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Brotherton Collection20
English Literature20

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letters15
english fiction15

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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865)1
Bremer, Fredrika1
Forster, John1

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From 17007
From 180013

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Up to 189912
Up to 19998

Archive Collection

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...

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ECG manuscript fragments

1757-1914

Separate, occasionally fragmentary manuscripts.

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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...

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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.

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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.

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Autograph fair copy, for the printer, of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell?s novel Sylvia's Lovers (slightly incomplete)
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'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...

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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...

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Genealogical notes on the Holland family

c. 19th century

Genealogical research notes on the Holland Family (including Holland of Clifton).

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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...

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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...

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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...

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