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Total number of records: 10

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection7
Brotherton Collection2
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture2
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
health10
letter writing8
family5
travel5
community life2
culture2
occupations2
transportation2
war2
well-being2

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Rome, Italy6
Genoa, Italy5
London, United Kingdom3
Florence, Italy2
Fermo, Italy1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Collins, Catherine (Nee Hehl)1
Gigliucci, Porzia1
Haines, Frederick1
Houck, Charles L1
Marshall, Miss1
Novello, Emma Aloysia1
Pearce, Ben1
Sacksfield, Jack1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17001
From 18006
From 19003

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 18996
Up to 19994

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

20 Mar 1884

Handwritten postcard from Dinah Maria Craik to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, noting that she had not been able to travel until now and remains weak. She records her travels plans to Genoa and Rome and reque...

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Collins, Catherine (née Hehl) to Novello, Emma Aloysia

c. 1860

Undated handwritten letter from Catherine Collins (née Hehl) to her niece, Emma Aloysia Novello, who cared for her following a carriage accident. Collins mentions Novello's return to Rome and discuss...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

12 Mar 1884

Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to (Mary) Sabilla Novello, apologising that she would have written sooner but had been unwell since the first day of their travels. She writes that her husban...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

4 May 1880

Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to Mary Victoria Cowden Clarke, recording Craik and her husband's new friendship with 'the lilies', referring to the daughters of Mary's sister Clara Anastasi...

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Gigliucci, Porzia to Haines, Frederick

16 Jan 1892

Handwritten letter from Porzia Gigliucci to the bank manager Frederick Haines, written on behalf of her aunt. Gigliucci describes her concern for the health of both aunts, Mary Cowden Clarke and (Mary...

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Carel Victor Morlais Weight to Maurice de Sausmarez

1958-1969

Typewritten and handwritten letters from the artist Carel Victor Morlais Weight, Professor of Painting at the Royal College of Art, to Maurice de Sausmarez, supporting de Sausmarez's application to Ho...

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Craik, Dinah Maria (née Mulock) to Gigliucci, Porzia and Gigliucci, Valeria

18 Apr 1881

Handwritten letter from Dinah Maria Craik to Porzia and Valeria Gigliucci ('the lilies'), reflecting on the time she spent with them in Rome the previous year and expressing her wish to visit Italy ag...

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Novello Cowden Clarke

1739-1966

The Novello Cowden Clarkes were a well known Anglo-Italian family of musicians, writers, artists, singers and actors, with a wide and influential literary and artistic circle. Based in London and lat...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

February 1981

[Collector announcement]; Jack Sacksfield, recorded at home in the Alwoodley area of Leeds on the 3 February 1981; gives biographical details; talks about his first job; joining the Royal Air Force - ...

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Sound Recordings, West Yorkshire

Houck, Charles L

[Mid 1960s-1970s]

Male and female informant responses to a questionnaire used by the collector as part of his sociolinguistic inquiry in Leeds. For the purposes of data collection, the city was divided into a number of...

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