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Total number of records: 1083
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| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 681 |
| English Literature | 577 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 87 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 29 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 14 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 12 |
| Leeds Poetry | 4 |
| Liddle Collection | 3 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 3 |
| Quaker Collection | 2 |
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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...
Charles Edwyn Vaughan correspondence and papers
Vaughan, C E (1854-1922)
c.1890-1922
Comprises letters, press cuttings, and notes
George Borrow, literary manuscripts with related material
Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)
c.1840-1913
Brotherton Collection items: Autograph manuscripts of two folktales, one beginning "Sigurd son of Volsun", the other entitled "The pisgey and midwife"; autograph manuscripts of four poems, "Grasach Ab...
Arnold Family Archive
Arnold Family
1810-1894
Correspondence: Series I, Letters of Thomas Arnold: 107 letters to family members and friends. Series II, Letters of Mary Arnold: 45 letters to family members and friends. Series III, Miscellaneous fa...
James A. Manson, correspondence
Manson, James Alexander
c.1873-1920
Consists almost entirely of letters received by Manson
Bernard Barton, correspondence and literary manuscripts with related materials
Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)
1818-1848
(Envelope 1) 25 letters to Barton from literary figures, 1818-1836; 3 poems, by Lucy Barton, E. Charlesworth, and J. E. Roscoe; silhouette portrait (unknown); printed sheet featuring portraits of lite...
George Eliot, autograph letters to her by celebrities of her time, relating to literary and personal matters
Eliot, George (1819-1880)
c.1875-1919
The correspondents include Anthony Trollope, Harriet B. Stowe, Frederic Harrison, Lord Justice Bowen, Benjamin Jowett, David Kauffman, Sir James Paget, G. J. Holyoake, Douglas Jerrold, Elizabeth Stuar...
Walter Savage Landor, literary fragments and letters
Landor, Walter Savage (1775-1864)
c.1800-1928
Comprises: (1) 3 autograph letters, 1 to Cornelia Crosse, 2 to unnamed correspondents; (2) Folder numbered '3', a note on spelling reform; (3) Folder numbered '4', a slip with notes on 'Troilus and Cr...
Maarten Maartens Manuscripts
Maartens, Maarten (1858-1915)
1882-1930
Comprises: Boxes of manuscripts, as follows: (1) 'Dorothea', MS 958pp. in 6 envelopes, and first MS drafts I-III in 3 envelopes, held in 2 boxes; (2) 'Eve', MS 510pp. in 4 envelopes, and sections rewr...
Robert Southey, correspondence, literary manuscripts and printed works
Southey, Robert (1774-1843)
c.1797-1839
Comprises: (1) A collection of autograph letters written by Robert Southey to John May and others, together with manuscript poems and notes by Robert Southey, and autograph letters to John May from T...
Robert Louis Stevenson, correspondence and literary manuscripts
Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894)
1898-1923
Comprises: (1) 1 box containing 2 vols and 1 other separate volume of copies of letters by Katharine D. Osborne concerning Robert Louis Stevenson, 1922-1923; (2) Correspondence between Sidney Colvin, ...
William Makepeace Thackeray, correspondence and literary manuscripts with related material
Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)
c.1835-1860
Comprises: (1) 26 letters and manuscripts dated 1835-1860, guarded in order and bound in 1 vol., accompanied by an annotated typed list of contents by Dr Eric Millar and the bill for the cost of bindi...