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Total number of records: 1604

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items1034
Archives566
Objects3
Art items1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection1163
English Literature1066
Herbert Read Collection371
Leeds Poetry68
Liddle Collection11
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections10
Leeds Russian Archive10
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2
Cookery Collection1
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english poetry1604
english drama312
letters301
english literature285
english fiction283
art200
art, modern199
modernism (art)199
anarchism199
sculpture, modern199

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain7
Ireland3
Scotland3
Sheffield (England)2
Poland1
Tuscany (Italy)1
Spain1
South Africa1
Northern Ireland1
Japan1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)41
Auden, W H (1907-1973)35
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)27
Drinkwater, John (1882-1937)21
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)18
Marsh, Sir Edward Howard (1872-1953)12
Barker, George (1913-1991)12
Jodie Edwards11
Eliot, T S (1888-1965)11
Arts Council of Great Britain11

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 19001557
From 200047

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 19991484
Up to latest120

Archive Collection

Longman Annotated English Poets papers

1959-1986

Comprises: (1) ca. 125 letters concerning a Chaucer edition, mostly from Richard J. Beck to F.W. Bateson, February 1964 - June 1978; (2) Notes and draft text relating to general aspects of proposed Ch...

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Poetry Room, University of Leeds School of English, correspondence and papers

University of Leeds. School of English

1950-1990

This collection comprises papers and audio recordings relating to the Poetry Room, formerly part of the School of English at the University of Leeds. It incorporates correspondence and other papers re...

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Humphrey Moore Archive, assembled by John Bridgen

Bridgen, John William

1927-2002

Literary archive of Humphrey Moore and associated materials on twentieth-century poetry, assembled by John Bridgen.

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Walter Pater, poems

Pater, Walter (1839-1894)

1907

Transcripts of poems in manuscript: 'Cassandra' ('Like the stricken hart forsaken'), annotated below stanza 14 (referring to the original manuscript): 'Stanzas 12, 13 & 14 are in a female hand. Proba...

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Paul Mills literary archive

Mills, Paul (1948-)

1971-2008

This collection comprises autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, critical works and plays by Paul Mills, including 3 notebooks with drafts of plays and poetry. There are also examples of...

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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', ...

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Thomas Moult correspondence

Moult, Thomas (1885-1974)

c.1911-1962

The fifth box contains newspaper cuttings and a bed-jacket relating to Katherine Mansfield and her death. Some of the letters are undated

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Greville Press Archive

Greville Press

1975-2016

Comprises the business papers of the Greville Press, correspondence relating to the planning and selection of material for publication with some drafts and proofs, examples of Greville Press and other...

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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), ...

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Fleur Adcock, papers relating to The Faber book of twentieth-century women's poetry,

Adcock, Fleur

1984-1987

Comprises: (1) 1 copy of the published work, 1987; (2) 1 file of correspondence between Fleur Adcock and Craig Raine of Faber and Faber (1984-1986) concerning the publication, together with photocopie...

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Wilfred Childe Archive

Childe, Wilfred Rowland (1890-1952)

c.1920-1998

Comprises: (1) 34 larger or smaller notebooks of Wilfred Childe's autograph manuscript poems, only partially dated, 1920 onwards; (2) 20 folders holding more of his manuscript poems, some held in copi...

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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...

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