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Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c O'Connor

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), ...

Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Theatre, Workshop Theatre

c.1968-1998

Comprises miscellaneous theatre programmes for Workshop Theatre productions dated between the early 1970s and 1998, many dozens of black and white and colour photographs of productions, some architect...

Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Douglas

1881-2000

The archives include the following: a large collection of photographs, drawings and paintings by Douglas; 94 books owned by him, 10 of which have autograph additions; 9 holograph poems by Douglas; pro...

Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Kramer

1910-1988

Comprises: (1) Autograph correspondence, comprising 216 letters and postcards, written either by or to Jacob Kramer or between third parties concerning his work, dated 1913 to 1988, held in 21 envelop...

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BC MS Cottingley Fairies

1920-2010

Comprises: (1) BOOKS: 11 books (and 1 video) related to the case of the Cottingley Fairies, 1973-1998; (2) JOURNAL ARTICLES, 1920-1992: including the 1920 and 1921 issues of the Strand Magazine in whi...

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BC MS 20c Silkin/10

c.1947-1997

2 boxes containing mixed personal items and papers belonging to Jon Silkin. Includes the following: - Diaries for 1966 (letters inserted, incl. Lionel Miskin, Falmouth School of Art), 1977-78, 1979,...

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LRA/MS 1000

1910s-1970s

Notebooks containing A G Cuthbert-Smith's autobiography /3-15/ [Notebooks numbered 1-2 missing from family collection]. Modern transcript of Russian and Soviet sections of 3-15 /16/. Newspaper article...

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LRA/MS 1001

1880s-1992, 2022

Cassettes of H L Carr's recollections of childhood in Archangel, schooldays in England, Allied Intervention in North Russia, diplomatic service in Finland, Sweden and Denmark, 1900s-1950s (recorded 19...

Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1002

1900, 1931, 1960s-1980s

Photographs and negatives of coronation mug, 1896, /1-3/, Modern prints and negatives of photographs of Russian Imperial study? by Rentz & Schreider, 1900 /4-8/, Modern prints and negatives of photogr...

Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1005

[1880s-1900s]

Photographs of St Basil's Cathedral and Tsar-bell, Moscow, and chapel on site of future Church of the Resurrection, St Petersburg /1-3/.

Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1015

[1850s]-1988, 1996

Photographs and postcards (including some modern prints, slides and negatives) of: members of the Muir, Mirrielees and Philip families in Russia /1-18/; Degunino Chemical Works (near Moscow) /19-52/; ...

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LRA/MS 1016

[1910s], 1986, 1991

Luhrs family-history notes /1/. Modern print of photograph of Luhrs family house, Archangel /2/. Photocopy of letter from Lev Leibson, St Petersburg, to Eugenie Fraser, Edinburgh (1991) /3/.