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Total number of records: 12108

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Archives4208
Indexes1112
People and organisations281
Art items38
Objects8
Textiles4
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Brotherton Collection3386
English Literature1801
Letters Database1149
Herbert Read Collection758
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture758
Liddle Collection705
Art and Antique Market332
South Bank Show Production Archive277
Cookery Collection199
LGBTQ190

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world war, 1914-1918268
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occupations158
english language - dialects146
nature129
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Bridgen, John William508
Rolfe, Frederick William (1860-1913)282
Blake, William, 1757-1827245
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)224
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616220
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)200
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)195
Auden, W H (1907-1973)173
Blake, William (1757-1827)157
Shorter, Clement King101

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From 2000332

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Up to latest679

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WILLIAMS, WILLIAM E

1914-1919

Pencil sketch of mosque (nd); 2 watercolour sketches (nd); German postcard (nd); Typescript verse 'The Motor-Lorry Man' by AL Jones (1918); Photograph of Princess Mary (nd); Overseas service stripes (...

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William Carlos Williams

Koch, Vivienne

[1950]

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Saville, William to Scruton, William

Saville, William

17 Jun 1910 - 13 Apr 1911; 1 n.d.

1) Reference to Scruton's work in "Yorkshire Weekly Post"; seeks a piece from Scruton for his dialect almanac. Signed pseudonymously "Bob [Stubbs]". 2) Seeks a dialect contribution for a forthcomi...

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Williams

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1992-1994

This file contains correspondence relating to Hill's involvement in the case for Charles Williams being memorialised in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey. Includes 2 typescript letters to Hill from Gil...

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WILLIAMS

1915

Recollections of Suvla Bay Landing, 9 Aug 1915.

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Williams

c. 1960 - 2015

Cuttings from various auction catalogues of furniture by makers trading under the name 'Williams'

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Sender: Ralston, William H.

Recipient: Williams, Orlo

Letters: 1

Date(s): 9 Jun 1966

Location: BC Dobree/Williams correspondence

Note: Sender is Associate Editor of the "Sewanee Review". Photocopy.


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Williams, William Thomas to Manton, Irene

Williams, William Thomas

14 Sep 1957

Reflections on the gift to her of a Chinese book. TS. Extracted from her copy of San Tzu Ching, translated by H A Giles (2nd ed, Shanghai, 1910).

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Sender: Gilbert, William Schwenck

Recipient: Archer, William

Letters: 1

Date(s): 24 Feb 1905

Location: BC Gosse correspondence

Note: The "proposed letter to 'The Times'" which is the subject of this letter appeared in "The Times" on Monday 27 February 1905, over the signatures of A.C. Bradley, Edmund Gosse and others (not including Archer). See also A.C. Bradley's letter to Archer in this connection. Not in printed catalogue.


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William Williams Prize in Combined Studies in Science

1985-1996

Correspondence with recipients; an index card recording details of the prize (value/school/set up and previous recipients)

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