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Total number of records: 23

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poetry23
art education9
painting9
fellowships8
music8
exhibitions7
higher education7
sculpture7
universities7
letter writing4

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Leeds, United Kingdom14
London, United Kingdom4
Osaka, Japan1
Paris, France1

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James Kirkup to Maurice de Sausmarez

1951-1965

Handwritten and typewritten letters and postcards from the poet and translator James Kirkup to Maurice de Sausmarez and handwritten and typewritten letters from the poet John Betjeman to James Kirkup ...

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Anthony Simon Thwaite to Maurice de Sausmarez

10 Jul 1962

Handwritten letter from the poet and critic Anthony Simon Thwaite, then Literary Editor of The Listener, to Maurice de Sausmarez, noting that Thwaite had moved on from the Third Programme and would li...

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The Drawings and Paintings of Isaac Rosenberg

1959

Two copies of the catalogue to the exhibition of poetry and painting by Isaac Rosenberg held at the University of Leeds between May and June 1959, organised by Jon Silkin and Maurice de Sausmarez. The...

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Gregory Fellowships

1950-1959

Notes, letters and printed materials related to the Gregory Fellowships in the Creative Arts, established at the University of Leeds in 1949 under the patronage of Yorkshire businessman Eric Craven Gr...

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A Contemporary Poet

1952

Press cutting titled 'A Contemporary Poet' from an unidentified newspaper, with a reproduction of Maurice de Sausmarez's portrait of the poet James Kirkup, which had been displayed at the Summer Exhib...

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Isaac Rosenberg Memorial Exhibition of Paintings & Drawings

1938

Two copies of a printed catalogue for the Isaac Rosenberg Memorial Exhibition of Paintings & Drawings presented at Whitechapel Art Gallery between 22 June and 17 July 1937, one copy of which includes ...

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Isaac Rosenberg

1959

Printed catalogue for the Issac Rosenberg exhibition presented at the University of Leeds between May and June 1959, organised by Maurice de Sausmarez and the poet Jon Silkin. Silkin contributed a tex...

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Kay Allen to Maurice de Sausmarez

c. 1950

Undated handwritten letter from Kay Allen to Maurice de Sausmarez, with a press cutting of a poem by Julian Cooper titled 'Advertisement for England'. The letter mentions the structure of schools and ...

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Review of Isaac Rosenberg exhibition

1959

Typescipt titled 'A Double Gift' by Patrick Dickinson, on the Isaac Rosenberg exhibition at the University of Leeds in the summer of 1959, organised by Maurice de Sausmarez and Jon Silkin during his t...

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Background to Renaissance

c. 1950

Undated handwritten lecture notes on the Italian Renaissance, Petrarch etc. by Maurice de Sausmarez.

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Notes relating to the establishment of the Gregory Fellowships

c. 1950

Copy of typewritten notes relating to the establishment of the Gregory Fellowships and a copy of a typewritten memorandum on the Gregory Fellowships in Painting and Sculpture, with notes in pencil in ...

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Luigi Pirandello exhibition catalogue

1953

Printed catalogue for an exhibition dedicated to the Italian dramatist, novelist and poet Luigi Pirandello, held by the University of Leeds in 1953. The exhibition took place in the Brotherton Library...

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