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Total number of records: 7

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection4
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive3
Brotherton Collection1

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing7
art education3
sculpture2
family2
employment1
teaching1
postcards1
music1
exhibitions1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Birmingham, United Kingdom7
Genoa, Italy2
Beckenham, United Kingdom2
Bath, United Kingdom1
Bristol, United Kingdom1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Dawson, George1
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria1

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Earliest dateCount
From 18004
From 19003

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 18994
Up to 19993

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Payton, Richard to Littleton, Henry

2 Aug 1870

Six handwritten letters from Richard Payton to Henry Littleton, discussing the printing and translation of music to be performed at the Birmingham Musical Festival. With one draft handwritten reply fr...

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Molly and Dick Field to Maurice de Sausmarez

1953-1959

Three postcards and one handwritten letter from Molly and Dick Field to Maurice de Sausmarez, expressing his disagreement with de Sausmarez's arguments in 'Dissipated Octopuses' published in the Liste...

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Martin Fuller to Maurice de Sausmarez

1968-1969

Handwritten letter from the artist Martin Fuller to Maurice de Sausmarez, enclosing two copies of his printed curriculum vitae and two printed pamphlets for exhibitions of Fuller's work, one at the Ce...

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Dawson, George to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

21 Nov 1841

Handwritten letter from George Dawson, founder of the Shakespeare Memorial Library, to Mary Cowden Clarke, thanking her, noting that he had met her husband Charles Cowden Clarke in Birmingham and prai...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

7 Aug 1874

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, noting that Sabilla's letters of the 3 and 4 August had arrived that morning as a result of new postal arrangements bet...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

14 Aug 1874

Handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to her sister (Mary) Sabilla Novello, recounting a letter she had received from Mrs. Berry, telling of a trip to Hastings with her children, from which she q...

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C. Harry Adams to Maurice de Sausmarez

6 May 1948

Handwritten letter from C. Harry Adams, Headmaster of the Birmingham Secondary Art School, to Maurice de Sausmarez, describing his appreciation for de Sausmarez's article on schools of art in the Time...

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