Medieval Studies, Centre for

Description

1. Miscellaneous files relating to the Centre for Medieval Studies / Courses etc

1/1 Origins and establishment of the Centre, 1965-68; change of title (from Graduate Centre to Centre), 1978. **

1/2 *Board minutes of the Centre for Medieval Studies, 1983-1990

1/3 (Graduate) Centre for Medieval Studies: Board of Studies: agenda, minutes, papers, 1967-79; 1992**

1/4 *General File re MA in Medieval Studies, includes application forms and student marks etc, 1981-1985 (Some parts of this file may be closed)

1/5 *General File, 1983-1984. Includes papers re the UGC's visit, 1983 and information re students. (Some parts of this file may be closed)

1/6 *General File, 1983-1990. Includes some application forms etc (Some parts of this file may be closed)

1/7 *Leeds Studies in English: Student texts and Student Text Bulletin, 1991

1/8 *Leeds Studies in English: Student texts and Student Text Bulletin, 1992

1/9 *Leeds Studies in English: Student texts and Student Text Bulletin, 1993-1994

1/10 *A Dictionary of Tudor English: preliminary reading programme and facsimile texts, nd

1/11 *File on General Studies English Language, 1950

1/12 *File on Workers Educational Association (WEA) and Swarthmore Educational Centre. *Course on English Literature taken by Mr W A G Doyle-Davidson, 1958-1959

1/13 *File on the University of Adelaide's English Department, 1964-1965

1/14 *General file re Leeds Descriptive Catalogue of Medieval Drama, 1978. Includes index cards re various plays.

1/15 Descriptive Catalogue of Medieval Drama, 1977. **

1/16 Proposed M.Phil in Medieval Philosophy, 1970-71. **

1/17 Relations with other Medieval Groups, 1968-69, including ANZAMRS (Australian and New Zealand Association for Medieval and Renaissance Studies) Bulletin nos. 1 (June 1968) - 4 (December 1969). **

1/18 Miscellaneous: Staff Medieval Group, 1966-76; Annual Report 1970-71; Accommodation, 1979; International Medieval Bibliography 1967, 1991; Newsletter, 1992; Statement of accounts, 1995. **

1/19 File (?ex Music Dept) of general corresp. & papers, 1965-79.

1/20 Miscellaneous meetings, seminars, summer schools, short courses and conferences, 1967-1994 **

1/21 File press cutting and press releases re CMS and IMC 1998-2003 (received from Press Office July 2009)


2. Files relating to Students

2/1 *File re Patricia Hutchinson (nee Hilton?) 1958-1966 (closed?)

2/2 *Beowulf Essay by Carolyn Priestley, 1967-1969

2/3 *File re Catherine Singh (nee East)1964-1970 (closed?)

2/4 Student lists, examination papers, mark sheets, pass lists, 1968-81. (Some parts of this file may be closed)**



3. Files relating to Staff

3/1 Lists of staff members, [1972/3-1977/8]

3/2 Appointment of Director and Deputy Director, and staff lists, 1967-77. **


4. Printed Material (including guides, prospectuses, newsletters etc)

4/1 *The preparation and presentation of a long essay or thesis: a guide for students, 1965

4/2 *A Select reading list for Students, 1966

4/3 *Passages of Early Modern English selected by Charles Barber, 1976 &1978

4/4 *Correspondence etc re the Centre's Brochures, 1982-1984. Includes Brochure "Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies"

4/5 *Renaissance Literature: supplementary material for SH1 and JH1 courses 1987-8

4/6 *Renaissance Literature: supplementary material for SH1 and JH1 courses 1986-7

4/7 *Renaissance Literature: supplementary material for SH1 and JH1 courses 1990-1

4/8 *Reading lists, 1950-1964

4/9 *Timetables, 1962/3 & 1963/4

4/10 *Medieval Philosophy Texts

4/11 *Exam papers 1977-1978

4/12 Prospectuses.

4/13 Advert for The Drama of Medieval Europe: Proceedings of the first international colloquium on Medieval Drama, 1974.

4/14 Advert for Leeds Medieval Studies 2, Joyce Hill, ed., The Tristan Legend.

4/15 Centre for Medieval Studies Newsletter, 1992, 1994.

4/16 Scholarship and Funding Applications Advice 1998

4/17 Brochure/Introductory Leaflet n.d. [c. 1968], n.d. [c.1978], n.d. [c. mid-1980s]; 4/18 Supplementary Brochure 1989-90; Graduate Handbook 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94; Handbook 1999-2000, 2001-2002, 2002-2003**

4/18 Bulletin of International Medieval Research (includes International Medieval Institute Newsletter) 4 (1998), 5 (1999), 6 (2000), 7 (2001)

4/19 *Anglo Saxon Art and Archaeology exam paper. Includes exams papers from other Universities, 1952-1953

4/20 *Miscellaneous file mainly consisting of printed material including extracts, reading lists etc nd

4/21 Leeds Medieval project folder (2003) containing flyers and press releases (received from Press Office July 2009)


5. Miscellaneous Published & Other Material

5/1 *Northern Broadsheet, No 1, Summer 1956

5/2 *Books and Students, Peter Mann 1973, with a foreward by Lord Boyle

5/3 *Vox Mediaevalis. Internationational newsletter of the Medieval Institute and The *Centre for European Medieval Studies, Vol 1, Spring 1984. Contains an entry re the courses etc offered at Leeds.

5/4 *The Rebel Bloom by Rudi Holzapfel, 1967

5/5 *Video, Language Chances, Leeds University Television, nd

5/6 *Printer's block of Mr Ronald Burton, University Review, 1966

5/7 *Draft of The Gawain Country: essays on the topography of Middle English alliterative poetry by Ralph W V Elliot


6. International Medieval Congress, University of Leeds

6/1 File containing: 4-7 July 1994: Programme, 8-11 July 1996: Information Booklet for Registered Participants; 13-16 July 1998: Programme; Advertisement;12-15 July 1999: Call for Sessions/Call for Papers; Advertisement; Handbook; Registration form; 10-13 July 2000: Call for Sessions/Call for Papers; Addenda/corrigenda; 9-12 July 2001: Proposal form (Call for Sessions); Addenda/corrigenda; Medieval concerts and dance workshop programme; Proposal form and poster for 2004 Congress, "Clash of Cultures", 2003; programme 2003, programme 2004 (last two received from Press Office July 2009)


7. Mystery Plays

7/1 *Photographs of Mystery Play staged at Leeds, nd (either 1975 or 1983)

7/2 *Slides of Mystery Play staged at Leeds, nd (either 1975 or 1983)

7/3 *Chester Mystery Cycle for Rastall Essay, 1983-1985

7/4 *General file re the 1986 Renaissance Festival, 1984-1986

7/5 *General file re the 1986 Renaissance Festival, 1981-1986. Includes notes on costumes, correspondence etc. (2 files)

7/6 *The Chester Mystery Cycle, includes facsimile and notes etc, nd

7/7 ‘A Renaissance Festival featuring the Plays of Chester’, 30 April - 2 May 1983, programmes, newscuttings etc.

7/8 Papers re organisation of Renaissance Festival at Leeds, April-May 1983. ***

7/9 *Accounts etc re Mystery Play and Fair, 1975

7/10 *General file re The York Cycle of Mystery Plays and Traditional Fair at Leeds, 1975. Includes programme.

7/11 *General file re The York Cycle of Mystery Plays and Traditional Fair at Leeds, 1975. Includes notes on costumes, wagons, the Fair, publicity, correspondence etc. c1973-1975

7/12 *Correspondence re The York Cycle of Mystery Plays and Traditional Fair at Leeds, 1975.

7/13 *The York Mystery Cycle, includes facsimile and notes etc, nd

7/14 *Notes and correspondence re the York Mystery Cycle facsimile, c1978-1982

7/15 *Introduction to the "Towneley Plays", nd

7/16 Mystery Plays (May 1975), 1974-75. **

7/17 Chester Mystery plays, one box file, including papers on publicity, drama groups, Leeds Renaissance festival; correspondence; progress reports and play schema.

7/18 Chester and Wakefield Mystery plays, one box file, including DVD of play; correspondence; publicity; planning notes; finance records and notes from other related productions.




*Deposited by Peter Meredith, Centre for Medieval Studies, 2000?

**Deposited by Dr Mary Swan, Centre for Medieval Studies, December 1998

*** Deposited by John Tailby, Department of German, October 1999


NB during revision the file "Catalogue for Display of Costumes, Photographs and Dramatic Paraphernalia from the Chester Cycle of Mystery Plays, Leeds 1983, Emmanuel Church, 4-7 October 1983" was not in with the rest of the material and either has been lost or incorporated into another file.


Wakefield Mystery plays production files and photographic slides (2 boxes and one box of slides). Donated by Jane Oakshott.

Biography or history

Established as Graduate Centre for Medieval Studies, 1967; change of name to Centre for Medieval Studies in 1978.

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