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Books and printed items1

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English Literature6
Brotherton Collection5

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letters4
animism1
anthropology1
english literature1
english poetry1
folklore1
literature1
mythology1
poetry1
short stories, english1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Clodd, Edward (1840-1930)1
Gosse, Philip1
Hardy, Thomas1
Masefield, John (1878-1967)1
New Statesman1
Sharp, Clifford Dyce1
Shorter, Clement King (1857-1926)1
Smith, Stevie1
Stevens, Greta1
Symons, A J A (1900-1941)1

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From 19003

Archive Collection

William Butler Yeats, letters to Elkin Mathews, together with some correspondence of other members of the Yeats family, typescripts of two short stories composed by Lily Yeats, and miscellaneous other material

Yeats, W B (1865-1939)

1894-1921

Comprises: [Vol.1], Autograph manuscript letters from William Butler Yeats to Elkin Mathews, with additional letters from Elkin Mathews and John Lane to William Butler Yeats, dated between 1894 and 19...

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Archive Collection

John Masefield, letters to Greta Stevens, 1952-1966, with associated material.

Masefield, John (1878-1967)

1925-1967

Comprises: (1) Autograph letters from John Masefield to Greta Stevens, March 1952 - ca. 1965, many discussing the work of W. B. Yeats and a Yeats commemorative event in 1964. (2) Four signed photograp...

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Archive Print Collection

English

The English Collection forms the largest subject section within Special Collections and contains many old and rare materials dating from the mid-17th century onwards. Its classification follows that o...

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Archive Collection

New Statesman, associated correspondence and literary papers 1914-1919 and 1960-1983

New Statesman

1914-1983

The collection falls into two sections - editorial correspondence from the First World War period and more recent literary material from the 1960s through to the mid 1980s. This archive complements th...

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Archive Collection

Edward Clodd, manuscripts, diaries and correspondence, with a collection of his printed books.

Clodd, Edward (1840-1930)

1875-1930

Comprises: (1) BOUND MSS of some of Clodd's books, comprising volumes entitled: Animism, Dreams, Evolution, The Evolution of Religion, Folklore, Jesus of Nazareth, Magic in Names, Miracle Plays, Mys...

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Archive Collection

A.J.A. Symons, literary papers and correspondence with some related material.

Symons, A J A (1900-1941)

c.1923-1942

Comprises: (1) Fragmentary autograph manuscript drafts of a critical work by Symons on Edgar Allan Poe, followed by two versions of it in typescript, with autograph manuscript corrections, all probabl...

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