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Total number of records: 97

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Archives93
Books and printed items4

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive80
Liddle Collection8
Brotherton Collection2
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman2
English Literature1
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1

Top 10: Subject

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world war ii97
exhibitions32
interest groups26
letter writing22
artists21
newsletters16
antisemitism8
holocaust8
nazism7
art education6

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London, United Kingdom28
Sheffield, United Kingdom11
Leeds, United Kingdom5
Bedford, United Kingdom4
Great Britain2
Horsham, United Kingdom2
Amsterdam, Netherlands1
Armenia1
Austria1
Burley In Wharfdale, United Kingdom1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bauman, Janina (1926-2009)1
Bauman, Zygmunt (1925-2017)1
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1
Churchill, Winston, 1874-19651
Deranian, Hagop Martin (1922-)1
Esther Sinovitch1
Hamburg Institute For Social Research1
Hamburger, Michael (1924-2007)1
Isserlin, Max (1879-1941)1
Johnson, Boris1

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From 190094
From 20003

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Up to 199994
Up to latest3

Archive Collection

Max Isserlin Collection

Isserlin, Max (1879-1941)

1902-1999

Papers of the psychiatrist Max Isserlin, includes: journals and papers on psychological and medical subjects; correspondence files; working papers; case histories and medical reports; photographs and ...

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Michael Hamburger, correspondence with associated literary manuscripts and other material.

Hamburger, Michael (1924-2007)

1929-1995

Comprises a collection of 2396 autograph manuscript and typescript letters and postcards to Michael Hamburger from 249 correspondents between 1929 and 1994 (many of them well-known literary figures), ...

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Papers of Janina and Zygmunt Bauman

Bauman, Zygmunt (1925-2017); Bauman, Janina (1926-2009)

1945-2015

Most of the material relates to the professional careers of Zygmunt Bauman and his first wife, Janina Bauman (writer). It includes correspondence (with academics of sociology, philosophy and other dis...

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Esther Simpson correspondence and papers

Simpson, Esther (1903-1996)

1918-1997

This collection reflects Esther Simpson's work on behalf of refugee scholars over the course of fifty years. It also documents the many friendships and contacts she developed. The main collection (i...

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Archive Sub-series

Travel, architecture and landscapes

c. 1940-1969

Black and white and colour photographs and negatives of architecture and landscapes in France, Italy, East Africa and the United Kingdom, taken by Maurice de Sausmarez. Includes enlarged photographs o...

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Reports

1937-1962

Printed and typewritten copies of reports associated with the Artists' International Association and allied groups, including material related to the early years of the AIA and their activities during...

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Pamphlets, periodicals and printed material

1939-1983

Pamphlets, periodicals and printed material published by the Artists' International Association, chiefly in the form of their Bulletins and Newsletters issued during the Second World War and into the ...

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Events and fundraising

1942-1947

Printed leaflets, correspondence and emphemera related to events and fundraising activities organised by the Artists' International Association, including social events and donations towards their new...

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Archive File

Dortheimer, Victor

Mid-Late 20th Century

This section contains a typed transcript of an interview (Tape No. 1377) with Victor Dorthheimer regarding his experience of living in Nazi occupied Poland. Dortheimer was chief enameller at Oskar Sc...

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Hankowska (lakomy), Lena

Mid-Late 20th Century

This section contains a typed short story titled 'My Mother of the Camp: Maria Kotarba' by Lena Hankowska, dated 1992. Hankowska recalls her time at Auschwitz concentration camp, reflecting on her fri...

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Kutner, David

Mid-Late 20th Century

This section contains a transcript of an interview with David Kutner regarding his experience as a Polish Jew detained in Auschwitz Birkenau concentration camp at 11 years old. The account details the...

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Rossleigh, Christine (née Goldschlag-gorezynski)

Mid-Late 20th Century

This section contains a letter from Christine Rossleigh recounting her experience as a Polish Jew living in Nazi occupied Poland. She recalls the growth of antisemitism in Poland before and after the ...

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