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Total number of records: 289

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Brotherton Collection287
English Literature271
Leeds Poetry4
Herbert Read Collection3

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english poetry289
english drama273
letters268
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world war, 1914-19181

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New Statesman1
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)1
O'Connor, Philip (1916-1998)1
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Archive Collection

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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Brontë family manuscripts and correspondence

Brontë Family

1812-1925

A substantial collection of original and transcribed material by, or relating to, different members of the Brontë family. The collection contains: (A) by Anne Brontë, an autograph manuscript discu...

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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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Bonamy Dobrée Archive

Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)

1912-1973

Comprises: (a) 19 boxes of Bonamy Dobrée's autograph manuscript correspondence arranged A-Z by the names of the correspondents and dated between 1912 and 1973, including a large number of letters fro...

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Vernon Scannell, literary papers together with an autograph letter

Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)

1962-1967

Comprises: Literary papers of Vernon Scannell dated 1963-1966, including autograph manuscripts and revised typescripts of eight poems, together with a press cutting from the Sunday Times for 29 Januar...

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John Drinkwater, literary papers with related material

Drinkwater, John (1882-1937)

1906-1939

Comprises: (a) 11 large decorated folders containing reviews of his poetry, plays, prose works, lectures, films, and acting, and reports of national events and obituaries on him; (b) 1 box containing ...

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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...

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Sydney Matthewman, small press poetry by or associated with Matthewman or published by the Swan Press.

Matthewman, S

1923-1947

Comprises (a) notebook containing typed versions of poems for Matthewman's collection 'Interlude', with insertions; (b) five small books of verse by Matthewman, two published by the Swan Press (both p...

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Clement K Shorter Archive

Shorter, Clement King (1857-1926)

1893-1927

Comprises: 31 boxes of correspondence with various people (the largest number of letters are from Edmund Gosse, Matilda Barbara Betham-Edwards, and Augustine Birrell); and bound volumes as follows: ...

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Miscellaneous papers of Bonamy Dobrée

Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)

c.1925-1975

Comprises: (1) Typescript recollections, 1974; (2) Correspondence of Bonamy and Valentine Dobrée; (3) 3 pencil sketches by Mondrian; (4) Manuscript and typescript poems; (5) Notebooks, 1915-1974; (6)...

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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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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...

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