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Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1
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Lay, Cecil Howard (1885-1956)1
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)1
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Archive Collection

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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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 ...

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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...

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