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Bram Stoker correspondence and manuscripts
Stoker, Bram (1847-1912)
1866-1997
Comprises: (1) Correspondence dated between 1866 and 1911; (2) Autograph literary manuscripts by Bram Stoker: (i) Lecture 'Personal impressions of America', delivered at the London Institute (and else...
Algernon Charles Swinburne manuscripts
Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)
1851-1999
Comprises a substantial collection of manuscripts (many of them autographs), typed or pencilled transcriptions, and some printed proofs and early editions of literary works by Swinburne, including poe...
William Black, The Penance of John Logan
Black, William (1841-1898)
1887
Manuscript copy, autograph, of his novel "The Penance of John Logan", which was first published in 1889. The novel is written on the recto side of each leaf of the volume in a small, condensed hand in...
Peter Rushforth Archive
Rushforth, Peter Scott (1945-2005)
1967-2006
Original deposit of 43 boxes includes: (a) "Kindergarten" drafts, including sections titled 'Shadows of the Living' and 'The Other Side of Silence', TS and galley proofs of final version, with relate...
Stan Barstow Archive
Barstow, Stan (1928-2011)
1956-1996
Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Barstow's writings, including: 'A brother's tale'; 'A kind of loving'; 'A raging calm'; 'A season with Eros'; ' About the novel'; 'Ask me t...
Joseph Conrad, correspondence of, or relating to, and materials concerning the production of a dramatised version of his 'The secret agent'
Conrad, Joseph (1857-1924)
1895-1956
Comprises: (1) Vol.1: 14 autograph manuscript letters from Conrad to his publisher, T. Fisher Unwin, dated 9 July 1895-8 August 1898, and 1 typescript letter with manuscript name and signature from Un...
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...
William Boyd, literary manuscript notebook with a related letter
Boyd, William (1952-)
1984-1987
Comprises the autograph manuscript notebook of William Boyd in which he drafted his short story entitled 'Alpes maritimes', dated 'Tuesday. 16. Oct. 1984.' at the beginning, followed by notes written ...
Barbara Taylor Bradford Archive
Bradford, Barbara Taylor (1933-)
c.1940-2019
Includes typecript copies of her novels, some with manuscript annotations, printers' proofs, published novels, press cuttings and magazines featuring articles about Taylor Bradford, papers relating to...
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...
Kevin Crossley-Holland Archive
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
1946-2011
This collection of the literary papers and correspondence of Kevin Crossley-Holland represents the wide range of his interests and achievements. It covers his own poetry, translations and re-tellings ...
Roy Fuller Archive
Fuller, Roy (1912-1991)
1941-1990
Comprises: (a) 2 boxes (Boxes 1-2) containing Roy Fuller's autograph manuscript notebooks, comprising 25 numbered notebooks of poetry dated 1941-1983, 2 unnumbered notebooks of his reviews of works by...
Glyn Hughes, literary papers with related material
Hughes, Glyn
1975-1999
Comprises: (1) 39 autograph manuscript notebooks containing many drafts of Glyn Hughes' poems, research notes for novels, and numerous personal notes, partly dated between ca. 1979 and 1999, with so...
Keown (Anna Gordon), literary papers with related material, including some correspondence
Keown, Anna Gordon (1902-)
1934-1959
Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of some of Anna Gordon Keown's literary works, including at least 9 short stories or plays, dated ca. 1948-1955, and held in a red folder; at ...
Francis Berry Archive
Berry, Francis
1931-1994
Literary archive of Francis Berry. The collection is separated into two series: Correspondence and Literary papers. Correspondence files arranged alphabetically by correspondent, following Berry's ...
John Mackendrick Collection
Mackendrick, John (1946-1979)
1970-1994
The collection includes drafts of plays by Mackendrick, photographs of his productions, newspaper reviews, posters, flyers and correspondence.
W.G. Curtis Morgan, literary papers and publications with some letters and personal and financial items
Morgan, W G Curtis
1922-1991
Comprises: (1) 3 boxes of literary papers by Morgan, including (a) Mainly typescript drafts with autograph manuscript revisions of 12 plays, namely, 'The Squire of Darkfield' (4 drafts), 'The Jurado R...
William Trevor, three literary manuscripts with a postcard
Trevor, William (1928-2016)
c.1973
Comprises: (1) Three autograph typescripts of literary works by Trevor with many manuscript revisions, namely fragments of two plays and one piece of fiction, undated and not identified; and (2) An au...
Angela Thirkell Archive
Thirkell, Angela Margaret
1895-2004
Comprises: (1) 12 boxes of material catalogued by David Gilson, namely, autograph manuscript notebooks containing drafts of the novels 'Love among the Ruins', 'The Old Bank House', 'Morning, afternoo...
Piers Paul Read Archive
Read, Piers Paul (1941-)
1950s-2001
Manuscripts and typescripts of his novels (Game in Heaven with Tussy Marx, The Junkers, Monk Dawson, The Professor's Daughter, The Upstart, Polonaise, A Married Man, The Villa Golitsyn, The Free Frenc...
Drama
1971-2003
This sub-fonds contains material related to dramatic works written by Kevin Crossley-Holland's.
Editorial work
1965-2016
This sub-fonds contains correspondence, notes, drafts and material related to Kevin Crossley-Holland's editorial work.
Radio, Television, Film and Recordings
1963-2008
This sub-fonds contains material related to Kevin Crossley-Holland's work in Radio, Television, Film and Recordings.
Appointments, Workshops and Events
1959-2017
This sub-fonds contains material relating to Kevin Crossley-Holland's appointments, workshops and events.