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Total number of records: 2807
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 1988 |
| English Literature | 1591 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 393 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 179 |
| Leeds Poetry | 110 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 17 |
| Liddle Collection | 11 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 11 |
| Quaker Collection | 7 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 4 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Park, Thomas (1759-1834) | 55 |
| Dodsley, Robert | 46 |
| Dodsley, Robert (1703-1764) | 46 |
| Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016) | 43 |
| Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784) | 38 |
| Auden, W H (1907-1973) | 35 |
| Silkin, Jon (1930-1997) | 33 |
| Drinkwater, John (1882-1937) | 28 |
| Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968) | 28 |
| Poetry Book Society | 27 |
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Rosamund Marriott Watson, autograph manuscript poem 'A ruined altar'
Watson, Rosamund Marriott (1863-1911)
c. 1900
Split in half horizontally and somewhat damaged; with text written only on the two rectos
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...
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.
Walter Pater, poems
Pater, Walter (1839-1894)
1907
Transcripts of poems in manuscript: 'Cassandra' ('Like the stricken hart forsaken'), annotated below stanza 14 (referring to the original manuscript): 'Stanzas 12, 13 & 14 are in a female hand. Proba...
James Elroy Flecker, The blue noon
Flecker, James Elroy (1884-1915)
c. 1910
The poem was written at the 'Hotel Stephane, Montana-sur-Sierre, Switzerland'
A.P. Herbert, autograph manuscript of the poem 'Farewell to a Lady'
Herbert, Alan Patrick
c.1925
Comprises an autograph fair copy of A.P. Herbert's poem 'Farewell to a Lady', probably to be dated ca. 1925. It consists of seven four-line stanzas written in dark blue ink and is signed at the end 'A...
Seamus Heaney, typescript of an interview by John Haffenden, and an annotated copy of 'Station Island'.
Heaney, Seamus (1939-2013)
1979-1990
Comprises: (1) An incomplete typescript of Heaney's interview with John Haffenden in January 1979 concerning Heaney's life and poetry with the latter's autograph manuscript revisions; (2) A copy of...
Edmund Blunden, autograph manuscript poems
Blunden, Edmund (1896-1974)
c.1930-1958
Comprises ten autograph manuscript poems by Edmund Blunden, partly dated between ca. 1930 and 1958. All but one bear the author's signature. Most of them are working copies with many revisions to the ...
Laurence Binyon, autograph manuscript poem 'The Orphans of Flanders'
Binyon, Laurence (1869-1943)
1915
Comprises the autograph manuscript of Binyon's poem 'The Orphans of Flanders', signed by the author and dated 'Arc-en-Barrois, August, 1915'. There are 24 lines of verse, including 2 autograph revisio...
Paul Dehn, autograph manuscript draft of the poem 'Poissons d'Or', together with a printed version
Dehn, Paul (1912-1976)
c.1953-1954
Comprises: (1) An autograph manuscript draft of Paul Dehn's poem entitled 'Poisson D'Or' [sic] with many revisions and versions of parts of it; and (2) A printed version of the poem, cut out of 'Harpe...
Frances Cornford, autograph manuscript drafts of two poems
Cornford, Frances (1886-1960)
c.1950-1959
Comprises two autograph manuscript drafts of poems by Frances Cornford, namely, 'The ruined house' and 'English country', which is also called 'English landscape'. There are many revisions to the text...