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Total number of records: 293

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Archives288
Books and printed items5

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Brotherton Collection291
English Literature285
Leeds Poetry3
Herbert Read Collection1

Top 10: Subject

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english literature293
letters289
english poetry268
english fiction263
english drama261
english letters3
theater programs3
autobiography2
diaries2
photographs2

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Berry, Francis2
Dobree, Bonamy (1891-1974)2
Knight, G Wilson (1897-1985)2
Knight, W F Jackson2
Mumby, Frank Arthur (1872-1954)2
Ross, Alan (1922-2001)2
William Francis Jackson Knight2
Arbuthnot, John1
Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)1
Arnold Family1

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Archive Item

Correspondence of Butler Wood

Wood, Butler

1891-1942

Comprises 235 autograph letters from or to Butler Wood and his wife Elizabeth dated between 1891 and 1942.

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Charles Edwyn Vaughan correspondence and papers

Vaughan, C E (1854-1922)

c.1890-1922

Comprises letters, press cuttings, and notes

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James A. Manson, correspondence

Manson, James Alexander

c.1873-1920

Consists almost entirely of letters received by Manson

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George Eliot, autograph letters to her by celebrities of her time, relating to literary and personal matters

Eliot, George (1819-1880)

c.1875-1919

The correspondents include Anthony Trollope, Harriet B. Stowe, Frederic Harrison, Lord Justice Bowen, Benjamin Jowett, David Kauffman, Sir James Paget, G. J. Holyoake, Douglas Jerrold, Elizabeth Stuar...

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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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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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Arnold Family Archive

Arnold Family

1810-1894

Correspondence: Series I, Letters of Thomas Arnold: 107 letters to family members and friends. Series II, Letters of Mary Arnold: 45 letters to family members and friends. Series III, Miscellaneous fa...

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Robert Southey, correspondence, literary manuscripts and printed works

Southey, Robert (1774-1843)

c.1797-1839

Comprises: (1) A collection of autograph letters written by Robert Southey to John May and others, together with manuscript poems and notes by Robert Southey, and autograph letters to John May from T...

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William Makepeace Thackeray, correspondence and literary manuscripts with related material

Thackeray, William Makepeace (1811-1863)

c.1835-1860

Comprises: (1) 26 letters and manuscripts dated 1835-1860, guarded in order and bound in 1 vol., accompanied by an annotated typed list of contents by Dr Eric Millar and the bill for the cost of bindi...

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London Magazine Editions Archive

The London Magazine

1965-1979

The archive material contained within this collection relates to the publication of various volumes and dates from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, during the editorship of Alan Ross. The bulk of the ...

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London Magazine Archive

1972-2007

Editorial and production papers, earlier versions of material published in the magazine, and correspondence between contributors and editorial staff, predominantly Alan Ross.

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Letters and papers of Professor Bonamy Dobrée

Dobrée, Bonamy (1891-1974)

c.1918-c.1967

The papers of the late Professor Bonamy Dobrée, professor of English literature in the University of Leeds from 1936 to 1955, were very kindly presented to the Library in the session 1974-5, by his d...

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