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Total number of records: 36

Count of Record type

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Archives35
Books and printed items1

Count of Collection group

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English Literature19
Brotherton Collection18
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society8
Cookery Collection1
Liddle Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters10
english poetry7
english fiction6
english drama3
english literature3
aeronautics1
aircraft accidents1
art, english1
autobiography1
diaries1

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PlaceCount
Fountains Abbey; Markington; Ripon; Yorkshire West Riding2
Doncaster; Yorkshire West Riding1
Easby Abbey; Easby; Yorkshire North Riding1
Kirkham Priory; Kirkham; Yorkshire East Riding1
Watton Priory; Watton; Yorkshire East Riding1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Alston, Lucy (1910-1996)1
Alston, William (1880-1958)1
Arnold-Forster, Frances1
Barstow, Stan (1928-2011)1
Bateman, Michael (1932-2006)1
Beaty, Betty1
Beaty, David (1919-1999)1
Brangwyn, Frank (1867-1956)1
Buckels, Alec1
Buckels, Lucy (1881-1967)1

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From 17002
From 180015
From 190017
From 20001

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Archive Collection

Charles Larcom Graves, They all hate Joe

Graves, Charles L (1856-1944)

c. 1900

A poem on the pro-Boers' antipathy to Joseph Chamberlain during the South African War, 1899-1902 ('With apologies to the author of 'They all love Jack"').

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Archive Print Collection

Philosophy

Works published between 1602 and 1953. Subjects include Aristotle, political science, ethics, aesthetics, logic, John Locke, philosophy, psychology and Immanuel Kant. The collection also contains work...

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Algernon Charles Swinburne manuscripts

Swinburne, Algernon Charles (1837-1909)

1851-1999

Comprises a substantial collection of manuscripts (many of them autographs), typed or pencilled transcriptions, and some printed proofs and early editions of literary works by Swinburne, including poe...

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Tony Harrison related tapes

c.1985 - c.2002

Collection of 40 tapes (mostly VHS, with some audio cassettes). Tapes show a wide range of Harrison's work, from films, documentaries, to reviews and interviews. The collection includes the followin...

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Stan Barstow Archive

Barstow, Stan (1928-2011)

1956-1996

Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Barstow's writings, including: 'A brother's tale'; 'A kind of loving'; 'A raging calm'; 'A season with Eros'; ' About the novel'; 'Ask me t...

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The Disguise. A Comedy. In five acts.

Early 19th century

The original manuscript, probably autograph, of an unpublished early 19th century comedy. The identity of the author is unknown. The play features characters such as Lord Montrose, Sir Charles Lu...

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William G. Shepherd, literary papers and correspondence

William G. Shepherd

1976-1991

Comprises: (1) Literary papers of William G. Shepherd, including (a) 5 partial or complete typescripts of his poems, or translations, including some Odes of Horace (partly photocopy), Ovid's Loves, 'T...

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Dom Moraes letter and manuscripts addressed to Naseem Khan

Moraes, Dom

1969 - 1970

One typescript letter and seven manuscript and typescript poems addressed or dedicated to Naseem Khan, written by Dom Moraes. Moraes and Khan had been in a relationship whilst living in Delhi in1969. ...

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF CLAREMONT, CLARENDON ROAD, LEEDS, AND HEATON FAMILY EPHEMERA

1870s-1890s

/1: Set of 16 photographs of Claremont & the Heaton family, mounted on card and contained in a folder marked ‘Claremont Leeds’ - all undated except for faint pencilled dates on some items, ranging...

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Florence Peacock, original holograph manuscripts of poems

Peacock, Florence

c.1895-1896

Comprises the following poems:-(1) 'The charm of the rue'; (2) 'Living though the date be old'; (3) 'A stony way'; (4) 'Though your sins be as scarlet...', Isaiah 1.18; (5) 'A northern sailor'; (6) 'T...

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David and Betty Beaty Archive

Beaty, David (1919-1999)

1939-2004

Comprises: (a) 2 boxes of correspondence between David and Betty Beaty and several publishers, friends, and others, mainly concerning their respective publications, dated between 1939 and 1998, inclu...

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John Gawsworth, literary papers and correspondence with related material

Gawsworth, John

1931-1970

Comprises: (a) Autograph manuscript correspondence between John Gawsworth and Charles Wrey Gardiner (1941-1967, mainly assembled by Gardiner into a collection labelled 'The reluctant landlord' and con...

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