren Library, Rice University.
Acquisition Information
Purchased in July 1961 on the recommendation of Rice History Professor Hardin
Craig.
Index Terms
Subjects (Persons)
Banerjea, Surendranath, 1848-1925
Bryce, James Bryce, viscount,
1838-1922
Cecil, Lord Hugh Richard Heathcote,
1869-
Davidson, Randall Thomas, archbishop
of Canterbury, 1848-1930
Gladstone, William Ewart, 1809-1898
Grey, Edward Grey, 1st viscount,
1862-1933
Haldane, Richard Burdon Haldand, 1st
viscount, 1856
Noel-Buxton, Noel Edward, baron, 1869-
Trevelyan, Sir George Otto, bart,
1838-1928
Subjects
Political Parties – Great
Britain
Subjects (Places)
Balkans – History
Great Britain – Liberal Party
Macedonia
Great Britain – Liberal Party
Formats
Correspondence
Detailed Description of the Collection
Series I: Letters, 1882-1889
1
1882 February 15Thomas Burt to Arthur G.
Symonds; signed postcard
1
1885 March 19 G.O. Trevelyan to Arthur G.
Symonds; handwritten letter, signed
1
1885 May 13R. Reid to Arthur G. Symonds;
handwritten letter, signed
1
1887 June 28 Henry Richard to “Dear Sir”;
handwritten letter, signed
1
1889 May 14 Joseph E. Biggar to Arthur G.
Symonds; handwritten letter, signed
1
1889 November 20 William Gladstone to
Arthur G. Symonds; handwritten note, signed
Series II: Letters, 1901-1913
1
1901 September 15 George Lewis to Arthur G.
Symonds; handwritten letter, signed
1
1901 October 9Goldwin Smith to Arthur G.
Symonds; handwritten letter, signed
1
1902 November 17 John Clifford to Arthur G.
Symonds; handwritten letter, signed
1
1903 September 18Montague Butler to Noel
Buxton; handwritten letter, signed
1
1903 September 24 Drummond Wolff to Noel
Buxton; handwritten letter signed
1
1903 September 24J. Hereford to Noel
Buxton; handwritten letter, signed
1
1903 September 25Carid to “Dear Sir”;
handwritten letter, signed
1
1903 September 25Randall Cantaur to Bishop
of Worcester; handwritten letter, signed
1
1903 September 26 H. Hensley Henson to
“Dear Sir”; handwritten letter, signed
1
1903 September 27E. Grey to “My dear
Bryce”; handwritten letter, signed
1
1903 September 28 A. Exon to “My dear
Bryce”; handwritten letter, signed
1
1903 September 30 Randall Cantaur to “Dear
Sir”, handwritten letter, signed
1
1904 March 18Hugh Cecil to Noel Buxton;
handwritten letter, signed
1
1904 June 11John Clifford to Arthur G.
Symonds; typed letter, signed
1
1907 June 30 Surendranath Banerjea to
Arthur G. Symonds; handwritten letter; signed
1
1907 September 20 A.F. Tardon to Noel
Buxton; handwritten letter; signed
1
1907 September 26 R.B. Haldane to Scott
James; handwritten letter, signed
1
1909 July 2 Surendranath Banerjea to Arthur
G. Symonds; typed letter, signed
1
1909 July 19 Surendranath Banerjea to
Arthur G. Symonds, handwritten, signed
1
1911 November 14 M. Ealcat to “Dear Sir”;
handwritten letter, signed
1
1911 December 11Djouid Sey to Noel Buxton;
typed letter, signed
1
1911 December 14 M. Javid to “Dear Sir”;
handwritten letter, signed
1
1913 January 20 Randall Cantaur to Noel
Buxton; handwritten letter, signed
1
Circa 1904 Hugh Cecil to “Dear Sir”;
handwritten letter, signed
1
[no year] August 17 J. Bryce to Arthur G.
Symonds; handwritten letter, signed