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Hollis, Christopher, 1902-1977

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Dates

  • Existence: 1902-12-02 - 1977-05-05

Biographical Note

Maurice Christopher Hollis (1902-1977) was educated at Eton and Balliol College, Oxford. He converted to Catholicism in 1924 and published his first book, Glastonbury and England, in 1927. From 1925-1935, he was assistant master at Stonyhurst College and from 1935-1939 he lectured and did research in the United States and Canada. Hollis was an economist, scholar, historian, biographer, lecturer, and journalist. He was a Conservative member of the British Parliament from 1945-1955 and served with the Royal Air Force in World War II. He served as a member of the editorial board of the London Tablet and published many works during his lifetime. His last book, Oxford in the Twenties: Recollections of Five Friends, was published a year before his death in 1977.

Social Networks and Archival Context (SNAC) Identifier

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Christopher Hollis and Douglas Woodruff, approximately 1940s

 File — Box 5, Folder: 6
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection consists of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, publications, financial records, and photographs of Douglas Woodruff, including records from Woodruff's editorial role at The Tablet newspaper, and his diary kept while in Rome during Vatican II. The papers also document Marie Immaculée Acton Woodruff's charitable work, as well as the Woodruff and Acton family histories through genealogical documents and original papers of the preceding generations...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: approximately 1940s
Found in: / Douglas and Marie Immaculée Acton Woodruff family papers / Douglas Woodruff papers / Photographs

Hollis, Christopher, 1947-1953, undated

 File — Box 2, Folder: 3
Scope and Contents From the Collection: Collection consists of correspondence, diaries, notebooks, publications, financial records, and photographs of Douglas Woodruff, including records from Woodruff's editorial role at The Tablet newspaper, and his diary kept while in Rome during Vatican II. The papers also document Marie Immaculée Acton Woodruff's charitable work, as well as the Woodruff and Acton family histories through genealogical documents and original papers of the preceding generations...
Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1947-1953, undated
Found in: / Douglas and Marie Immaculée Acton Woodruff family papers / Douglas Woodruff papers / Correspondence

Hollis, Christopher, 1973-1975

 File — Shared_box 22430: [Barcode: C0129644], Folder: 22
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

Consists of correspondence to John Cumming, literary editor of The Tablet, from various English and Scottish writers. Manuscripts of poems, essays, and reviews by these authors are also included.

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1973-1975
Found in: / Tablet Publishing Company editorial correspondence

Boston College collection of Christopher Hollis

 Collection
Identifier: MS-1993-050
Abstract

This collection documents the life and work of Christopher Hollis, a twentieth-century British Catholic author, historian, and politician. It contains correspondence, newspaper clippings, and typescripts for Hollis's theological work "The Mystery of Things."

Access Note

Collection is open for research.

Dates: 1961-1975

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