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Total number of records: 672

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives382
Books and printed items288
Objects2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection323
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection196
South Bank Show Production Archive158
English Literature107
Herbert Read Collection64
Leeds Russian Archive3
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2
Leeds Poetry2
Liddle Collection1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
poetry672
english poetry49
letter writing48
family47
gift giving41
transcription36
writing30
literature29
music25
emotions18

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy78
London, United Kingdom32
Leeds, United Kingdom14
Baden-Baden, Germany4
Nice, France4
Florence, Italy3
Karlsruhe, Germany2
Richmond, United Kingdom2
Rome, Italy2
Enfield, Middlesex2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Swan Press (Leeds)22
Bouterwek, Friedrich (1766-1828)11
Day Lewis, C (1904-1972)11
Cecil Day Lewis11
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria9
Cowden Clarke, Charles8
Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881-1938)7
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)7
Wainwright, Albert7
Wordsworth, William, 1770-18506

Count of Earliest date

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From 1800247
From 1900311
From 2000114

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1899237
Up to 1999318
Up to latest117

Archive Collection

Northern House Publishing Archive

1962-2006

This collection comprises papers relating to Northern House publishing venture established by Andrew Gurr and Jon Silkin at the University of Leeds, and its publishing activities. Includes papers rela...

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John Masefield, letters to Greta Stevens, 1952-1966, with associated material.

Masefield, John (1878-1967)

1925-1967

Comprises: (1) Autograph letters from John Masefield to Greta Stevens, March 1952 - ca. 1965, many discussing the work of W. B. Yeats and a Yeats commemorative event in 1964. (2) Four signed photograp...

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Jon Glover Archive

Glover, Jon

1961-1972

This collection contains items relating to the poet Jon Glover, and in particular his time as a student at Leeds University. It includes poem and short story drafts, correspondence, and administrative...

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Poem of the Month Club, poems issued

1970-1972

Collection of printed poems on individual sheets signed by their authors. Included here are the first and second folios issued by the club with poems by: (First Folio) Stevie Smith, Philip Larkin, C. ...

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NOVELLO, Clara Anastasia

1838-1910

Material related to the soprano singer Clara Anastasia Novello, including a gift presented to her; notes, manuscripts and partial typescripts for 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' published in 1910; hon...

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NOVELLO, (Mary) Sabilla

1838-1904

Financial, artistic, legal and literary material related to (Mary) Sabilla Novello and her short singing career. Includes portraits of her, albums of greetings cards and her illustrations to her siste...

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GIGLIUCCI, Giovanni

1852-1866

Sonnet titled ‘Sonnifero!’ by Giovanni Gigliucci and a photographic reproduction of a portrait of him as a child.

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GIGLIUCCI, Porzia

1852-1873

A poem transcribed by Porzia Gigliucci and photographic portraits of her as a child and later as an adult, dressed as Thalia from a theatrical production at Villa Novello in Genoa, Italy.

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GIGLIUCCI, Valeria

1852-1893

Poems transcribed by Valeria Gigliucci for her future sister-in-law Edith Margaret Mozley and her aunt Mary Cowden Clarke. Photographic portraits of Valeria Gigliucci as a child and later as an adult ...

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COWDEN CLARKE, Mary Victoria (née NOVELLO)

1825-1898

Two silk carte de visite albums, drawings of plants from Villa Novello in Genoa, gifts of glazed prints and seaweeds, two brooches, Mary Cowden Clarke's Will and Probate details, notes and memoranda, ...

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COWDEN CLARKE, Charles

1803-1879

Papers and ephemera relating to the writer and lecturer Charles Cowden Clarke (1787-1877), including examples of his jewellery and stationary, the notes he made for public lectures, painted and photog...

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SERLE, Thomas James

1843-1877

Two poems by Thomas James Serle, the husband of Cecilia Novello.

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