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Total number of records: 2615

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Books and printed items2058
Archives498
Indexes48
People and organisations9
Textiles2

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Brotherton Collection888
English Literature498
Leeds Russian Archive179
Herbert Read Collection116
Feminist Archive North92
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections58
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society53
Letters Database46
Leeds Poetry39
Liddle Collection17

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english fiction50
letters32
english literature26
fiction21
fiction in english20
manuscripts, english16
paleography, english16
english poetry14
autobiography13
world war, 1914-191811

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Rome27
Great Britain25
Greece11
Russia9
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Spain4
Alexandria (Egypt)4

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People and organisationsCount
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)147
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-183252
Cruikshank, George38
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)38
Browne, Hablot Knight38
Browne, Gordon (1858-1932)38
Browne, Hablot Knight (1815-1882)38
Fildes, Luke38
M'Cormick, Arthur David38
Neville, Julia Kate38

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Archive Series

Novels

1972

Series of literary papers of Wole Soyinka relating to his novels as published by Rex Collings. Files are arranged by published title and include annotated typescripts, annotated proof copies and some ...

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Novels

1966-2001

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Archive Collection

Archive File

Novels

1963-1987

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Graham Greene, drafts of two novels with literary contracts and film rights

Greene, Graham (1904-1991)

1935-1980

(1) A series of versions of Greene's late novel 'Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party', including a complete signed autograph manuscript, a series of TS versions with MS corrections, proofs, and...

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'I Tell of Greenland' novel

1976-1977

'I Tell of Greenland', including 30 autograph manuscript notebooks containing the original text. Autograph typescript draft used by the publishers (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1977). Berry's revis...

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Manuscript novel 'Matilda' or 'Credulity'

[19th century]

Note on spine, probably in the hand of Bradfer-Lawrence: 'Yorkshire MSS from Milner Collection'

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Fragment of a Novel

17 June 1816

Sometimes referred to as 'A Fragment' or 'The Burial: A Fragment'. The original holograph manuscript accompanied by a more recent typescript. The story was the result of a meeting that Byron had i...

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"Sisters on Bread Street" novel

22 Nov 1995 - Nov 2007

Material relating to the self-published novel 'Sisters on Bread Street'.

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"Striking out" unpublished novel

06 Feb 1970

Two typescript drafts with minor annotations, 1st draft 165 ff, 2nd draft 276 ff.

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"Sixpence in her shoe" novel

2004

Material relating to 'Sixpence in her shoe'. Includes typescript draft with annotations, notes on characters and plot, ring binder with rough drafts, research material (newspaper clippings on sculptur...

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'Dying in the Wool' Novel

2009

The first Kate Shackleton mystery, published in 2009. File contains typescript draft marked with editor’s comments.

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