Search Special Collections
Results
Total number of records: 20
Count of People and organisations
Elizabeth Gaskell manuscripts and correspondence
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865)
1757-1914
A significant collection of material relating to Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (ECG). The collection includes a nearly complete manuscript draft for ECG's novel 'Sylvia's Lovers', several manuscript frag...
ECG Correspondence
c1853 - c1900
Letters and associated material addressed to or written by ECG. A substantial proportion of the material has been deposited by members of the Gaskell family. Where this is the case, it is acknowled...
Holland family correspondence and related material
1757-1914
Genealogical documents, correspondence, notes and associated material relating to the history of the Swinton, Holland and Gaskell families.
ECG related research material
1757-1914
Material relating to ECG, gathered to further research into her work and life. The series contains a range of material including correspondence, transcripts, notes and associated material.
'Sylvia's Lovers' annotated manuscript (slightly incomplete)
1863
Manuscript draft for 'Sylvia's Lovers, with original printer's marks and Gaskell's revisions. The draft includes a top sheet with directions to the printer. Loose sheets in 10 envelopes. Mainly bla...
ECG letters to Harriet Carr
1831 - 1839
A series of early letters written to Gaskell's friend, Harriet Carr, during the 1830s. All letters are signed E C Stevenson. First published and extensively annotated in 'Before "Crutches and Change...
Genealogical notes on the Holland family
c. 19th century
Genealogical research notes on the Holland Family (including Holland of Clifton).
Generalogical notes and related correspondence
1838 - 1895
Contains genealogical notes on the Holland family, including an obituary of Charles Holland (reprint from Financial Reformer, March 1870), and correspondence. Correspondents include Charles Holland (1...
Holland family correspondence and related material
1869 - 1891
Includes genealogical notes on the Holland family, the handwritten memoir of Samuel Holland, and a newspaper excerpt from the Liverpool Daily Post relating to Old Lancashire Houses (21 March 1889). Al...
Holland family correspondence and related material
1838 - 1891
Includes genealogical notes on the Holland and Gaskell families, incl. an extract from the Manchester Guardian on Sir Henry Holland’s ancestry (1888), and a drawing of the coat of arms of Henry VI H...