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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Shakespeare, William (1564-1616) | 57 |
| Lawson, Fred | 44 |
| Hepworth, Barbara Dame (1903-1975) | 25 |
| Patrick Branwell Bronte | 23 |
| Catholic Church | 20 |
| Hall, John Charles (1816-1876) | 14 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930) | 14 |
| Roberts, Samuel (1763-1848) | 11 |
| Mcgrigor Phillips, Noel | 11 |
| Currer Bell | 10 |
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Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Bennett
BC MS 19c Bennett
c.1840-1866
The letters include 16 from the writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu to Bessie Pigott Bennett (whose younger sister, Susan, he married in 1844); 47 from Margaret Decluzeau to Bessie Pigott Bennett; and about 27...
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BC MS 19c Marshall
BC MS 19c Marshall
c.1852-1881
Members of the Marshall Family named in the correspondence include the following:-(1) Julia O'Brien; (2) Edward O'Brien; (3) Nellie O'Brien; (4) Mary Marshall; (5) James Marshall, 1802-1873; (6) Aubre...
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BC MS 19c Brontë
BC MS 19c Brontë
1812-1925
A substantial collection of original and transcribed material by, or relating to, different members of the Brontë family.
The collection contains: (A) by Anne Brontë, an autograph manuscript discu...
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BC MS 19c Byron
BC MS 19c Byron
c.1811-1938
Comprises a collection of autograph poetry, letters and other writings by Byron; manuscripts of his poetry and other writings in the hand of others (including Mary Shelley), including copies of his 'E...
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BC MS 19c Gosse
BC MS 19c Gosse
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...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c London Magazine Editions
BC MS 20c London Magazine Editions
1965-1979
The archive material contained within this collection relates to the publication of various volumes and dates from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, during the editorship of Alan Ross. The bulk of the ...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Theatre West Yorkshire Playhouse
BC MS 20c Theatre West Yorkshire Playhouse
1964-2022
The Leeds Playhouse archive is the collection of the Leeds Playhouse and the West Yorkshire Playhouse. It contains extensive documentation for staged plays, musicals and dance in particular. There i...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Theatre/Hodgson
BC MS 20c Theatre/Hodgson
1891-2001
Comprises Hodgson's own papers as well as a collection of Alan Ayckbourn scripts, original artwork and papers (including some correspondence and manuscripts) of Rudolf Laban, and an extensive collecti...
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BC MS 20c Poetry and Audience
BC MS 20c Poetry and Audience
c.1954-1972
This collection contains typescript and manuscript drafts of poems by 33 authors, submitted for publication in the Leeds student literary magazine 'Poetry and Audience.' Also included is a small amoun...
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BC MS 20c Review
BC MS 20c Review
1962-1972
The archive of The Review was acquired for the Brotherton Collection in 1996.
The Review was one of the most successful literary ‘little magazines’ and enjoyed a ten year period of publication f...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c New Statesman
BC MS 20c New Statesman
1914-1983
The collection falls into two sections - editorial correspondence from the First World War period and more recent literary material from the 1960s through to the mid 1980s. This archive complements th...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Pybus
BC MS 20c Pybus
c.1960-2010
Includes the literary papers of Rodney Pybus relating to his publications, draft poetry notebooks, papers relating to translations of Lautremont and Catullus; drafts and research materials for Pybus's...