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Total number of records: 17612

Count of Record type

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Books and printed items11800
Archives5808
Objects3
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
English Literature17612
Brotherton Collection8757
Leeds Poetry4172
Herbert Read Collection199

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english poetry1066
english literature422
correspondence364
letters360
english drama342
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)338
english fiction298
art214
art, modern207
anarchism200

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PlaceCount
Great Britain59
Ireland29
Italy22
Europe22
Soviet Union21
United States19
England19
London (England)17
France16
Venice (Italy)15

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)918
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)751
Crossley-Holland, Kevin287
Rolfe, Frederick William (1860-1913)275
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)245
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn245
Blake, William, 1757-1827203
Auden, W H (1907-1973)166
Belloc, Hilaire (1870-1953)155
Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)142

Count of Earliest date

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From 190016835
From 2000777

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Up to 18993
Up to 199915460
Up to latest2148

Archive Collection

Ralph Abercrombie correspondence

Abercrombie Family

1928-1969

Contains: (1) Letters of condolence to Catherine and Ralph Abercrombie on the death of Lascelles Abercrombie, Oct./Nov. 1938; (2) Abercrombie family letters, from various correspondents chiefly to Ral...

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Alan Bennett, draft of the introduction written for the dramatisation of 'The Wind in the Willows' at the National Theatre in 1991.

Bennett, Alan

1991

Comprises the typescript draft of Bennett's introduction for the Faber version of the dramatisation of Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows', produced at the National Theatre in December 1991. T...

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Katharine Mary Briggs, correspondence and papers

Briggs, Katharine M (1898-1980)

c.1900-1980

Katherine Mary Briggs was bom in London in 1898, the eldest of three surviving daughters of Ernest and Mary Briggs. The Briggs family had its origins in Yorkshire and had built up its fortune from the...

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Longman Annotated English Poets papers

1959-1986

Comprises: (1) ca. 125 letters concerning a Chaucer edition, mostly from Richard J. Beck to F.W. Bateson, February 1964 - June 1978; (2) Notes and draft text relating to general aspects of proposed Ch...

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Poetry Room, University of Leeds School of English, correspondence and papers

University of Leeds. School of English

1950-1990

This collection comprises papers and audio recordings relating to the Poetry Room, formerly part of the School of English at the University of Leeds. It incorporates correspondence and other papers re...

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Humphrey Moore Archive, assembled by John Bridgen

Bridgen, John William

1927-2002

Literary archive of Humphrey Moore and associated materials on twentieth-century poetry, assembled by John Bridgen.

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Grace Stuart correspondence and papers

Stuart, Grace

c.1919-1971

Grace Stuart was the author of four books on psychology and three children’s books. She was born Agnes Grace Croll in Sheffield in 1898, and was the older of two daughters. Educated at state schools...

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Walter Pater, poems

Pater, Walter (1839-1894)

1907

Transcripts of poems in manuscript: 'Cassandra' ('Like the stricken hart forsaken'), annotated below stanza 14 (referring to the original manuscript): 'Stanzas 12, 13 & 14 are in a female hand. Proba...

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Waywiser Press Archive

Between the Lines; Thwaite, Anthony (1930-); Dale, Peter John (1938-)

1998 - 2015

The business archive of the Waywiser Press (including the Between The Lines Imprint) The collection includes substantial files of material relating to the development of many of the 92 texts publishe...

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Robin Skelton papers

Skelton, Robin (1925-1997)

1948-1957

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, published poems in pamphlet form and personal correspondence. Box 1 includes biographical information about Robin Skelton and Michael Seward Snow, ...

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Elizabeth Cook correspondence and papers

Cook, Elizabeth (1952-)

1986-2003

Comprises papers relating to the published work 'Achilles' including correspondence; hardback notebook, folders with cuttings and research material; material relating to performance history, including...

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Dennis Wheatley Archive

Wheatley, Dennis (1897-1977)

c.1820-1977

Box No 1 i) Financial correspondence & memos, draft tenancy agreements (c.1900-1936) ii) Roadmap of Belgium, Picture Show magazine, brochures, pamphlets, cuttings, children's artwork (magazine Decem...

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