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1710-1719 Collection
1710-1719
Miscellaneous books published in England in the second decade of the 18th century. Includes subjects on Great British history, kings and rulers, politics and government, church and state and foreign r...
1890's Literature (Brotherton Collection)
1890s
Literary works published in the final decade of the 19th century. The collection also contains a small number of more recent works surveying the literary and artistic movements and ideas of the closin...
Stand Magazine Archive
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997); Baro, Gene; Smith, Ken (1938-2003); Lamb, Catherine; Brown, Merle E (1925-); Gardner, Raymond; Brunner, Edward; Rudolph, Anthony - Menard Press; Marshall, Brenda; Tracy, Lorna; Fink, Howard; Wilding, Michael (1942-); Ober, Robert; Gardner, Val; Heal, David; Wedde, Ian; Kureczko, Victor; Pybus, Rodney (1938-); Jones, Ag; Astley, Neil; Bradshaw, David C A; Wise, David; Keen, John; McDuff, David (1945-); Kates, Jim; Blackburn, Michael (1954-); Cleary, Brendan; Morgan, Richard; Joseph, Lawrence; Kingsbury, Jack; Evans, Lynn; Kingsbury, Pam; Alderson, David; Paterson, Evangeline; Emerson, Jessie; Schenker, Daniel; Kay, Amanda; Hinton, Brian; Robinson, Peter (1953-); Arthurs, Jack; Lewis, Peter; Ayton, Michael; Bennet, Peter (1942-); Mitchell, Adrian (1932-2008); Quick, Margaret; Davies, Ioan; N Coe, Richard; Harrison, Tony (1937-); Matthews, Geoffrey (1920-1984); Rex, John
1952-2012
This collection represents the archives of Jon Silkin's Stand magazine, from early days in London from 1952 to 1957, through its relaunch from Leeds in 1960 and move to Newcastle in 1965, through to i...
Alfred R. Orage book collection
1896 - 1992
Books from the collection of Alfred Richard Orage (1873-1834), journalist and intellectual, including long runs of The New Age, edited by Orage from 1907 to 1924, and New English Weekly, which Orage f...
George Wilson Knight book collection
1800-1994
Print material owned by or relating to, George Wilson Knight
Alberta Vickridge book collection
1922-1947
Print material owned by or relating to, Alberta Vickridge
Rayner Heppenstall book collection
1944-1988
Print material owned by or relating to, Rayner Heppenstall
Banham Collection
1960-2018
Over 300 publications collected by Professor Martin Banham, mainly consisting of plays by African dramatists and critical works on African theatre, with some poetry. Much of the collection was publish...
Travel (Brotherton Collection)
1600-1800
Works on European and Mediterranean travel in the period 1600 to 1800. Many of the works are descriptions of individual countries (including Russia, Europe, Middle East, Turkey, Italy and Spain), by E...
Bernstein Collection
1950-2000
This is a small collection of works on the anti-apartheid struggle in South Africa, from the collection of Lionel “Rusty” Bernstein (1920-2002), a prominent activist in the African National Congre...
Left Book Club
1936-1948
The Left Book Club was founded by the publisher Victor Gollancz in 1936, and continued until 1948. The Club offered subscribers a monthly choice of new books at reduced prices, offering commentaries o...
Stephen Chaplin Collection
Chaplin, Stephen
1700-2000
Stephen Chaplin (born 1934) studied at the Slade Art School and the Courtauld Institute, then taught at the Leeds College of Art from 1961 to 1966, and at the University of Leeds from 1966 to 1991, In...
Haig Collection
1882 - 1968
Books from the library of Field Marshal Douglas Haig. Later material added by family members.