Henry Simonis Correspondence, 1914-1919
Simonis, Henry
Henry Simonis Correspondence
http://arks.princeton.edu/ark:/88435/9g54xh702
2 boxes and 0.6 linear feet
Firestone Library (mss): Box 1-2
Consists of three volumes of correspondence of British journalist Henry Simonis concerning his literary, wartime, and charitable activities.
The collection consists of three volumes of correspondence, both sent and received, concerning Simonis's literary, wartime, and charitable activities. Letters span the years 1916-1919, and each volume is indexed, with correspondence filed alphabetically.
The first volume contains correspondence relating to his efforts to aid the British government in the dissemination of information to the public, the recruitment of workers for the war effort, and his appointment as Director of the Government Information Bureau. Correspondents include Neville Chamberlain, David Lloyd George, and Frances Stevenson.
The second volume also contains correspondence about various war work projects, and the third concerns Simonis's book The Street of Ink (1917), a history of Fleet Street, which he had begun as a series of newspaper articles. It includes correspondence with his publisher, Arthur Spurgeon of Cassell & Co., and letters from various newspaper editors, such as James Garvin, Lord Burnham, and Fisher Unwin, as well as congratulatory letters for the book.
Correspondence is arranged alphabetically.
Collection Creator Biography:
Henry Simonis was a British journalist and author who served as director of the Government Information Bureau during World War I.
Folder inventory added by Feng Zhu '2014 in 2012. Expanded by Hilde Creager '2015 in 2013.
The collection is open for research.
Henry Simonis Correspondence; Manuscripts Division, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library
Journalists -- England -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
Publishers and publishing -- England -- 20th century -- Correspondence.
World war, 1914-1918 -- War work -- Great Britain.
Genre Terms:
Correspondence -- 20th century
Fleet Street (London, England) -- History.