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Full listing > Accession Sanctum, Unit #5| Accession # | Sanctum, Unit #5 | | Topic | Angell, Sir Norman: Book Collection, | | Title | The Sir Norman Angell Book Collection | | Location | Book Collection in the Sanctum, Unit #5 - there is also a written description in MC General File: Angell | | Citation | The Sir Norman Angell Book Collection, Sanctum, Unit #5, Archives and Brethren Historical Collection, Funderburg Library, Manchester University, North Manchester, Indiana. | | Access | Researchers are responsible for determining copyright status of archived materials where this is relevant to their intended use of the materials. | | Provenance | Collection of Funderburg Library | | Scope and Content | Books from the private collection of Sir Norman Angell (Lane). | | Date of Accession | 03 November 2020 | | Bio History Note | These books are from the private collection of Sir Norman Angell (Lane). Living form 1872-1967, he was an English writer, lecturer, and editor of the journal, Foreign Affairs. His 1910 book, The Great Illusion was translated into twenty-five languages and sold more than two million copies. In it, he proposed the theory that "military and political power gives a nation no commercial advantage, that it is an economic impossibility for one nation to seize or destroy the wealth of another, or for one nation to enrich itself by subjugating another." His Fruits of Victory (1921) attempted to showhow the aftermath of World War I proved his earlier propositions. He was a Labor member of Parliament from 1921-1931 and an active member of the Executive Committee of the League of Nations Union. He was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1933.
The main collection of his papers, personal collection of books, and editions of hisi writings are in the Bracken Library of Ball State University, where Angell was awarded an honorary degree in 1966. Several dissertations have been completed with those resources. After BSU kept those of his books which were most important for that major archives and collection, the rest were given to Manchester College more than twenty years ago.* Several of these were added to the peace and general collections. The remainder are here. They do not circulate and must be used in this area. Please return them to these shelves. - Rob Gratz (6/24/01). *The statement was written in 2001, and today's date is 3 November 2020) - so probably more than 39 years ago. jwine | | Archivist Note | Description prepared 3 November 2020 by Jeanine Wine. |
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