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Brotherton Collection6
English Literature1

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letters6
radio programs5
english poetry1

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Watson, Sir William (1858-1935)1
Watson, Francis (1907-1988)1

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From 18003
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Archive Collection

William Watson, correspondence and literary manuscripts

Watson, Sir William (1858-1935)

1880-1917

Comprises: (1) Correspondence: (i) Autograph letters from Sir William Watson to John Lane, his publisher, 1906-1907, 1913-1914, 1915-1916, 3 vols; (ii) Autograph letter from Sir William Watson to Har...

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Francis Leslie Watson Collection

Watson, Francis (1907-1988)

1871-1982

Includes personalia relating to the Watson family and genealogical material relating to the Watson and Barber families. There are also diaries belonging to Francis Leslie Watson, some of his correspo...

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Francis Leslie Watson Collection

1871-1982

Comprises: Box 1, Personalia relating to Major Frank Watson and Mrs Charlotte Watson, including their birth, marriage, and death certificates, Major Watson's army documents, several of his later diari...

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Francis Leslie Watson Collection

1930-1976

Includes 5 diaries and a file of personal papers.

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Diaries

1930-1954

3 diaries comprising converted notebooks dated 1930, 1932-34, 1934-35. Also one desk diary from 1954. The 1930s diaries are the record of Watson as a young man in London, starting a career in journal...

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Personalia

1944-1976

Includes letters from Robert Hill Murray and other papers relating to his divorce from his wife Iris Claire Surdivall, known as Claire. Claire later married Francis Watson. Also contains letters rel...

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