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Total number of records: 239

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Archives236
Books and printed items3

Count of Collection group

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Brotherton Collection132
English Literature85
Liddle Collection85
Leeds Russian Archive6
Leeds Poetry5
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse4
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
Herbert Read Collection1
Quaker Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters239
world war, 1914-191883
english poetry60
photographs47
english literature42
english fiction40
english drama35
diaries14
autographs7
postcards7

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bradford, Barbara Taylor (1933-)4
Gosse, Edmund (1849-1928)3
Hogg, Jabez3
Melville, Robert Saunders-Dundas3
Berry, Francis2
Constable, Archibald2
Dobree, Bonamy (1891-1974)2
Dorothy Una Clough2
Dorothy Una Mcgrigor Phillips2
Dorothy Una Phillips2

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From 180062
From 1900157
From 20003

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Archive Series

ECG manuscript fragments

1757-1914

Separate, occasionally fragmentary manuscripts.

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Maarten Maartens Manuscripts

Maartens, Maarten (1858-1915)

1882-1930

Comprises: Boxes of manuscripts, as follows: (1) 'Dorothea', MS 958pp. in 6 envelopes, and first MS drafts I-III in 3 envelopes, held in 2 boxes; (2) 'Eve', MS 510pp. in 4 envelopes, and sections rewr...

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Bram Stoker correspondence and manuscripts

Stoker, Bram (1847-1912)

1866-1997

Comprises: (1) Correspondence dated between 1866 and 1911; (2) Autograph literary manuscripts by Bram Stoker: (i) Lecture 'Personal impressions of America', delivered at the London Institute (and else...

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Brontë family manuscripts and correspondence

Brontë Family

1812-1925

A substantial collection of original and transcribed material by, or relating to, different members of the Brontë family. The collection contains: (A) by Anne Brontë, an autograph manuscript discu...

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Elizabeth Gaskell manuscripts and correspondence

Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865)

1757-1914

A significant collection of material relating to Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell (ECG). The collection includes a nearly complete manuscript draft for ECG's novel 'Sylvia's Lovers', several manuscript frag...

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William Watson, correspondence and literary manuscripts

Watson, Sir William (1858-1935)

1880-1917

Comprises: (1) Correspondence: (i) Autograph letters from Sir William Watson to John Lane, his publisher, 1906-1907, 1913-1914, 1915-1916, 3 vols; (ii) Autograph letter from Sir William Watson to Har...

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Correspondence and a literary manuscript of Henry Arthur Jones

Jones, Henry Arthur (1851-1929)

c.1854-1929

Some letters are undated. One bound volume contains 54 letters with transcriptions from M. H. Spielmann to Henry Arthur Jones. Box 5 includes 223 letters from Sir Charles Wyndham to Henry Arthur Jones...

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Correspondence and literary manuscripts of James Sheridan Knowles

Knowles, James Sheridan (1784-1862)

1825-1925

Comprises: Vol.1: A collection of autograph letters from James Sheridan Knowles to James Muspratt, with a letter from Lady Max Muspratt presenting the collection to Lord Brotherton, 18th April, 1831-1...

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Robert Louis Stevenson, correspondence and literary manuscripts

Stevenson, Robert Louis (1850-1894)

1898-1923

Comprises: (1) 1 box containing 2 vols and 1 other separate volume of copies of letters by Katharine D. Osborne concerning Robert Louis Stevenson, 1922-1923; (2) Correspondence between Sidney Colvin, ...

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Oscar Wilde, autograph letters and manuscripts, including the manuscript of his play 'The Duchess of Padua', with some related material

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

1878-1895

Comprises the following items: (1) Autograph letter to Marian Willets [1878]; (2) Manuscript draft and notes for the original contract made by J.M. Stoddart, and Co. with Wilde for publishing Rennell ...

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Bernard Barton, correspondence and literary manuscripts with related materials

Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)

1818-1848

(Envelope 1) 25 letters to Barton from literary figures, 1818-1836; 3 poems, by Lucy Barton, E. Charlesworth, and J. E. Roscoe; silhouette portrait (unknown); printed sheet featuring portraits of lite...

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