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THOMAS HEYWOOD MANUSCRIPTS: THE SONG OF LADY BESSY
17th century
Being in manuscript 'The most pleasant song of Lady Bessy the eldest daughter of King Edward the fourth and how she married King Henry the Seventh of the house of Lancaster' (68pp), with engraving of ...
George Borrow, literary manuscripts with related material
Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)
c.1840-1913
Brotherton Collection items: Autograph manuscripts of two folktales, one beginning "Sigurd son of Volsun", the other entitled "The pisgey and midwife"; autograph manuscripts of four poems, "Grasach Ab...
Tolkien-Gordon Collection
Tolkien, J R R (1892-1973)
1921-2013
Includes letters, poems and songs by J. R. R. Tolkien sent to Eric Valentine Gordon, Ida Gordon and Bridget MacKenzie. Gordon was a philologist at the University of Leeds who became a close friend...
ALBUM RELATING TO MILITARY NURSING SERVICE, LEEDS
1914-1939
Album of photographs of nursing staff and soldiers at the 2nd Northern VAD [Voluntary Aid Detachment] Military Hospital, Gledhow Hall, Leeds and elsewhere in Leeds ( includes view of East Leeds Milita...
Music
Most of the works date from the 19th century onwards. The vast majority of the works are musical scores, with only a relatively small part of the collection consisting of interpretative criticism of m...
REVEREND JOSEPH HUNTER MANUSCRIPTS: TRANSCRIPTS
19th century
Comprising a volume containing:- (a) Records, temp Edward III and Elizabeth. (b) Will of John Webb of Winterbourne Dantsey. (c) Collation of Mr. Blaauw's copy of the Sussex Subsidy Roll. (d) Inventory...
Music (Brotherton Collection)
Contains many items from the library of W T Freemantle, from whom Lord Brotherton purchased numerous books. A special feature of the collection is the group of Mendelssohn manuscripts and letters whic...
James Brown manuscripts and papers
Brown, James Clifford (1923-2004)
c.1933-2000
Comprises the manuscript notebooks, musical compositions, and associated printed works written and compiled by James Brown between the years 1933 and 2000, along with miscellaneous personalia and an a...
John Drinkwater, literary papers with related material
Drinkwater, John (1882-1937)
1906-1939
Comprises: (a) 11 large decorated folders containing reviews of his poetry, plays, prose works, lectures, films, and acting, and reports of national events and obituaries on him; (b) 1 box containing ...
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...
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...