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Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson (1878-1962)4
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Archive Collection

Paul Mills literary archive

Mills, Paul (1948-)

1971-2008

This collection comprises autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, critical works and plays by Paul Mills, including 3 notebooks with drafts of plays and poetry. There are also examples of...

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Will Foster Archive

Foster, Will (1864-1955)

c.1888-1942

Comprises: (1) 20 play typescripts; (2) Poems in typescript; (3) 'The Jolly Friar', a light opera; (4) Correspondence, 96 letters in 5 envelopes together with 68 reviews and other items in 3 envelopes...

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Alan Ayckbourn, draft of 'A small family business', with autograph annotations.

Ayckbourn, Alan (1939-)

1986

Comprises a corrected typescript draft of Ayckbourn's play 'A small family business', dated 1986, with his autograph manuscript revisions and working notes.

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Thomas Blackburn Archive

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1893-1988

The items in this collection relate to Thomas Blackburn's personal life, his career as a poet and his teaching career. Comprises: typescripts, autograph manuscripts and other papers relating to Thoma...

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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 ...

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Isabella Augusta Gregory, original autograph manuscript of 'The golden apple', with related correspondence with Lord Brotherton.

Gregory, Lady

1913-1928

Comprises 2 notebooks containing the original autograph manuscript of Lady Gregory's play 'The golden apple', dated 1913, together with correspondence between Lord Brotherton and Lady Gregory concerni...

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Wilfrid Wilson Gibson Archive

Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson (1878-1962)

1902-1971

Comprises: (a) 5 boxes of autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Wilfrid Gibson's poems and plays, and some groups of correspondence between Gibson and various literary figures and publishers, ...

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David Hare, typescript first draft of screenplay for the film 'Wetherby', with related materials.

Hare, David

1984-1985

Comprises: (a) The first signed typescript draft of David Hare's film 'Wetherby', which greatly differs from the final version; (b) His signed and typed covering letter to Ethel de Keyser, dated '5 Oc...

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Keown (Anna Gordon), literary papers with related material, including some correspondence

Keown, Anna Gordon (1902-)

1934-1959

Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of some of Anna Gordon Keown's literary works, including at least 9 short stories or plays, dated ca. 1948-1955, and held in a red folder; at ...

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Francis Berry Archive

Berry, Francis

1931-1994

Literary archive of Francis Berry. The collection is separated into two series: Correspondence and Literary papers. Correspondence files arranged alphabetically by correspondent, following Berry's ...

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Tom Paulin, literary papers with some related material, including correspondence

Paulin, Tom

c.1979-1994

Comprises: (1) 15 autograph manuscript drafts of Paulin's poem 'Hegel and the War Criminals' (n.d.); (2) A photocopy of the typescript of his essay 'Imagining history: Ian Paisley and the historian...

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John Mackendrick Collection

Mackendrick, John (1946-1979)

1970-1994

The collection includes drafts of plays by Mackendrick, photographs of his productions, newspaper reviews, posters, flyers and correspondence.

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