About Us

The Henry S. Salt Archive is run and maintained by admirers of Salt's writing purely on a voluntery basis. We welcome and encourage anyone interested in the project to contribute.

Our Objectives

The Henry S. Salt Archive primary objectives are to:

• Collect all of Salt's non-book works and make them easily accessible to everyone.
• Encourage more studies of Salt and the Humanitarian League.
• Assist students and scholars in their research into Salt.
• Introduce, very briefly, all aspects of Salt's life, including his writings, campaign work, influences and his circle of friends.
• To undertake our own research into missing aspects of Salt's life and work.

However, we are not a replacement for Salt's books and biographies. We strongly recommend anyone wanting to know more about Salt should buy George Hendrick's Henry Salt: Humanitarian Reformer and Man of Letters and The Savour of Salt: A Henry Salt Anthology edited by George and Willene Hendrick for starters. Both books inspired the creation of this website.

Road Map

In keeping with our objectives, we'll be making more of Salt's essays available as a priority.

Work has started on a timeline but there is no set date for its inclusion. (update - implemented 8 July 2010)

We had hoped to have a section on those who have championed Salt's writings, George Hendrick, Jon Wynne-Tyson and John Pontin obviously spring to mind, unfortunately we ran out of time. This section will be added in due course.

The site's search facility is fairly basic, but an improved version is currently being tested. (update - implemented 15 June 2010)

What follows next greatly depends on what, if any, material is donated to us. We assume that there are still many Salt letters and notes in private collections just gathering dust (not literally). These would be a great addition to the archive.