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Total number of records: 1026

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Archives43

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English Literature1026
Brotherton Collection570
Leeds Poetry22
Herbert Read Collection1

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english essays45
english poetry27
english drama24
english literature10
letters10
oratorios8
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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)6
english fiction6

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Bridgen, John William54
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)49
Ferguson, James45
Ferguson, James (1710-1776)45
Eliot, T S (1888-1965)40
Crosland, T W H (1865-1924)35
More, Hannah (1745-1833)29
Dryden, John (1631-1700)26
Shakespeare, William, 1564-161626
Johnson, Samuel (1709-1784)24

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T.W.H. Crosland Collection

Crosland, T W H (1865-1924)

19 June 1873 - 28 Feb 1977

Collection contains manuscript drafts of T.W.H. Crosland's published poems, along with unpublished material, and research for W. Sorley Brown's biography of 'The life and genius of T.W.H. Crosland’ ...

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The Life and Genius of T.W.H. Crosland

Brown, W Sorley (1889-)

c. 1928

A typescript by W. Sorley Brown [Crosland’s biographer] entitled ‘Synopsis of a series of articles on the life and genius of T.W.H Crosland’ [4pp]; a proof copy of an obituary of Crosland [4pp];...

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The collected poems of T.W.H. Crosland

Crosland, T W H (1865-1924)

1917

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The life and genius of T.W.H. Crosland

Brown, W Sorley (1889-)

1928

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Untitled Lecture on W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1950-1970

This file contains an manuscript of an essay or lecture by Thomas Blackburn on the work of W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot.

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T.E. Lawrence : an hitherto unknown biographical/bibliographical note

Weeks, Donald (1921-2004)

1983

Privately printed. Limited ed. of 230 copies.

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T.E. Lawrence : an hitherto unknown biographical/bibliographical note

Weeks, Donald (1921-2004)

1983

Privately printed. Limited ed. of 230 copies.

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T.E. Lawrence : an hitherto unknown biographical/bibliographical note

Weeks, Donald (1921-2004)

1983

Privately printed. Limited ed. of 230 copies.

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Bound manuscript copy of the score of 'Music of Manfred' in the hand of W.T. Freemantle

1816

(20) Bound manuscript copy of the score of 'Music of Manfred' in the hand of W.T. Freemantle, headed 'Manfred: a dramatic poem by Lord Byron (1816-1817)’, set to music composed by Edward Loder (1855...

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T' Pogmoor annikdoats. A colleckshan ov events amang an abaht foaks e t' noated citty a Pogmoor a t' tahn a Bairnsla

Whitehead, W F

no.1-2 [ca. 1900?] Shelved in box lettered "DIALECT ALMANACS BARNSLEY-BINGLEY"

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T' Pogmoor annikdoats. A colleckshan ov events amang an abaht foaks e t' noated citty a Pogmoor a t' tahn a Bairnsla

Whitehead, W F

no.1-2, 4 [ca. 1900?] No. 2 is headed "Cresmas number", and no. 4 "Complimenterry Chresmas number". Shelved in box lettered "DIALECT ALMANACS BARNSLEY-BINGLEY"

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M.P.T.

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1963-1973

This file contains items predominantly relating to modern poetry in translation. Includes issues 1 and 2 of the periodical 'Modern Poetry in Translation' (1965-1966); typescript English translations o...

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