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Total number of records: 56

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English Literature24
Brotherton Collection22
Leeds Poetry6
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society3
Art and Antique Market2
Cookery Collection2
Medical Collections2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1

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letters16
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diaries3
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capital punishment2
education, higher2
american poetry1
art1
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Dorothy Una Clough2
Dorothy Una Mcgrigor Phillips2
Dorothy Una Phillips2
Hamilton, Ian2
Masefield, John (1878-1967)2
Potts, Paul2
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)2
Barker, George (1913-1991)1
Bell, Martin (1918-1978)1
Berry, Francis1

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Archive Collection

COLLECTION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF STANDING STONES, BOUNDARY MARKERS, CROSSES ETC

mid-20th century

Collected by Stanhope White. Accompanied by list of standing stones on North York Moors (formerly in library at 84E4)

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Times Literary Supplement, typescripts of poems submitted between 1962 and 1967.

1962-1967

The archive comprises typescripts of poems by various poets, submitted to and published in the Times Literary Supplement (TLS) between 1962 and 1967. Most of the typescripts have manuscript editorial ...

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Romany Collection

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

c.1551 - c.2007

Archive and print items referencing the history, culture and representation of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in the UK, Europe and worldwide. Consists of three sub-collections; 1) Romany 1: The col...

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Roger Senhouse, notebooks and literary papers including some letters

Senhouse, Roger (1899-1970)

c.1937-1970

Comprises: (1) 6 autograph manuscript notebooks kept by Roger Senhouse between ca. 1942 and 1962, numbers 1, 3, and 4 being commonplace-books (chiefly containing notes on books and on meetings with ot...

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University Academic Administrative Staffs meeting papers, compiled by P.W. Price

Price, P W

1962-1973

Comprises the administrative correspondence and minutes of meetings of the Association held at various locations around the country between 1962 and 1973, some papers and publications of its Working P...

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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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John Cowper Powys letters to Jessie Cormack

1958 - 1976

Group of 22 letters written by John Cowper Powys to Jessie Cormack, one letter to Cormack from Phyllis Playter and a copy of one further letter written by Cormack to Patrick Kavanagh describing her im...

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John Braine Archive

Braine, John (1922-1986)

1943-1995

The literary archive of John Braine, comprising over 200 manuscript notebooks, 22 boxes of manuscript and typescript drafts and associated material. The collection is divided into 3 distinct series: ...

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Archive Print Collection

Cookery Printed Books

Principally made up from two separate collections. Blanche Legat Leigh, Lady Mayoress of Leeds, made a gift in 1939 of cookery books which included not only historical works published in Britain but a...

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PAPERS OF CHARLES TRAVIS CLAY

Clay, Charles Travis (1885-1978)

1642-1976

Consists mainly of photocopies and correspondence exchanged with historical scholars including P Aheir, W Paley Baildon, W Farrer, LC Loyd, WE Preston, FM Stenton and A Hamilton Thompson. Topics inclu...

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Vernon Scannell, literary papers together with an autograph letter

Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)

1962-1967

Comprises: Literary papers of Vernon Scannell dated 1963-1966, including autograph manuscripts and revised typescripts of eight poems, together with a press cutting from the Sunday Times for 29 Januar...

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Alberta Vickridge Collection

Vickridge, Alberta

c.1894-1962

Comprises: (1) Boxes 1-3, containing 439 autograph letters written to Alberta Vickridge from many different correspondents between 19 April 1902 and 1 November 1962, all held in 138 envelopes; (2) Box...

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