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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...
Samuel Taylor Coleridge manuscript verses on the slave trade
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor (1772-1834)
1792
Manuscript of ‘Sors misera servorum in insulis Indiae occidentalis’ (Ode on The West-Indian Slave Trade) submitted by Coleridge for the Browne Medal for classical composition in his first year at ...
Bram Stoker correspondence
1866 - 1911
Correspondence addressed to Bram Stoker, generally dated between 1866 and 1911. Letters have been indexed by correspondent.
v.
c 1987 - 2007
Originally labelled V. Channel 4, November 4 1987 + Theatre Adaptations: Eye-Level, Volcano, Birmingham Rep. Youth Workshop (May 1991)
'Sylvia's Lovers' annotated manuscript (slightly incomplete)
1863
Manuscript draft for 'Sylvia's Lovers, with original printer's marks and Gaskell's revisions. The draft includes a top sheet with directions to the printer. Loose sheets in 10 envelopes. Mainly bla...
Research Material
1991 - 2005
Substantial file of research material, relating to the development of 'Black Daisies'. Files include press cuttings and photocopies of general, academic and medical articles on Alzheimers, memory and ...
'Visits in Verreopolis/By Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley/Vol I.'
7-18 Dec 1830
Autograph miniature manuscript, the first of two volumes. Title page reads 'Visits in Verreopolis by Lord Charles Wellesley in Two Volumes […] Published by Sergeant Tree and sold by all other bookse...
Drafts
1991 - 2005
Series of frequently annotated drafts (8 files) charting the development of the 'Black Daisies' from initial notes to final script. The file also contains a partial musical score for the film.
'Visits in Verreopolis/By Lord Charles Albert Florian Wellesley/Vol II.'
18 Dec 1830
Autograph miniature manuscript, the second of two volumes. Title page reads 'Visits in Weropolis [sic] By The Honourable Charles, Albert, Florian Lord Wellesley, Aged 10 years/ In Two Volumes - Volume...
Production material
1991 - 2005
including notes, diagrams, shot lists, rehearsal guides, schedules and associated material.
Fireside Tales, or the Return to Zamorna
[Dec. 1836 – Jan. 1837]
Autograph miniature manuscript commencing “Reader I’ll tell you what - my heart is like to break ...”. Unsigned and undated, later titled “FIRESIDE TALES” on cover and at end in another hand...
Correspondence
1991 - 2005
Substantial file relating to the development and reception of 'Black Daisies'. Correspondents include Peter Symes, who directed, and Fiona Finlay, who produced the film, and correspondence from variou...
International Releases
1991 - 2005
Material relating to the film's international releases. The file includes a copy of an Italian translation of the script, and programmes and reviews of the film from various international festivals, ...
[The Duke of Zamorna], autograph miniature manuscript
July 1838
Autograph miniature manuscript, untitled, signed ("C Brontë" and “William Percy”) and dated 21 July 1838 at the end, commencing “In a distant retreat very far indeed from the turmoil of cities...
Elizabeth Gaskell letter concerning Haworth sanitation
26 September 1853
Letter written from Plymouth Grove addressed to an unidentified correspondent. Gaskell begins by asking them to “pity the sorrows of two poor authoresses (“...Miss Brontë, the authoress of Jane E...
Elizabeth Gaskell Letter concerning Haworth sanitation
29 Sept 1853
Letter, written from Plymouth Grove, presumably to same correspondent as MS 2266/05. Gaskell thanks him for his prompt assistance and complains of the difficulty of getting any parish to comply with t...
Ellen Nussey letters and manuscripts
c1855 - c1896
Letters, mainly by Ellen Nussey, and manuscripts of hers concerning Emily Brontë
Branwell Brontë letter to Hartley Coleridge
20 April 1840
Letter, written from Broughton-in-Furness, addressed to Coleridge introducing himself and sending him examples his poetry for criticism, enclosing autograph manuscript fair copies of ‘At dead of mid...
Branwell Brontë letter to Hartley Coleridge
27 June 1840
Letter addressed to Hartley Coleridge, written from Haworth, recalling “the delightful day which I had the honour of spending with you at Ambleside”, and sending him his completed translation of H...
Original manuscript of Byron’s story 'Mazeppa' in Mary Shelley's hand
1818
(19) Original manuscript of Byron’s story 'Mazeppa' in Mary Shelley's hand, written in Venice in 1818, with corrections in Byron's hand and a frontispiece portrait of him (54 pp); bound with a Frenc...
The Root of the Boot
Tolkien, J R R (1892-1973)
c.1924
Song written in pen and ink. Written in pencil in the top right hand corner '(The Fox Went Out)', this is the tune to which 'The Root of the Boot' was sung. It was published in 'Songs for the Philol...
Romeo and Juliet
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Garrick, David (1717-1779)
[1766?]
Bound in volume with overall title page: "The English theatre in eight volumes, containing the most valuable plays which have been acted on the London stage. Vol. VIII".
The London mercury
Squire, Sir John Collings (1884-1958)
v.1-39, no.234 1919/20-1938/39 Edited by J.C. Squire.
Brontë Manuscript notebook
c1847 - 1860
Notebook containing untitled text attributed to Anne Brontë. The text is a discussion on the truth of the Bible, between two speakers 'S' and 'C'. One is a sceptic, the other a believer who justifies...