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Total number of records: 542

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection315
English Literature310
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture175
Leeds Poetry64
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection11
Ripon Cathedral5
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english literature254
letters248
english poetry246
english drama244
english fiction244
culture175
literature and folklore175
community life125
communication108
folklore87

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PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom5
Genoa, Italy2
Copenhagen1
Denmark1
Nice, France1
Poland1
Warsaw1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)25
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)9
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)7
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn7
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)4
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria3
Higgin, Anthony3
Hunt, James Henry Leigh3
Cowden Clarke, Charles2
Garland, Rosemary E B2

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From 16002
From 17004
From 180027
From 1900504

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Up to 189923
Up to 1999508
Up to latest3

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1996, Poland

March 1995 - July 1996

Correspondence and programme concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a tutorial as part of a programme for Collegium Invisibile. (Collegium Invisible, Warsaw. May- July 1996) Includes correspondence...

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Miscellany notebook, mainly containing summaries of Greek and Latin works by Aristotle, Cicero, Homer, and Hesiod, compiled by William Birch, with notes in English by Anthony Higgin

Birch, William

c.1550-1607

Contains miscellaneous notes, mainly summaries in Latin of works of Aristotle, Cicero, Homer, and Hesiod, as follows: (1) ff.1-27: Ex Ethicis lib.1, cap.1 (- to lib.3); (2) ff.28-9: Verba similia, nom...

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Poems by Lascelles Abercrombie and other members of the Abercrombie family

1881-1940

Autograph manuscript poems by Lascelles Abercrombie including 'Deep-Sea Bathing', and 'Rondeau'.

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Shakespeare, Jews and Judaism

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1980s

Photocopied pages of scenes from Shakespeare's 'The Merchant of Venice' with Silkin's ms annotations, and ms notes on some versos. Also ms notes in Silkin's hand on the ideas of Shakespeare and others...

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Catalogue of French and Italian literature

1893-1908

An anonymous catalogue compiled in 1893 with additions made in 1899, 1907 and 1908

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Belief and Truth in the Poetry of Wilfred Owen

1972-1978

Bound copy of Guido Casale's M.A. thesis, 'Belief and Truth in the Poetry of Wilfred Owen,' submitted to the University College of North Wales, Bangor, May 1972. Inserted in the front of the thesis is...

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National Conference on Literature and Religion

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1975-1988

This file contains papers collected by Hill relating to the National Conference on Literature and Religion, and other items. Includes: - a copy of the National Conference on Literature and Religion ...

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Letters to Thomas Blackburn

Lee, Laurie

26 October 1972

1 letter from Laurie Lee to Thomas Blackburn, discussing childhood.

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Apr, 1999, Copenhagen

Feb 1999 - Apr 1999

Zygmunt Bauman's correspondence with Dansk forfatterforening - Danish Author Association regarding “Literature in exile meetings" 22-25 April 1999.

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On Emily Dickinson

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1980s

Ms list of references and ms drafts on the poetry of Emily Dickinson, and in particular her links with the metaphysical tradition.

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Ode sur la solitude

c.1775

Contains miscellaneous short extracts from literary works on diverse subjects

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