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Archive Collection

COLOURED PRINTS OF ROMAN MOSAICS AT ALDBOROUGH, YORK AND LEICESTER

1830s-1840s

Includes 4 prints of tessellated mosaics discovered at Aldborough in 1832. Two drawn by W. Bowman and printed by W. Monkhouse, York, one published on 1 August 1849 by H.E. Smith, York and another by H...

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Gilbert Clive Binyon correspondence and papers

Binyon, Gilbert Clive

19--

Papers, sermons and reports dealing largely with historical and social questions, and including correspondence concerning the proposed SPCK encyclopaedia of the Christian religion. Additional donation...

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Julia Blackburn literary archive

Blackburn, Julia

c.1948 - 2008

Literary Archive of Julia Blackburn. The collection includes comprehensive files on her published work up to 2008, some unpublished material, notebooks, diaries, photographs, correspondence and press ...

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Aurora Lodge No 4047 minute books

1920-2013

The collection comprises 16 volumes of the minutes and 3 volumes of instructions of the Aurora Lodge No 4047. The minute books are: Volume 1: 24 March 1920- 10 October 1923 Volume 2: 14 November...

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Cottingley Fairies Collection

1920-2010

Comprises: (1) BOOKS: 11 books (and 1 video) related to the case of the Cottingley Fairies, 1973-1998; (2) JOURNAL ARTICLES, 1920-1992: including the 1920 and 1921 issues of the Strand Magazine in whi...

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Anthony Evans Collection relating to Chinese Ceramics

Evans, Anthony John (1954-2008)

1980-2008

The material includes documents written by Anthony Evans, articles about his collecting. There is provenance information relating to his collection of Chinese ceramics. It also contains biographical...

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Hugh MacDiarmid, autograph manuscript of 'A drunk man looks at the thistle', together with other literary papers and some letters.

MacDiarmid, Hugh (1892-1978)

c.1925-1960

Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript of MacDiarmid's poem 'A drunk man looks at the thistle', including title with epigraph, dedication, and foreword, with, also pasted in, a photograph by Benno Schotz...

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James Walsh papers

Walsh, James J

1950s-1990s

The core of the papers relate to the research project Walsh was engaged in for a study of British University Expansion between 1955 and 1968 (boxes 1-4). The project was funded by the Nuffield Foundat...

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Roger Warner Antique Dealer's Collection

Roger Warner Antique Dealers; Warner, Roger Harold Metford (1913-2008)

1926-1987

The collection includes the stock books in which Warner kept records of the purchase and sale prices of the antiques in which the business dealt. There are records of the financial transactions of th...

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Paul Mills literary archive

Mills, Paul (1948-)

1971-2008

This collection comprises autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, critical works and plays by Paul Mills, including 3 notebooks with drafts of plays and poetry. There are also examples of...

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Helen Mort Archive

Mort, Helen

2007 - 2015

The Literary Archive of Helen Mort, documenting her work as a poet. The collection consists of 16 notebooks and 19 typescript drafts and proofs for different pieces of work, and is arranged into tw...

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Judith Fitton Collection

1945-1997

The papers of Judith M. Fitton primarily relating to her training and career. The collection includes a few documents from her nurse training. The majority of papers relate to Fitton’s work to deve...

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