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Total number of records: 151

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items140
Archives11

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection151
Herbert Read Collection108
Medical Collections9
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections6
English Literature1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
artists151
art, belgian18
letters11
art11
art, modern7
dadaism4
art, british4
expatriate artists3
art, swiss3
art, american3

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Dublin (Ireland)2
Yorkshire (England)1
Derbyshire (England)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)10
Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)9
Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.)5
Munnings, Sir Alfred J (1878-1959)4
Bosmant, Jules (1893-)4
Munnings, Alfred J. (Alfred James), Sir, 1878-19593
Richter, Hans (1888-1976)3
Maret, Francois (1893-)3
Kunsthalle Bern3
Evenepoel, Henri (1872-1899)2

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From 16001
From 180021
From 1900128

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Up to 16991
Up to 189916
Up to 1999132
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Letters collected by the Masson family.

Masson, David (1822-1907); Masson, [Emily] Rosaline Orme; Masson, David I - University of Leeds (1915-2007)

c.1850-1935

The letters collected by the Masson family, primarily by [Elsie] Rosaline Orme Masson (1867-1949), contain correspondence with many eminent artists, writers, and politicians of the late nineteenth- an...

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Letters from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson

Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910); Masson, Flora (1857-1937)

c.1880-1910

Contains 8 letters and 1 bundle of partial letters and autographs by Florence Nightingale, sent to Flora Masson. Mainly personal correspondence, but also includes a reference Nightingale provided for ...

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Parts of letters and signatures by Florence Nightingale, from letters sent to Flora Masson
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Parts of letters and signatures by Florence Nightingale, from letters sent to Flora Masson

Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)

n.d. [c.1880-1910]

8 pages of partial letters or cut-out signatures from Florence Nightingale, sent to Flora Masson. Also contains one envelope sent to Flora Masson on 11 Oct 1899. Pencil and ink.

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Partial letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson
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Partial letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson

Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)

21 Feb 1893

Letter and envelope, sent from 10 South Street, Park Lane, W. The first page of the letter has been cut away from underneath the address. The page of the letter that remains discusses a French novel o...

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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson
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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson

Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)

02 Apr 1894

Sent from 10 South Street, Park Lane, W.

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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson
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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson

Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)

18 Jun 1895

Sent from 10 South Street, Park Lane, W. Mainly with thoughts on the Battle of Waterloo, as it was Waterloo Day on the date the letter was written. In pencil.

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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson
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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson

Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)

11 Oct 1899

Sent from 10 South Street, Park Lane, W. Regarding arranging a date to visit Masson in London. In pencil.

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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson
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Letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson

Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)

10 Apr 1900

Sent from 10 South Street, Park Lane, W. Re arranging for Masson to visit. In pencil.

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Partial letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson
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Partial letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson

Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)

n.d. [c.1880-1910]

Final page of a letter, missing first page(s). In pencil, asking if Masson now has her housekeeper or assistant.

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Partial letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson
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Partial letter from Florence Nightingale to Flora Masson

Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)

n.d. [c.1880-1910]

In pencil, relating to Masson not being appointed for a role at St George's Hospital, London. The top section of the letter is missing.

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Correspondence of Sir David Wilkie, with related material

Wilkie, Sir David (1785-1841)

c.1806-1849

Comprises a collection of Wilkie's correspondence with several persons, notably Thomas Macdonald, dated ca. 1806-1849, together with many engravings taken from original pictures painted by Wilkie, pri...

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Théo van Rysselberghe

Maret, François (1893-); Rysselberghe, Théo van

c1948

Captions in French and Dutch.

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