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Brontë family manuscripts and correspondence
Brontë Family
1812-1925
A substantial collection of original and transcribed material by, or relating to, different members of the Brontë family. The collection contains: (A) by Anne Brontë, an autograph manuscript discu...
Letter from Branwell Brontë to Joseph Bentley Leyland
15 May 1842
Letter to Joseph Leyland commenting on the drawings Leyland has sent to the Committee appointed to erect a monument to the surgeon Thomas Andrews following his death, and inviting Leyland to a meeting...
Letter from Branwell Brontë to Joseph Bentley Leyland
12 July 1842
Letter to Joseph Leyland mentioning John Brown and Mr Newsholme of Haworth and commenting on the final stages involved in completing the memorial tablet for Thomas Andrews. Letter also refers to Bront...
Letter from Branwell Brontë to Joseph Bentley Leyland
10 September 1845
Letter to Leyland commenting on Brontë’s disappointment that Leyland was unable to visit Haworth, and his hopes he will be able to visit soon. Also contains a detailed discussion of a three-volume ...
'Northangerland' pen and ink sketch
c1847
Pen and ink sketch of a man, titled 'Northangerland', with 'Alexander Percy' written across the bottom and 'John Brown' [possibly in another hand] on left hand side, and ‘Joseph Leyland’ on the ri...
George Byron, correspondence and manuscripts, together with related materials
Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron (1788-1824)
c.1811-1938
Comprises a collection of autograph poetry, letters and other writings by Byron; manuscripts of his poetry and other writings in the hand of others (including Mary Shelley), including copies of his 'E...
Edmund Gosse Archive
Gosse family
c.1823-1954
The Gosse collection includes material from five generations of the Gosse family, but is largely the archive of Sir Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928), the writer and literary critic. The collection hol...
Marshall Family, correspondence with various literary personalities
Marshall Family
c.1852-1881
Members of the Marshall Family named in the correspondence include the following:-(1) Julia O'Brien; (2) Edward O'Brien; (3) Nellie O'Brien; (4) Mary Marshall; (5) James Marshall, 1802-1873; (6) Aubre...
Firebird 1-4, the annual publication of short stories by the Penguin Books, correspondence and preparatory material
Penguin Books
1982-1984
See attached handlist for further details - incomplete catalogue.
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...
Rodney Pybus Archive
Pybus, Rodney (1938-)
c.1960-2010
Includes the literary papers of Rodney Pybus relating to his publications, draft poetry notebooks, papers relating to translations of Lautremont and Catullus; drafts and research materials for Pybus's...
Literary Papers and Correspondence of Rodney Pybus
Pybus, Rodney (1938-)
1950-2001
The Literary Papers and Correspondence of Rodney Pybus held in Leeds University Library comprises 19 boxes of papers relating to Pybus’s poetry collections, translations and other writing, and to hi...