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Union News, issue 234
Archive Item

Archive File

Archive Item

Rough drawing (Scene 2/3/4 - happy) from "Through the Glass Ceiling"

c.1994

Grouped in "Through The Glass Ceiling; Misc Drawings" folder - made of paper punched animation sheet with sketch

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British Council Course 234, 'The Management of Renal Failure', Newcastle-upon-Tyne

29 Mar 1972-9 Apr 1973

Papers relating to two lectures Frank Parsons delivered at the course, one on 'Can Tubular Necrosis be Prevented or Irreversed?', and the other on, 'Management of Acute Renal Failure'. The course was ...

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The Shepherds' Nativity Hymn

1991

Photocopy of 1707/217, but of a slightly earlier version of the MS and showing some changes invisibly incorporated into the latter.

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Letters written to Julia Fitzmaurice-Kelly by Juan Monadero, her spiritual director

Monadero, Juan

1929-1932

Contains: (1) Notes in pencil by James Fitzmaurice-Kelly on meetings of the Senate, Liverpool University, 5 December 1911 - 25 November 1913 (ff.2-23); (2) 26 letters from Monadero, dated 24 June 1929...

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Draperie Deuxième Saison 1958 Hiver Envoi D

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1958

Softback with blue covers. Black text on cover. Sample book for the fashion industry of menswear fabric, issued 18th August 1958. Contains woven fabric samples of varying weights with polychrome pat...

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Design
Textile

Design

Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)

1950-2008

Painted stylised organic design with a pattern of purple flowers with a geometric element of red and green squares on a green background

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batik cap
Textile

batik cap

late 20th Century

A batik cap, in dark red with cream flower and wing motifs (Lar) within a wavy checkerboard boarder. It is triangular in shape, cut from a larger piece. It would be worn by men around the head with a ...

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