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Total number of records: 776

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Archives568
Books and printed items204
Objects3
Art items1

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Brotherton Collection772
English Literature617
Herbert Read Collection201
Leeds Poetry68

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english poetry776
letters308
english drama303
english fiction280
english literature273
anarchism201
art201
art, modern201
modernism (art)201
sculpture, modern201

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Poetry Book Society24
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)22
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)18
Astbury, Anthony12
Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson (1878-1962)12
Brooke, Rupert (1887-1915)7
Drinkwater, John (1882-1937)7
University of Leeds. School of English7
Benson, Gerard6
Chernaik, Judith6

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From 200027

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Up to latest74

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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George Barker, miscellaneous literary papers and letters

Barker, George (1913-1991)

1935-1987

Comprises: (1) 3 letters to or from George Barker, including 1 undated and 2 dated 1977 and 1981 respectively, held in an envelope with typed drafts of his 'Critical sonnet for William Shakespeare', ...

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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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Thomas Moult correspondence

Moult, Thomas (1885-1974)

c.1911-1962

The fifth box contains newspaper cuttings and a bed-jacket relating to Katherine Mansfield and her death. Some of the letters are undated

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James Elroy Flecker, The blue noon

Flecker, James Elroy (1884-1915)

c. 1910

The poem was written at the 'Hotel Stephane, Montana-sur-Sierre, Switzerland'

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Greville Press Archive

Greville Press

1975-2016

Comprises the business papers of the Greville Press, correspondence relating to the planning and selection of material for publication with some drafts and proofs, examples of Greville Press and other...

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Fleur Adcock, papers relating to The Faber book of twentieth-century women's poetry,

Adcock, Fleur

1984-1987

Comprises: (1) 1 copy of the published work, 1987; (2) 1 file of correspondence between Fleur Adcock and Craig Raine of Faber and Faber (1984-1986) concerning the publication, together with photocopie...

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Wilfred Childe Archive

Childe, Wilfred Rowland (1890-1952)

c.1920-1998

Comprises: (1) 34 larger or smaller notebooks of Wilfred Childe's autograph manuscript poems, only partially dated, 1920 onwards; (2) 20 folders holding more of his manuscript poems, some held in copi...

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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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Simon Armitage Archive

Armitage, Simon (1963-)

c.1984-2015

The Simon Armitage Archive covers Armitage’s work as a poet and writer from 1984 to 2015. This comprehensive archive documents all aspects of Armitage's career as a poet, writer, dramatist, libret...

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Peter Dale, materials relating to the composition and publication of 'Da Capo: a sequence of poems [by] Dale, with Back for somehow on: an essay on Da Capo [by] Philip Hoy' (London, 1997).

Dale, Peter John (1938-)

1993-1998

Principally comprises autograph manuscript drafts of poems by Peter Dale for 'Da Capo', a manuscript notebook belonging to Peter Dale entitled 'Notes/ Da Capo/ 1993-96', several autograph typescript d...

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Bonamy Dobrée Archive

Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)

1912-1973

Comprises: (a) 19 boxes of Bonamy Dobrée's autograph manuscript correspondence arranged A-Z by the names of the correspondents and dated between 1912 and 1973, including a large number of letters fro...

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