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Total number of records: 13

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection9
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive4
Brotherton Collection3

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing13
gift giving3
art education2
broadcasting2
sculpture2
art galleries1
budget contributions1
design1
drawing1
engineering1

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Manchester, United Kingdom13
London, United Kingdom3
Alderley Edge, United Kingdom1
Nice, France1

Count of People and organisations

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria4
Christie, Alexander1
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn1
Moore, R.1
Most, W.1

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From 18009
From 19004

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Up to 18999
Up to 19994

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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1850-1852

Two handwritten letters from Elizabeth Gaskell to Mary Cowden Clarke. The letter of 1852 is incomplete.

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Christie, Alexander to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1848-1851

Handwritten letters and ink sketches from Alexander Christie to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke.

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Most, W. to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

1846-1848

Two handwritten letters from W. Most to Mary Cowden Clarke. The letter dated 15 December 1846 includes an apology from Most for not responding to Cowden Clarke's letter sooner and explaining the many ...

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Margaret Pilkington to Maurice de Sausmarez

1945-1964

One typewritten letter and two handwritten letters from Margaret Pilkington, honorary director of the Whitworth Art Gallery, to Maurice de Sausmarez, praising his pamphlet 'Look this Way' and adding h...

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Loder, Edward James to Novello, (Joseph) Alfred

c. 1850

Undated handwritten letter from the composer James Edward Loder to (Joseph) Alfred Novello, asking if Novello had thought about his anthem.

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Peacock, H.P.

1845-1848

Five handwritten letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the Manchester magazine editor H.B Peacock, discussing how much she enjoys receiving his letters, his expression of sadness and struggles with heada...

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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

23 May 1852

Incomplete handwritten letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Mary Cowden Clarke, in which Gaskell explains her preference for assistance through thought and action rather than money. She thinks too many pe...

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Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Limited to Maurice de Sausmarez

3 Apr 1959

Typewritten letter from Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co. Limited to Maurice de Sausmarez, congratulating de Sausmarez on the BBC broadcast of his talk 'Dissipated Octopuses', which they thought was...

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Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

17 Aug 1850

Handwritten letter from Elizabeth Gaskell to Mary Cowden Clarke, in which Gaskell notes that she requested Cowden Clarke's address to write to her and expresses concern that the books she is sending w...

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Moore, R. to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

3 Jan 1848

Handwritten letter from R. Moore to Mary Cowden Clarke, thanking her for sending a copy of her book 'Shakespeare Proverbs or the Wise Saws of our Wisest Poet Collected into a Modern Instance' and prai...

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J.M.N. MacQueen to Maurice de Sausmarez

19 Jan 1954

Typewritten letter from J.M.N. MacQueen, Programme Executive, North Region, British Broadcasting Corporation, to Maurice de Sausmarez, noting that he had attended the meeting of the Fifty One Society ...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Peacock, H.B.

c. 1843

Undated handwritten letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to the Manchester magazine editor H.B. Peacock, noting his sister-in-law Clara Anastasia Novello's popular success as a singer and praising her pu...

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