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Total number of records: 2546

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Herbert Read Collection67
Rudolf Laban Collections34
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Letters Database4
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Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)87
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)74
Glover, Stephen (1813-1870)61
Independent Labour Party (Great Britain)60
Great Britain. Parliament55
Nelson, S (1800-1862)45
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-183240
Fabian Society (Great Britain)39
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Archive Print Item

Naturalizations of foreign Protestants in the American and West Indian colonies : (pursuant to statute 13 George II. c. 7)

Giuseppi, M S (1869-); Great Britain. Board of Trade

1921

"Four hundred and fifty copies privately printed."

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Initial 'I' and 'L' (fol. 40v)
Archive Piece

Initial 'I' and 'L' (fol. 40v)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

Initial 'I' made up of two branches entwined and with small springs of leaves, in blue on a green ground. Initial 'L' in gold leaf, on a red and blue ground, infilled with white pen-ornament.

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Archive Sub-series

Season

1982-1983

Photographic materials from productions from season 1982-1983.

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Archive Item

Lord Brotherton Photographic Portrait

c.1900-1930

1 loose photograph and and printed portrait (same image) on card [possibly insert for book or bookplate]. Titled Right Hon Edward Allen Baron Brotherton of Wakefield. Undated.

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