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Brotherton Collection3
English Literature2

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letters9
english literature3
english poetry2
world war, 1914-19181
refugees, political1
scholars, assistance to1
scientists1
refugees, jewish1
greek literature1
bacteriology1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)2
Oakley, Cyril Leslie (1907-1975)1
New Statesman1
Ross, Alan (1922-2001)1
Sharp, Clifford Dyce1
The London Magazine1
Smith, Stevie1
Hamilton, Ian1
Cole, George Douglas Howard (1889-1959)1
Beckwith, Frank (1904-1977)1

Archive Collection

London Magazine Editions Archive

The London Magazine

1965-1979

The archive material contained within this collection relates to the publication of various volumes and dates from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, during the editorship of Alan Ross. The bulk of the ...

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Review [The Review] magazine, correspondence and literary papers associated with the magazine including material relating to its symposium 'The State of Poetry'.

1962-1972

The archive of The Review was acquired for the Brotherton Collection in 1996. The Review was one of the most successful literary ‘little magazines’ and enjoyed a ten year period of publication f...

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New Statesman, associated correspondence and literary papers 1914-1919 and 1960-1983

New Statesman

1914-1983

The collection falls into two sections - editorial correspondence from the First World War period and more recent literary material from the 1960s through to the mid 1980s. This archive complements th...

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Archive Collection

John Armstrong Davison correspondence and papers

Davison, John Armstrong

1922-1969

John Armstrong Davison (1906-1966) was professor of Greek language and literature at the University of Leeds from 1951 until his death in December 1966. He was educated at Haileybury and Corpus Christ...

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Cyril Leslie Oakley correspondence and papers

Oakley, Cyril Leslie (1907-1975)

1922-c.1972

Cyril Leslie Oakley was born in 1907 and educated at Portsmouth and Westminster. He was a student of Harold Leigh-Sharpe’s at Chelsea Polytechnic (University of London) and co-authored a paper for P...

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Letters and papers of Professor Bonamy Dobrée

Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)

c.1918-c.1967

The papers of the late Professor Bonamy Dobrée, professor of English literature in the University of Leeds from 1936 to 1955, were very kindly presented to the Library in the session 1974-5, by his d...

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Leeds Academic Assistance Committee, correspondence, memoranda and other papers, 1933-1940

1933-1940

These papers were discovered in a cupboard in the School of Economic Studies and were presented to the Library through the good offices of Professor J R Crossley, in December 1976. The Leeds Academic...

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Papers and letters in connection with the Nuffield College Social Reconstruction Survey, 1941-1943, by John Harry Jones

Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)

1940-1943

One of the most significant domestic developments during the Second World War was the emergence of comprehensive social planning. It had its roots in various political, sociological, architectural and...

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Letters to Frank Beckwith

Beckwith, Frank (1904-1977)

1926-1977

Letters to Frank Beckwith, from scholars, clergy, librarians and others, 1926-1977. This collection of more than 1200 in-letters reflects his many interests. Perhaps the most interesting group of let...

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