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Total number of records: 391

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection201
Brotherton Collection170
South Bank Show Production Archive158
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive23
English Literature4
Leeds Poetry2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
poetry391
family49
letter writing49
gift giving41
transcription36
writing30
music22
emotions18
painting16
publishing13

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy79
London, United Kingdom33
Leeds, United Kingdom14
Nice, France4
Florence, Italy4
Baden-Baden, Germany4
Rome, Italy3
Cannes, France2
Karlsruhe, Germany2
Richmond, United Kingdom2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria9
Cowden Clarke, Charles8
Hunt, James Henry Leigh5
Holsworth, G.2
Novello, Vincent2
Ollier, Edmund2
Dalby, John Watson2
Lamb, Charles2
Bufton, Joseph2
Smith, Miss Leigh1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 16002
From 17007
From 1800193
From 190087
From 2000102

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17994
Up to 1899190
Up to 199994
Up to latest103

Archive Collection

Northern House Publishing Archive

1962-2006

This collection comprises papers relating to Northern House publishing venture established by Andrew Gurr and Jon Silkin at the University of Leeds, and its publishing activities. Includes papers rela...

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John Masefield, letters to Greta Stevens, 1952-1966, with associated material.

Masefield, John (1878-1967)

1925-1967

Comprises: (1) Autograph letters from John Masefield to Greta Stevens, March 1952 - ca. 1965, many discussing the work of W. B. Yeats and a Yeats commemorative event in 1964. (2) Four signed photograp...

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Jon Glover Archive

Glover, Jon

1961-1972

This collection contains items relating to the poet Jon Glover, and in particular his time as a student at Leeds University. It includes poem and short story drafts, correspondence, and administrative...

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Poem of the Month Club, poems issued

1970-1972

Collection of printed poems on individual sheets signed by their authors. Included here are the first and second folios issued by the club with poems by: (First Folio) Stevie Smith, Philip Larkin, C. ...

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Novello Cowden Clarke

1739-1966

The Novello Cowden Clarkes were a well known Anglo-Italian family of musicians, writers, artists, singers and actors, with a wide and influential literary and artistic circle. Based in London and lat...

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NOVELLO, Clara Anastasia

1838-1910

Material related to the soprano singer Clara Anastasia Novello, including a gift presented to her; notes, manuscripts and partial typescripts for 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' published in 1910; hon...

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NOVELLO, (Mary) Sabilla

1838-1904

Financial, artistic, legal and literary material related to (Mary) Sabilla Novello and her short singing career. Includes portraits of her, albums of greetings cards and her illustrations to her siste...

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GIGLIUCCI, Giovanni

1852-1866

Sonnet titled ‘Sonnifero!’ by Giovanni Gigliucci and a photographic reproduction of a portrait of him as a child.

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GIGLIUCCI, Porzia

1852-1873

A poem transcribed by Porzia Gigliucci and photographic portraits of her as a child and later as an adult, dressed as Thalia from a theatrical production at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy.

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GIGLIUCCI, Valeria

1852-1893

Poems transcribed by Valeria Gigliucci for her future sister-in-law Edith Margaret Mozley and her aunt Mary Cowden Clarke. Photographic portraits of Valeria Gigliucci as a child and later as an adult ...

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NOVELLO COWDEN CLARKE, Family

1739-1950

Material relating to the Novello, Cowden Clarke and Gigliucci families which is not attributable to a single member of the family. Includes financial and legal records, creative collaborations between...

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COWDEN CLARKE, Mary Victoria (née NOVELLO)

1825-1898

Two silk carte de visite albums, drawings of plants from Villa Novello in Genoa, gifts of glazed prints and seaweeds, two brooches, Mary Cowden Clarke's Will and Probate details, notes and memoranda, ...

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