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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016) | 818 |
| Silkin, Jon (1930-1997) | 666 |
| Sala, George Augustus | 505 |
| Crossley-Holland, Kevin | 280 |
| Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) | 234 |
| Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn | 217 |
| Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977) | 217 |
| Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919) | 155 |
| Brown, Wayne | 69 |
| Sala, Bessie (Mrs George Sala) | 53 |
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Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Abercrombie (1)
BC MS 20c Abercrombie (1)
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...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Bennett (1)
BC MS 20c Bennett (1)
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...
Archive Collection:
MS 1309
MS 1309
c.1900-1980
Katherine Mary Briggs was bom in London in 1898, the eldest of three surviving daughters of Ernest and Mary Briggs. The Briggs family had its origins in Yorkshire and had built up its fortune from the...
Archive Collection:
MS 1611
MS 1611
1959-1986
Comprises: (1) ca. 125 letters concerning a Chaucer edition, mostly from Richard J. Beck to F.W. Bateson, February 1964 - June 1978; (2) Notes and draft text relating to general aspects of proposed Ch...
Archive Collection:
MS 1720
MS 1720
1950-1990
This collection comprises papers and audio recordings relating to the Poetry Room, formerly part of the School of English at the University of Leeds. It incorporates correspondence and other papers re...
Archive Collection:
MS 1753
MS 1753
1927-2002
Literary archive of Humphrey Moore and associated materials on twentieth-century poetry, assembled by John Bridgen.
Archive Collection:
MS 1759
MS 1759
c.1919-1971
Grace Stuart was the author of four books on psychology and three children’s books. She was born Agnes Grace Croll in Sheffield in 1898, and was the older of two daughters. Educated at state schools...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Brontëana
BC MS 19c Brontëana
19th - 20th century
A collection of pamphlets and offprints on Brontë subjects.
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Drouet
BC MS 19c Drouet
1833-1903
Letters from Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo. 440 letters, partially covering the years 1833 - 1851. Also included are two letters (1903 - 1906) relating to the collection whilst in the care of John El...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Borrow
BC MS 19c Borrow
c.1840-1913
Brotherton Collection items: Autograph manuscripts of two folktales, one beginning "Sigurd son of Volsun", the other entitled "The pisgey and midwife"; autograph manuscripts of four poems, "Grasach Ab...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Disguise
BC MS 19c Disguise
Early 19th century
The original manuscript, probably autograph, of an unpublished early 19th century comedy. The identity of the author is unknown.
The play features characters such as Lord Montrose, Sir Charles Lu...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Ellis
BC MS 19c Ellis
08 Oct 1894
Unpublished volume of poetry by Frederick Startridge Ellis, who was primarily known as William Morris's bookseller.
This manuscript is primarily fair copy with occasional additions and revisions, al...