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| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 617 |
| English Literature | 387 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 178 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 9 |
| Quaker Collection | 7 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 6 |
| Medieval Manuscripts | 3 |
| Cookery Collection | 2 |
| Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society | 1 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 1 |
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Robert Browning, holograph poems
Browning, Robert (1782-1866)
c.1820-1866
Vol.1: The anatomical parish -- Vol.2: The enquiry -- Vol.3: The journey to London -- Vol.4: Law -- Vol.5: The legacy -- Vol.6: The medium's ball -- Vol.7: The medium's progress -- Vol.8: The murder -...
Mortimer Collins, poems
Collins, Mortimer (1827-1876)
c.1860-1876
Comprises two poems: (1) My thrush; (2) By the fountain
Felicia Hemans, Music of yesterday: a poem
Hemans, Felicia Dorothea Browne
c.1810-1835
Finely bound in blue with leather spine embossed with gilt lettering as follows: MRS. HEMANS. MS. - MUSIC OF YESTERDAY. Includes a full transcription of the manuscript.
Florence Peacock, original holograph manuscripts of poems
Peacock, Florence
c.1895-1896
Comprises the following poems:-(1) 'The charm of the rue'; (2) 'Living though the date be old'; (3) 'A stony way'; (4) 'Though your sins be as scarlet...', Isaiah 1.18; (5) 'A northern sailor'; (6) 'T...
Sir Andrew Agnew, two satirical poems and a hymn
Agnew, Andrew
c.1830-1840?
Comprises: (1) 2 satirical poems, the first entitled 'To Saint Andrew Agnew' and signed by 'Ewe', the second entitled 'The "Monstre" Saint' and signed by 'Beta'; (2) A hymn, 'by Saint Andrew Agnew!' a...
Thomas Kibble Hervey, The nun, a poem
Hervey, Thomas Kibble (1799-1859)
c. 1850
Comprises the apparently original holograph manuscript of Hervey's poem 'The nun'. The bound volume includes a biography of Hervey which is somewhat fuller than that found in the Dictionary of Nationa...
Charles Benjamin Tayler, On the death of a youthful disciple, a poem
Tayler, Charles Benjamin (1797-1875)
1852
Comprises the apparently original autograph manuscript of Charles Tayler's poem 'On the death of a youthful disciple', written at Otley in 1852. The bound volume includes a biography of Hervey which i...
William Clayfield of Bristol, autograph verses attributed to him with one by Thomas Beddoes
Clayfield, William
1820s
Comprises autograph verses by William Clayfield, including 'On a young lady's stooping at a window to examine the Arabis-Stricta recently transplanted from St Vincent's rocks' (dated 1822); 'On the Ny...
Charles Whitehead, The Solitary: a poem, in three parts
Whitehead, Charles (1804-1862)
1831
Manuscript copy, possibly in Whitehead's hand, of his long meditative poem "The Solitary", which was first published in 1831.
Oscar Wilde, autograph letters and manuscripts, including the manuscript of his play 'The Duchess of Padua', with some related material
Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)
1878-1895
Comprises the following items: (1) Autograph letter to Marian Willets [1878]; (2) Manuscript draft and notes for the original contract made by J.M. Stoddart, and Co. with Wilde for publishing Rennell ...
Safe custody, by Oliver Heywood, and Love, by George Herbert
Heywood, Oliver (1630-1702)
1700
1. A discourse on Psalm 315 by Rev. Oliver Heywood; 2. George Herbert's poem "Love"
School exercise books, principally containing verse, compiled by Sarah and John Mould, of Gildersome, Yorkshire, and Ackworth School.
Mould, Sarah Ann
1852-1858
Items M/1, M/3 and M/4 are verse compilations partly in the hand of Sarah or John Mould but also added to by others, principally fellow-pupils or members of staff at Ackworth School. M/2 contains note...