Correspondence relating to Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of letters of Newman to either Jane Whyte and Alexander Whyte, 1881-1885, or of Sir Frederick Whyte and C. Stephen Dessain to James Bartholomew Primrose and John Alexander Lamb, 1953-1960. There is also a letter from Fr. Henry Tristram to Lamb, 1953.
Dates
- Creation: 1881-1960
Language of Materials
English.
Physical Description
16 letters. Access to records in a fragile condition may be restricted.
Conditions Governing Access
Generally open for consultation to bona fide researchers, but please contact repository for details in advance.
Biographical / Historical
John Henry Newman was born in London. He studied at Trinity College, Oxford, from 1817 and in 1822 was elected a Fellow of Oriel. He was ordained in 1824. Newman broke with Evangelicalism in 1830, and became involved in the Tractarian movement, composing a number of the Tracts for the times. His Tract XC provoked a storm which ended the movement and brought on the conversion to Catholicism of many Tractarians. In October 1845 Newman was received into the Roman Catholic Church and shortly after he went to Rome for a year and a half. On his return to England in 1848 he established a branch of the brotherhood of St. Philip Neri at Edgbaston, Birmingham. In 1879, he was summoned to Rome to be appointed Cardinal by Pope Leo XIII. His other publications included The Arians of the fourth century (1833), lectures on Anglican difficulties (1850), lectures on Catholicism in England (1851), the poem The dream of Gerontius, and his philosophy of faith Grammar of assent (1870). Cardinal John Henry Newman died in Edgbaston on 11 August 1890.
Extent
16 letters
Physical Location
MSS BOX 2.4.1-28
Other Finding Aids
Local lists.
Accruals
Check the local Indexes for details of any additions.
Physical Description
16 letters. Access to records in a fragile condition may be restricted.
Physical Facet
Access to records in a fragile condition may be restricted.
General
- Modified at: Mon Feb 9 16:09:32 UTC 2004
- 08 April 2013 Converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
- Title
- Correspondence relating to Cardinal John Henry Newman (1801-1890)
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Repository Details
Part of the New College Library Special Collections Repository
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