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Total number of records: 405

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Archives401
Books and printed items4

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Brotherton Collection405
English Literature360
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections24
Leeds Poetry20
Herbert Read Collection4
Medical Collections1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters405
english poetry300
english fiction286
english literature273
english drama265
romanies24
african theatre23
nigerian poetry (english)23
nigerian drama (english)23
poets, english18

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Hertfordshire1
England1
Colney Heath1
Birmingham1

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Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)12
Bradford, Barbara Taylor (1933-)4
Sotheby & Co. (London, England)4
Holroyd, Michael2
Gawsworth, John2
Ross, Alan (1922-2001)2
Dorothy Una Mcgrigor Phillips2
Berry, Francis2
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)2
Masefield, John (1878-1967)2

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From 1900393
From 200012

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Up to 1999370
Up to latest33

Archive Collection

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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London Magazine Editions Archive

The London Magazine

1965-1979

The archive material contained within this collection relates to the publication of various volumes and dates from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, during the editorship of Alan Ross. The bulk of the ...

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London Magazine Archive

1972-2007

Editorial and production papers, earlier versions of material published in the magazine, and correspondence between contributors and editorial staff, predominantly Alan Ross.

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Authors' World Peace Appeal, papers and correspondence

1951-1954

Comprises: (1) Correspondence arranged by surname A-Z; (2) Invitation letters; (3) Minutes and agendas of meetings; (4) Bulletins; (5) Various other administrative papers

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George Barker, miscellaneous literary papers and letters

Barker, George (1913-1991)

1935-1987

Comprises: (1) 3 letters to or from George Barker, including 1 undated and 2 dated 1977 and 1981 respectively, held in an envelope with typed drafts of his 'Critical sonnet for William Shakespeare', ...

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Thomas Moult correspondence

Moult, Thomas (1885-1974)

c.1911-1962

The fifth box contains newspaper cuttings and a bed-jacket relating to Katherine Mansfield and her death. Some of the letters are undated

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Greville Press Archive

Greville Press

1975-2016

Comprises the business papers of the Greville Press, correspondence relating to the planning and selection of material for publication with some drafts and proofs, examples of Greville Press and other...

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Philip O'Connor, letters and papers with some of his writings

O'Connor, Philip (1916-1998)

1916-2003

Comprises the personal papers and documents of Philip O'Connor; his correspondence with various literary figures (including Michael Hamburger, Stephen Spender, Gregory Stephenson, and David Thomson), ...

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Fleur Adcock, papers relating to The Faber book of twentieth-century women's poetry,

Adcock, Fleur

1984-1987

Comprises: (1) 1 copy of the published work, 1987; (2) 1 file of correspondence between Fleur Adcock and Craig Raine of Faber and Faber (1984-1986) concerning the publication, together with photocopie...

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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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Stan Barstow Archive

Barstow, Stan (1928-2011)

1956-1996

Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Barstow's writings, including: 'A brother's tale'; 'A kind of loving'; 'A raging calm'; 'A season with Eros'; ' About the novel'; 'Ask me t...

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Wilfred Childe Archive

Childe, Wilfred Rowland (1890-1952)

c.1920-1998

Comprises: (1) 34 larger or smaller notebooks of Wilfred Childe's autograph manuscript poems, only partially dated, 1920 onwards; (2) 20 folders holding more of his manuscript poems, some held in copi...

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