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Holland, John, 1794-18723
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)3
Finch, R G2
Finch, R. G2
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Arhus (Denmark)1
Baines, Edward (1774-1848)1
Besant, Sir Walter (1836-1901)1
Besant, Walter1
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)1

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Death of Sir William Leng : special memoir

1902

Press cutting extracted from the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, Thursday, February 20, 1902.

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Death of Archdeacon Blakeney, vicar of Sheffield

1895

Press cutting, extracted from the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, of Monday, January 14, 1895.

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Obituary notices of the late Rev. Greville John Chester, B.A., formerly incumbent of St. Jude's, Moorfields, Sheffield : born, October 25, 1830. Died, May 23, 1892

Gatty, Alfred (1813-1903); Besant, Sir Walter (1836-1901)

[1892]

Includes obituaries by Alfred Gatty and Walter Besant.

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Jón Borgfirðingur, 1826-1912

Jóhann Kristjánsson (1884-1918)

1912

"Sjerprentun úr Lögrjettu"--T.p. verso. Signed: Jóhann Kristjánsson.

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Letters to Herbert Ronson

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

1999-2000

1 ms postcard (14 December 1999), 4 ts letters and 1 ms letter (March 2000-June 2000) from James Kirkup in Andorra to Herbert Ronson in Merseyside. Letter dated 24/3/00 is accompanied by 2 ts poems, '...

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Obituaries of John Heath-Stubbs

27th-30th December 2006

This subfonds comprises a single file containing press cuttings and print-outs of obituaries of John Heath-Stubbs. Includes obituariesby Neil Powell ('The Independent', 27 Dec 2006), from 'The Telegra...

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Memoir and Biographical Sketch

1997-2006

Word-processed memoir 'The Origin of Northern House Pamphlet Poets', by Andrew Gurr; written January 1997 to accompany the deposit of Northern House Papers with the Brotherton Collection at Leeds Univ...

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Obituaries

November 2007

Copies of obituaries following the death of Vernon Scannell on 17 November 2007. - Photocopy and print-out of obituary from The Daily Telegraph, 19 November 2007 - Print-out of Anthony Thwaite's ob...

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Skelton Obituary

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1997

This file contains ms and annotated typescript drafts of Jon Silkin's obituary for Robin Skelton, and faxed information from 'The Independent' (dated 27 August 1997) including an obituary of Skelton b...

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Rouleau mortuaire du b. Vital, abbé de Savigni, contenant 207 titres écrits en 1122-1123 dans différentes églises de France et d'Angleterre

Héloïse Abbess of the Paraclete; Delisle, Léopold (1826-1910); Abbaye de Savigni

1909

Facsimiles are of Latin documents. "Tiré à 100 exemplaires." -- Lorenz, Catalogue gén. de la libr. fr., v. 21. "Réponses d'un grand nombre d'abbayes à la notification qui leur avait été fai...

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Necrologium Lundense : codex mediaevalis Vitus. bibliothecae Universitatis Lundensis

Kroman, Erik (1892-); Brøndum-Nielsen, Johannes (1881-); Finch, R G

1960

With an introductory essay, Mediaeval Danish manuscripts, by J. Brøndum-Nielsen, translated by R.G. Finch, who also translates the preface.

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