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Total number of records: 72

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives67
Books and printed items4
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection42
English Literature35
Leeds Poetry35
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive23
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection9
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1
University Art Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
study tours32
art education19
tours australia18
letter writing14
poets as teachers13
universities and colleges australia13
drawing7
painting7
tours6
family5

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom10
Bonnelles, France5
Boulogne-Sur-Mer, France3
Rome, Italy3
Bruges, Belgium2
Vicenza, Italy2
Barcelona, Spain1
Bedford, United Kingdom1
Croagnes, France1
England1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)7
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)2
Crossley-Holland, Kevin2
Adam, James, 1732-17941
Adam, Robert, 1728-17921
Brennan, Michael G1
British Council1
Certe, Jean1
Dodwell, Edward1
Hammond, William, Approximately 1635-Approximately 16851

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17001
From 180010
From 190059
From 20002

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 17991
Up to 189910
Up to 199959
Up to latest2

Archive Series

British Council Tours

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1974-1990

This series comprises papers relating to tours and visits undertaken by Silkin which were organised by or with the assistance of the British Council. Includes papers relating to visits by Silkin to Be...

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Letters to and from Jon Silkin

British Council

4 July 1957 - 25 November 1993

29 typescript letters from various at the British Council, notably the Specialist Tours Department, to Jon Silkin; 8 carbon copy ts letters from Silkin to various at the British Council; a letter from...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

5 July 1974

1 typescript letter to Jon Silkin from Arthur Creedy, Australian Director of Cultural Affairs. The letter relates to Silkin's 3-month lecture tour of Australia in 1974.

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Letters to Jon Silkin

9 August 1963 - 17 October 1963

4 letters to Jon Silkin from the Ministry of Education, including 2 typescript letters and 1 ms letter from Carson J. Read, and 1 ts letter from K.T.V. Humberstone. The correspondence relates to a 'Po...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

18 May 1974 - 10 July 1974

Letters to Jon Silkin from correspondents linked with the Fellowship of Australian Writers. Includes 1 ms letter to Silkin from Jim Hamilton, and 1 typescript letter from Jean Stone. The correspondenc...

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Sketch of a person carrying a basket

c. 1831

Undated pencil sketch of a seated person carrying a basket on their back. Inscribed in ink at the bottom, possibly in a later hand, with the following: 'Maeuza [?] at Boulogne sur Mer. Emma A. Novello...

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Gate of the Lions at Mycenae
Print

Gate of the Lions at Mycenae

Dodwell, Edward (1767-1832); Rodwell and Martin

1820

Frame Type - new

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Notebook on a field trip to Bonnelles

c. 1966

Blue spiral bound 'Atlas' notebook with details of a field trip for students from Byam Shaw School of Drawing and Painting to Bonnelles in France, likely to date from 1966 or 1968. Includes notes on a...

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Route through Italy

c. 1965

Undated pencil on paper notes in Maurice de Sausmarez's hand, with a route through Italy from Genoa to Bologna.

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Postcard from Charlotte Ardizzone to Jane and Maurice de Sausmarez

Aug 1963

Handwritten postcard from Charlotte Ardizzone to Jane and Maurice de Sausmarez, mentioning a car accident and a visit to the Museo Nacional del Prado in Madrid, Spain.

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Australia

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1989-1991

This series contains items relating to Crossley-Holland's British Council-funded trip to Australia in 1990 to meet with others interested in children's literature. Includes correspondence relating to ...

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