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The Library has some of the UK's outstanding collections of rare books and manuscripts

Madlle La Chevaliere d'Eon de Beaumont fencing at Carlton House, 9th April 1787. From the Chevalier d'Eon Collection

Newspaper digitisation project - The Gryphon

15/02/2013 09:18

Up until February the main bulk of the student newspaper project involved scanning the weekly Union News from the 1960s. Digitising papers from the entire decade has now been completed, with each issu...

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The Classics of Mountains and Seas

29/01/2013 15:40

As part of the reception team at Special Collections, responding to visitor enquiries enables a wide range of different material to cross my path each day, reflecting the diversity of the holdings at ...

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Illustration of a house-shrine by Arthur Ransome from his book Missee Lee, 1941

Lodging for the night

Original illustrations from the papers of Arthur Ransome in Special Collections More

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LULSpColl: "Vile Bodies" manuscript with original typescript crossed out. On display in the Brotherton Room for #leedsopenday http://t.co/2nsLaMqEai

18/06/2013 13:25

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LULSpColl: Letter from former Leeds professor JRR Tolkein, one of our items on display in the Brotherton Room #leedsopenday http://t.co/f7aJSGsjuJ

18/06/2013 11:36

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