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Muller, Martin (Cartographer)110
Universitat Bonn. Institut Fur Geschichtliche Landeskunde Der Rheinlande110
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Archive File

Letter from Georgie Anderson [nee Jackson], India; to Mary Briggs.

1 Jan 1948

Her life and family in India. MS, signed. 1f.

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Archive Item

Nocturne for Solo Guitar, Op. 78 (1985); ‘Lamentacion de La Muerte’ (Lorca Songs Set 2), Op. 100 (1996).

1985

Opp. 78,100: Recorded at Brighton Festival Composer’s Concert, May 1995. Helen Sanderson (gtr); Wills Morgan (tnr).

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Archive Print Item

M & N Uzal : 19th century excellence : 100 lots : auction in London, Wednesday 28 October 2009, 2 pm

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); Sotheby's (Firm)

[2009]

Includes bibliographical references. Place of sale: London.

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Archive Item

Transcript: Lusted, Andrew

Gunns, Kathryn

2022-2023

Transcript of oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see item title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage" Project.

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Adam and Eve (image 2)
Archive Piece

Adam and Eve (image 2)

[ca. 1461-1483]

The roundel at the top left shows God creating Eve from Adam's rib (7). The roundel below it shows God instructing Adam and Eve beside the Tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil. The roundel at the top ri...

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The Customs and Traditions of the Staffordshire Regiment

Harvey, M C

1970

A dissertation which records and analyses the customs and traditions of the Staffordshire Regiment of the British Army, based on written sources and interviews with past and present members of the Reg...

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Archive File

Letter from William Golding of March

31 May 1812

Golding writes about a young man, called J. Linford, a Friend who has been unwell and is under the care of Dr. Willis.

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