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Total number of records: 536

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Archives485
Books and printed items51

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Maurice de Sausmarez Archive478
Brotherton Collection24
English Literature6
Leeds Poetry6
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection4
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society4
Herbert Read Collection3
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History3
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2

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exhibitions536
letter writing130
academies and institutes98
art education68
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painting61
paintings45
artists44
world war ii32
press cuttings28

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Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)10
Hollingshead, John4
Baines, Edward3
Baines, Sir Edward (1800-1890)3
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)3
Music Hall (Sheffield, England). Exhibition (1839)3
Parnell, W G3
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)3
West, William (1770-1854)3
Banks, William Stott (1820-1872)2

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Archive File

Exhibition (University of Leeds)

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1999

This series comprises a single file of papers relating to an exhibition of items from the Crossley-Holland Archive at the University of Leeds, which coincided with a larger, travelling exhibition rela...

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Rosenberg Exhibition

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1959-1964

In 1959 Jon Silkin and Maurice de Sausmarez (then Head of the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Leeds) organised an exhibition of manuscripts, printed works, drawings and paintings, letters...

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Rosenberg Exhibition: Documentation

1990

Publicity leaflet and catalogue for the Rosenberg centenary exhibition The Half-Used Life at the Imperial War Museum, 22 November 1990 - 2 April 1991. The catalogue was compiled by Jean Liddiard, and ...

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Great War Exhibitions

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1979-1985

Photocopied information on Isaac Rosenberg and the Slade School of Art (for/from an exhibition?); catalogue for the Artists and the Great War exhibition of pictures from the Imperial War Museum collec...

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Leeds Press Cuttings

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

24 September 1958 - 22 September 1960

File of press cuttings relating to Jon Silkin's Gregory Fellowship; the Isaac Rosenberg exhibition organised by Silkin and Maurice de Sausmarez at the University of Leeds; promotional material relatin...

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Exhibitions, Festivals, Etc.

1960-1966

Publications and guides relating to festivals and exhibitions held at or relating to the University of Leeds. includes a catalogue for the Gregory Memorial Exhibition at Leeds City Art Gallery (9 Marc...

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Christie, Alexander to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

3 Feb 1851

Handwritten letter and ink sketches from Alexander Christie to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, explaining how little time his has and expressing his regret at having left London before Cowden Clarke arri...

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Murray, David to Huxley, Miss

c. 1880

Undated handwritten letter from the Scottish landscape painter David Murray to Miss Huxley, apologising for the trouble and describing how busy he has been with the Glasgow Exhibition.

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Wyatt, Sir Matthew Digby to Haines, Frederick

1849-1850

Two handwritten letters from Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt, Secretary of the Great Exhibition, to the Novello's solicitor Frederick Haines, inviting him to support the exhibition as a subscriber. The second...

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Views of Novello's new building at 160 Wardour Street

1906-1907

Two mounted copies of views, exterior and interior, of Novello's new building at 160 Wardour Street, London, by the architect Frank L. Pearson, from Academy Architecture. The original drawings were ex...

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