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Herbert Read Archive
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)
c.1908-1977
Papers and correspondence of Sir Herbert Read (1893 - 1968). The collection is divided into 17 series and reflects Read's broad interests, connections and activities: 1. First World War service 2...
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)
c.1900-2015
Archive of artist, educator and writer Maurice de Sausmarez (1915-69). The archive comprises an extensive collection of manuscripts of his numerous lectures, articles and publications, incoming corres...
Jacob Kramer Archive
Kramer, Jacob (1892-1962)
1910-1988
Comprises: (1) Autograph correspondence, comprising 216 letters and postcards, written either by or to Jacob Kramer or between third parties concerning his work, dated 1913 to 1988, held in 21 envelop...
Queen Square (Park Square) Gallery Leeds Archive
1964-1978
Mrs Sarah Gilchrist opened her commercial gallery in Queen Square, Leeds, in 1964; the enterprise flourished and she moved it to new premises in Park Square, Leeds, in 1968. She retired in 1978 though...
Yorkshire Contemporary Art Group and St Paul's Gallery Leeds Archive
1979-1988
Comprises: 1) Correspondence, posters, photographs and other material related to "New Art in Yorkshire" exhibition, 1987; 2) Material relating to exhibitions and events held by YCAG, 1984-1988; 3) Mat...
Jon Glover Archive
Glover, Jon
1961-1972
This collection contains items relating to the poet Jon Glover, and in particular his time as a student at Leeds University. It includes poem and short story drafts, correspondence, and administrative...
Le mystère de Jean l'Oiseleur : monologues
Cocteau, Jean (1889-1963)
1924
A series of thirty self-portraits created by Jean Cocteau during a melancholic period in a hotel in Ville-sur-Mer, many created under the influence of opium, including handwritten text in the margins,...
City of Leeds Training College, Leeds College of Art and Leeds College of Music, papers on higher education, held by Leeds City Council Education Committee
c.1903-1961
Comprises: (1) Leeds College of Art papers, ca. 1910-1961, including administrative correspondence, the Principal's annual reports, miscellaneous annual and other reports, notably one of an inspection...
Robert Kitson papers
Kitson, Robert Hawthorn (1873-1947)
c.1896-1983
Comprises:i) 79 sketchbooks (1903-1947); ii) 3 weather record notebooks (1911-1936); iii) 1 mileage/travel record notebook (1925-1929); iv) File of press cuttings relating to Kitson's family, life (in...
Cecil Lay correspondence and papers
Lay, Cecil Howard (1885-1956)
c.1870-1981
Comprises: (1) 10 boxes of correspondence, including 6 boxes of Lay's letters to his wife Joan dated 1926-1956, 2 boxes of letters to Lay from many other correspondents, 1 box of letters from Lay to E...
Michael Sadler Archive
Sadler, Sir Michael (1861-1943)
1848-c.1997
The archive consists of the following: - original MS and TS papers by Sadler (1887-1943), - correspondence (1870-1941) - books or documents held by Sadler (1854-1943) - published works by Sadler ...
Edmund Gosse Archive
Gosse family
c.1823-1954
The Gosse collection includes material from five generations of the Gosse family, but is largely the archive of Sir Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928), the writer and literary critic. The collection hol...