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Total number of records: 947
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| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 617 |
| English Literature | 387 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 178 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 9 |
| Quaker Collection | 7 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 6 |
| Medieval Manuscripts | 3 |
| Cookery Collection | 2 |
| Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society | 1 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 1 |
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Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Browning
BC MS 19c Browning
c.1820-1866
Vol.1: The anatomical parish -- Vol.2: The enquiry -- Vol.3: The journey to London -- Vol.4: Law -- Vol.5: The legacy -- Vol.6: The medium's ball -- Vol.7: The medium's progress -- Vol.8: The murder -...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Collins
BC MS 19c Collins
c.1860-1876
Comprises two poems: (1) My thrush; (2) By the fountain
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Hemans
BC MS 19c Hemans
c.1810-1835
Finely bound in blue with leather spine embossed with gilt lettering as follows: MRS. HEMANS. MS. - MUSIC OF YESTERDAY. Includes a full transcription of the manuscript.
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Peacock
BC MS 19c Peacock
c.1895-1896
Comprises the following poems:-(1) 'The charm of the rue'; (2) 'Living though the date be old'; (3) 'A stony way'; (4) 'Though your sins be as scarlet...', Isaiah 1.18; (5) 'A northern sailor'; (6) 'T...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Agnew
BC MS 19c Agnew
c.1830-1840?
Comprises: (1) 2 satirical poems, the first entitled 'To Saint Andrew Agnew' and signed by 'Ewe', the second entitled 'The "Monstre" Saint' and signed by 'Beta'; (2) A hymn, 'by Saint Andrew Agnew!' a...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Hervey
BC MS 19c Hervey
c. 1850
Comprises the apparently original holograph manuscript of Hervey's poem 'The nun'. The bound volume includes a biography of Hervey which is somewhat fuller than that found in the Dictionary of Nationa...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Tayler
BC MS 19c Tayler
1852
Comprises the apparently original autograph manuscript of Charles Tayler's poem 'On the death of a youthful disciple', written at Otley in 1852. The bound volume includes a biography of Hervey which i...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Clayfield
BC MS 19c Clayfield
1820s
Comprises autograph verses by William Clayfield, including 'On a young lady's stooping at a window to examine the Arabis-Stricta recently transplanted from St Vincent's rocks' (dated 1822); 'On the Ny...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Whitehead
BC MS 19c Whitehead
1831
Manuscript copy, possibly in Whitehead's hand, of his long meditative poem "The Solitary", which was first published in 1831.
Archive Collection:
Elliott Collection MS Wilde
Elliott Collection MS Wilde
1878-1895
Comprises the following items: (1) Autograph letter to Marian Willets [1878]; (2) Manuscript draft and notes for the original contract made by J.M. Stoddart, and Co. with Wilde for publishing Rennell ...
Archive File:
MS 13
MS 13
1700
1. A discourse on Psalm 315 by Rev. Oliver Heywood; 2. George Herbert's poem "Love"
Archive File:
MS 1742
MS 1742
1852-1858
Items M/1, M/3 and M/4 are verse compilations partly in the hand of Sarah or John Mould but also added to by others, principally fellow-pupils or members of staff at Ackworth School. M/2 contains note...