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Total number of records: 57

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Brotherton Collection55
English Literature18
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections7
Leeds Poetry2
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1

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art, english1
boxing poetry1
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Lawson, Fred4
Bomford, Philip2
Pybus, Rodney (1938-)2
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)2
Arnold, Matthew (1822-1888)1
Aspley, William (1640)1
Bedford, Francis (1799-1883)1
Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge1
Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge Baron (1879-1963)1
Blount, Edward (1588-1632)1

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Archive Print Collection

Travel (Brotherton Collection)

1600-1800

Works on European and Mediterranean travel in the period 1600 to 1800. Many of the works are descriptions of individual countries (including Russia, Europe, Middle East, Turkey, Italy and Spain), by E...

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Archive Collection

Marrick Priory, Swaledale, North Yorkshire, Estate Archive

Marrick Priory

1170-1812

The collection is arranged by period of ownership and comprises section 1 Stapleton (13th c-19th c) - 257 documents; section 2 Marrick Priory (1170-1538) - 20 documents; section 3 Uvedale (1540-1592) ...

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The Beveridge report in brief
Archive Print Item

The Beveridge report in brief

Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge Baron (1879-1963); Beveridge, William Henry Beveridge Baron (1879-1963)

1942

Full report: "Social insurance and allied services", Cmd.6404.

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Preliminary page 3
Archive Print Item

Mr. William Shakespeares comedies, histories, & tragedies. Published according to the true originall copies

Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Bedford, Francis (1799-1883); Zaehnsdorf, Joseph William (1853-1930); Vail, Theodore Newton (1845-1920); Wells, Gabriel (1861-1946); Condell, Henry (1627); Heminge, John (1556-1630); Droeshout, Martin (1601-); Jaggard, Isaac (1627); Blount, Edward (1588-1632); Smethwicke, John (1641); Aspley, William (1640)

1623

The 'first folio', with very slight imperfections. 12 3/8 x 7 1/8 inches. F.1b. 'To the reader'. [By Ben Jonson.] F.2a. Title-page. F.3a-b. 'To the most noble...'. F.4a. 'To the great variety ...'. F....

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Archive Collection

Brotherton Collection Charters

1280-1850

These documents were acquired for the Brotherton Collection in the 1980s by Wendy Childs, Emeritus Professor in Later Medieval History at the University of Leeds, for the purposes of teaching palaeogr...

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Archive Collection

Novello Cowden Clarke

1739-1966

The Novello Cowden Clarkes were a well known Anglo-Italian family of musicians, writers, artists, singers and actors, with a wide and influential literary and artistic circle. Based in London and lat...

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Archive Collection

Marshall Family, correspondence with various literary personalities

Marshall Family

c.1852-1881

Members of the Marshall Family named in the correspondence include the following:-(1) Julia O'Brien; (2) Edward O'Brien; (3) Nellie O'Brien; (4) Mary Marshall; (5) James Marshall, 1802-1873; (6) Aubre...

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Archive Collection

Brontë family manuscripts and correspondence

Brontë Family

1812-1925

A substantial collection of original and transcribed material by, or relating to, different members of the Brontë family. The collection contains: (A) by Anne Brontë, an autograph manuscript discu...

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Archive Collection

George Byron, correspondence and manuscripts, together with related materials

Byron, George Gordon Byron Baron (1788-1824)

c.1811-1938

Comprises a collection of autograph poetry, letters and other writings by Byron; manuscripts of his poetry and other writings in the hand of others (including Mary Shelley), including copies of his 'E...

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Archive Collection

Edmund Gosse Archive

Gosse family

c.1823-1954

The Gosse collection includes material from five generations of the Gosse family, but is largely the archive of Sir Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928), the writer and literary critic. The collection hol...

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Archive Collection

Review [The Review] magazine, correspondence and literary papers associated with the magazine including material relating to its symposium 'The State of Poetry'.

1962-1972

The archive of The Review was acquired for the Brotherton Collection in 1996. The Review was one of the most successful literary ‘little magazines’ and enjoyed a ten year period of publication f...

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Archive Collection

Rodney Pybus Archive

Pybus, Rodney (1938-)

c.1960-2010

Includes the literary papers of Rodney Pybus relating to his publications, draft poetry notebooks, papers relating to translations of Lautremont and Catullus; drafts and research materials for Pybus's...

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