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Total number of records: 158

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Brotherton Collection64
English Literature60
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society41
Leeds Poetry11
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections4
Feminist Archive North3
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Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)2
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Haffenden, John2
Ruskin, John (1819-1900)2
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Archive Collection

Authors' World Peace Appeal, papers and correspondence

1951-1954

Comprises: (1) Correspondence arranged by surname A-Z; (2) Invitation letters; (3) Minutes and agendas of meetings; (4) Bulletins; (5) Various other administrative papers

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COMMONPLACE BOOK BY UNKNOWN AUTHOR

c1856-1869

Contains entries relating to international affairs, politics. Contains material relating particularly to Irealnd including Irish schools (including number of pupils in Ardee National School, Ardee Poo...

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West Riding of Yorkshire Education Authority, Alexander Bradshaw Clegg directorship documents

1902-1974

Select documents together with photocopies, transcripts and abstracts of documents relating to the West Riding of Yorkshire Education Authority, 1902-1974, but mostly during the directorship of Alexan...

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Archive Collection

PUBLISHED WORKS BY J W WALKER WITH AUTHOR'S ANNOTATIONS

1888-1931

Comprising: The History of the Old Parish Church of All Saints, Wakefield, 1888 St Mary's Chapel on Wakefield Bridge, 1890 Sandal Castle, 1894 St James' Church, Chapelthorpe, Wakefield, 1915 St...

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Poetry and Audience - 6th November, 1953
Archive Collection

Poetry and Audience, typescript and manuscript drafts of poems by various authors originally published in 'Poetry and Audence'

c.1954-1972

This collection contains typescript and manuscript drafts of poems by 33 authors, submitted for publication in the Leeds student literary magazine 'Poetry and Audience.' Also included is a small amoun...

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CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO AUTHORITIES SUPERSEDED BY MORLEY CORPORATION

1924-1937

Relating to East and West Ardsley, Gildersome and Drighlington. 1. East and West Ardsley; correspondence and advance loan papers relating to the Small Dwelling Acquisition Act. 2. Local Government ...

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Archive Collection

COLLECTION OF LETTERS FROM YORKSHIRE AUTHORS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL WORKS

19th century

Including letters from Joseph Hunter, worthies, clergymen, noblemen, commissioners and artists

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Archive Collection

Louis Tiercelin manuscripts

Tiercelin, Louis (1849-1915)

c.1890-1910

Contains: (1) Arthur de la Borderie, [1901]. Printed leaves from 'L'Hermine' (Vol.23, 24 March-July 1901) mounted on folio sheets, with manuscript additions and alterations by the author. [1], 109-126...

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Archive Collection

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

Hugh MacDiarmid, autograph manuscript of 'A drunk man looks at the thistle', together with other literary papers and some letters.

MacDiarmid, Hugh (1892-1978)

c.1925-1960

Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript of MacDiarmid's poem 'A drunk man looks at the thistle', including title with epigraph, dedication, and foreword, with, also pasted in, a photograph by Benno Schotz...

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Archive Print Collection

Latin

Dating from the 17th century onwards, it focuses mainly on examples of reprinted Latin literature principally from authors Virgil, Horace, Cicero, Terence and Erasmus. It also contains some works of c...

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