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Shirley Brooks, diaries
Brooks, Shirley (1815-1874)
1867-1872
Each volume is bound in leather and embossed on the spine with gilt lettering: SHIRLEY BROOKS' DIARY, followed by the years 1867, 1869, 1870, 1871, 1872 respectively. On the inside of each front cover...
George Crabbe : priest, poet and philosopher (1754-1832) : his life, written by his son, the Rev. George Crabbe, M.A. ; extra-illustrated by A.M. Broadley with correspondence, portraits and verse.
Crabbe, George (1754-1832)
c.1726-1914
Comprises the 1847 edition of the 'Life of Crabbe' re-bound into 6 vols in 1903 by Broadley. They are extra-illustrated by the insertion of numerous portraits, poems, watercolour views, and maps, toge...
Literary and theatrical manuscripts of Cyril Maude
Maude, Cyril (1862-1951)
c.1882-1942
Comprises: Box 1: 27 vols of musical scores for performing 'She stoops to conquer'; 4 vols of stage instructions for performing 'Grumpy', 1 for each Act; 2 notebooks; 1 five year diary, 19-?. Box 2: T...
Ronald Blythe, pre-publication text of anthology 'Each returning day : the pleasure of diaries', with a related letter
Blythe, Ronald (1922-)
c.1989-1991
Comprises the complete pre-publication text of Ronald Blythe's anthology, here entitled 'Diaries: an exploration'. The accompanying autograph manuscript letter from Blythe is dated 25 March 1991, and...
John Braine Archive
Braine, John (1922-1986)
1943-1995
The literary archive of John Braine, comprising over 200 manuscript notebooks, 22 boxes of manuscript and typescript drafts and associated material. The collection is divided into 3 distinct series: ...
John Braine Archive notebooks
1950-1986
14 boxes containing 209 autograph manuscript notebooks of John Braine, with some previously numbered, presumably by Braine. D 1-125 serve as diaries (dated from 1950 to 1986), FF 1-10 contain dra...
John Braine manuscript and typescript drafts
1943-1985
(b) 22 boxes containing autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of his novels, stories, playscripts, articles, broadcasts, and poems. 'These golden days' (boxes 1-3), 'The two of us' (boxes 4-6)...
John Braine autobiographical material
1985 - 1995
1 box containing some photocopied autobiographical material, dated 1986, several photographs of Braine alone or with others, some photocopied correspondence between Braine and Mrs Barbara Jones, his t...
1937
Brown, Wayne
c.1971-1973
This file contains: - 21 page transcript copy of Norman Manley's diary from 1937. - 6 page transcript and 4 page transcript of a two-part Jamaica Gleaner article on Edna Manley's art, written by Es...
1938
Brown, Wayne
c.1971-1973
This file items concerned with the year 1938. Most items are from that year, but where they are not a date is given in the list below. This file contains the following items: - 2 page transcript of ...
Edna Manley's Diary : Scripts 100- 281
Brown, Wayne
1971
This file contains 181 transcripts of excerpts from Edna Manley' s diary from February 1939 to 16 May 1951, compiled by Wayne Brown in 1971. The original folder was labelled 'Edna' s Diary copy 2 [100...
Scripts 400-560
Brown, Wayne
c.1971-1973
This file contains a 160 page transcript of Norman Manley's diary, labelled 'NW's Diary 4th copy,' by Wayne Brown. The diary entries range from 4 April 1937 to 19 May 1963.