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Total number of records: 93

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Archives83
Books and printed items10

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Brotherton Collection93
English Literature79
Leeds Poetry10
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections3
ApIvor Collection1

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english poetry39
letters38
english literature16
english drama13
english fiction9
diaries5
scrapbooks3
poetry3
gypsies3
genealogy2

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France1
Canada1
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Haffenden, John2
Hamilton, Ian2
Gawsworth, John2
Dorothy Una Phillips2
Dorothy Una Mcgrigor Phillips2
Knight, G Wilson (1897-1985)2
Knight, W F Jackson2
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)2
William Francis Jackson Knight2
Potts, Paul2

Archive Collection

Ralph Abercrombie correspondence

Abercrombie Family

1928-1969

Contains: (1) Letters of condolence to Catherine and Ralph Abercrombie on the death of Lascelles Abercrombie, Oct./Nov. 1938; (2) Abercrombie family letters, from various correspondents chiefly to Ral...

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Alan Bennett, draft of the introduction written for the dramatisation of 'The Wind in the Willows' at the National Theatre in 1991.

Bennett, Alan

1991

Comprises the typescript draft of Bennett's introduction for the Faber version of the dramatisation of Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows', produced at the National Theatre in December 1991. T...

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Walter Pater, poems

Pater, Walter (1839-1894)

1907

Transcripts of poems in manuscript: 'Cassandra' ('Like the stricken hart forsaken'), annotated below stanza 14 (referring to the original manuscript): 'Stanzas 12, 13 & 14 are in a female hand. Proba...

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Robin Skelton papers

Skelton, Robin (1925-1997)

1948-1957

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, published poems in pamphlet form and personal correspondence. Box 1 includes biographical information about Robin Skelton and Michael Seward Snow, ...

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Arnold Bennett, correspondence

Bennett, Arnold (1867-1931)

c.1903-1964

Comprises: (1) 25 autograph manuscript letters and postcards from Arnold Bennett to Pauline Urmson Smith or her mother between 1911-1931, together with typed transcripts made by the donor, A. Ravenscr...

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Archive Print Collection

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...

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Archive Print Collection

Stan Barstow book collection

1961- 1991

Copies of works by Stan Barstow, in various languages.

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Archive Print Collection

David and Betty Beaty book collection

1959 - 1995

Copies of works by David and Betty Beaty.

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Archive Print Collection

John Gawsworth book collection

1931-1945

Print material owned by or relating to, John Gawsorth

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Archive Print Collection

Alberta Vickridge book collection

1922-1947

Print material owned by or relating to, Alberta Vickridge

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Archive Print Collection

Rayner Heppenstall book collection

1944-1988

Print material owned by or relating to, Rayner Heppenstall

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Archive Print Collection

Paul Mills book collection

1976-1978

Print material owned by or relating to, Paul Mills

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