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Total number of records: 23

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Brotherton Collection21
English Literature15
Leeds Poetry3
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse2
Liddle Collection2

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letters23
english poetry12
english fiction8
english drama6
english literature6
librettos3
poets, english3
pre-raphaelites3
world war, 1914-19182
african theatre1

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Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)2
Constable, Archibald1
Crossley-Holland, Kevin1
Darwin, Erasmus1
Dawson, Mary Eleanor Anne1
Fox-Strangways, Giles Stephen Holland 6th Earl of Ilchester1
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865)1
Hayley, William1
Huish, Gertrude1
May, John1

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Archive Sub-collection

Articles and Short pieces

1964-2016

This sub-fonds contains material related to Kevin Crossley-Holland's articles and other shorter works, that includes introductions and forewords.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti to (Walter) Theodore Watts-Dunton

Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)

c. 07.12.1878

Autograph letter and envelope. Dated Saturday. Date as postmark. DGR 'must entertain the question of Mack' or 'shall drop to pieces altogether.'

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Edward Lucie Smith

1931-1994

Dated October 31st but no year provided. Expresses gladness that Berry has read Lucie Smith's piece in The Times and commenting on "Illnesses and Ghosts".

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Peter Redgrove

1962-1964

Letters from Redgrove to Berry mainly commenting on Berry's work. One letter includes a copy of a radio piece by Redgrove titled "The Anniversary".

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Travel writing

1970-1979

This sub-fonds contains material relating to Crossley-Holland's travel writing: his book 'Pieces of Land' (1972). Contains correspondence, drafts, and research materials.

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Articles

1963-1984

Files containing drafts of shorter pieces written by Soyinka, often with substantial revisions, and copies of articles and longer pieces concerning Soyinka. Includes the following drafts of pieces b...

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Edmund Blunden

1935-1952

Letters to Berry thanking him for sending various pieces and providing comment and response. Two photocopies of letters from Blunden sent from Tokyo (dated 14th March 1948) commenting on the new bo...

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Resuscitator

1963-1964

Request for contribution following reading Restoring Gender. Discussion on poems for publication including Graves, Gudveig, Letter to Eirik, Marginal Sect and Fashion Show. Eventual decision to publis...

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Letters from William Hayley, with related material, including poems by Hayley.

Hayley, William

1774-1816

Comprises carbon copy transcriptions of 39 letters from William Hayley to John Thornton dated 21 September 1774 - 17 April 1779, miscellaneous letters between others, and poems by William Hayley, the ...

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William Michael Rossetti to John Lucas Tupper

Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)

c. 1855

Autograph letter on black-edged paper, begins 'My hand-writing must be a wondrous apparition'. Initial letter to JLT regarding 'The Crayon'?

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Kevin Crossley-Holland Archive

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1946-2011

This collection of the literary papers and correspondence of Kevin Crossley-Holland represents the wide range of his interests and achievements. It covers his own poetry, translations and re-tellings ...

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William Michael Rossetti to Annie Tupper

Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)

29.08.1897

Autograph letter, begins 'I agree with you in thinking our book will be a very sightly piece of typography'. WMR unsure whether the proofs of the John Lucas Tupper poetry book were sent to Mrs Tuppe...

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