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| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 770 |
| English Literature | 645 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 93 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 32 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 14 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 13 |
| Leeds Poetry | 4 |
| Liddle Collection | 3 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 3 |
| Quaker Collection | 2 |
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Brontë family manuscripts and correspondence
Brontë Family
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...
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...
Lascelles Abercrombie manuscripts
Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881-1938)
1881-1940
Comprises: (1) Drafts of many of Abercrombie's own publications held in box files individually-labelled; (2) Drafts of literary material in folders; (3) Lecture notes, including those of his own lectu...
London Magazine Editions Archive
The London Magazine
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 ...
London Magazine Archive
1972-2007
Editorial and production papers, earlier versions of material published in the magazine, and correspondence between contributors and editorial staff, predominantly Alan Ross.
George Barker, miscellaneous literary papers and letters
Barker, George (1913-1991)
1935-1987
Comprises: (1) 3 letters to or from George Barker, including 1 undated and 2 dated 1977 and 1981 respectively, held in an envelope with typed drafts of his 'Critical sonnet for William Shakespeare', ...
Philip O'Connor, letters and papers with some of his writings
O'Connor, Philip (1916-1998)
1916-2003
Comprises the personal papers and documents of Philip O'Connor; his correspondence with various literary figures (including Michael Hamburger, Stephen Spender, Gregory Stephenson, and David Thomson), ...
John Braine Archive
Braine, John (1922-1986)
1943-1995
The literary archive of John Braine, comprising over 200 manuscript notebooks, 22 boxes of manuscript and typescript drafts and associated material. The collection is divided into 3 distinct series: ...
Thomas Blackburn Archive
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)
c.1893-1988
The items in this collection relate to Thomas Blackburn's personal life, his career as a poet and his teaching career. Comprises: typescripts, autograph manuscripts and other papers relating to Thoma...
Ronald Blythe, pre-publication text of anthology 'Each returning day : the pleasure of diaries', with a related letter
Blythe, Ronald (1922-)
c.1989-1991
Comprises the complete pre-publication text of Ronald Blythe's anthology, here entitled 'Diaries: an exploration'. The accompanying autograph manuscript letter from Blythe is dated 25 March 1991, and...
Simon Armitage Archive
Armitage, Simon (1963-)
c.1984-2015
The Simon Armitage Archive covers Armitage’s work as a poet and writer from 1984 to 2015. This comprehensive archive documents all aspects of Armitage's career as a poet, writer, dramatist, libret...
David and Betty Beaty Archive
Beaty, David (1919-1999)
1939-2004
Comprises: (a) 2 boxes of correspondence between David and Betty Beaty and several publishers, friends, and others, mainly concerning their respective publications, dated between 1939 and 1998, inclu...