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Brotherton Collection11
English Literature1

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children's literature, english1
english literature1
fishing1
russia1
sailing1

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Ransome, Arthur (1884-1967)1
Ransome, Cyril (1851-1897)1

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On the death of the poet Sergei Esenin

18 January 1926

A social occasion. [On the death of the poet Sergei Esenin (Yesenin).] 1926. TS 5ff. Dated January 18.1926.

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Authorisation signed by R M Hodgson, British Charge d'Affaires

21 February 1926

Authorisation signed by R M Hodgson, British Charge d'Affaires, Moscow, to enable Ransome to carry a number of books from Moscow to London. Dated 21 February 1926. 1926. MS

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The Russian revolution

1917-1926

The Russian revolution, 1917-1926: an album of mounted press cuttings of part of the entry for Russia contributed by Ransome for the Encyclopaedia britannica, 13th edition. 1926. Other cuttings on 'So...

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List of books

1917-1925

[Anon.] List of books, mainly on political, military, legal, economic and administrative subjects, published 1917-1925. [1926?] Ts 4f.

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KRASIN Biographical sketch of Krasin

1925

KRASIN, Leonid Borisovich. Biographical sketch of Krasin up until his appointment as Charge d'Affaires in England in late 1925. [1926?] TS 1f.

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Obituaries for Chicherin, Dzerzhinsky, Lunacharsky, Radek, Rakovsky, Karakhan, Stalin, Trotsky and Zinoviev.

No date

Obituaries for Chicherin, Dzerzhinsky, Lunacharsky, Radek, Rakovsky, Karakhan, Stalin, Trotsky and Zinoviev. n.d. and 1926. TS (carbon). 10 items. 2 copies of Lunacharsky.

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Miscellaneous notes on Russian subjects

No date

Miscellaneous notes on Russian subjects ... [etc.]. [1926?] MS and TS 23ff. Different from the preceding set of notes. Subjects include: performance of 'Mandat' at Meierholdt's Theatre; Lord Curzon's ...

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Miscellaneous notes on Russian subjects

22 March 1926-3 April 1926

Miscellaneous notes on Russian subjects, for use in Manchester Guardian articles, including the series 'Soviet Russia and her rulers', published 22 March -3 April 1926. [1925-6?] MS and TS 73ff. Subje...

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Album of mounted press cuttings of reviews written by Ransome

1926-1939

Album of mounted press cuttings of reviews written by Ransome, sometimes under the pseudonym 'William Blunt', for the Observer, for the Manchester guardian and other newspapers. 1926-39. (Approx. 67 c...

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Arthur Ransome Archive

Ransome, Arthur (1884-1967)

1847-2000

Comprises: 1) literary manuscripts and typescripts, including Ransome's original illustrations for his children's books, fishing essays, sailing notes, drafts for his autobiography, diaries, notebooks...

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