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Total number of records: 1486

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Archives1474
Books and printed items11
Objects1

Count of Collection group

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Maurice de Sausmarez Archive927
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection544
Brotherton Collection118
English Literature1
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman1
Ripon Cathedral1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letter writing1479
art education286
family146
exhibitions130
publishing117
postcards107
health77
gift giving62
academies and institutes59
poetry50

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London, United Kingdom605
Genoa, Italy132
Leeds, United Kingdom67
Beckenham, United Kingdom23
Nice, France18
Rome, Italy18
Croagnes, France14
Paris, France14
Horsham, United Kingdom13
Manchester, United Kingdom13

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria58
Cowden Clarke, Charles30
Novello, (Joseph) Alfred29
Novello, Vincent25
Novello, Clara Anastasia20
Novello, (Mary) Sabilla19
Haines, Frederick17
Hunt, James Henry Leigh16
Novello, Joseph Alfred14
Clarke, Mary Victoria Cowden13

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From 1900952
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Adams, Sarah Fuller Flower to Novello, Vincent

c. 1841

Handwritten letter from the poet Sarah Fuller Flower Adams to Vincent Novello, discussing lectures that Novello might be interested in attending. Insered into Sarah Adams, 'Vivia perpetua' (1841) [NCC...

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Balmanno, Mary to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

20 Nov 1850

Handwritten letter from the author, editor and illustrator Mary Balmanno to Mary Cowden Clarke, inserted into Mary Balmanno's 'Pen and Pencil' [NCC BAL].

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Barbera, G. to Novello, (Mary) Sabilla

2 Oct 1864

Handwritten letter in Italian from G. Barbera to (Mary) Sabilla Novello.

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Hunt, James Henry Leigh

1832-1851

Copies of two letters from Charles Cowden Clarke to the poet Leigh Hunt. The letter dated 14 November 1832 thanks Hunt for a poem and articulates this thoughts on it, inserted into Shelley's 'Masque o...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Isnard, Robert J.

17 May 1874

Incomplete handwritten letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to Robert J. Isnard, transcribed by Mary Cowden Clarke, relating to the poems of John Keats. Inserted into the book edited by Richard Monkton-M...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Morris, William

Aug 1868

Handwritten draft of a letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to the designer, poet and artist William Morris, praising Morris's poems 'The Life and Death of Jason' and 'The Earthly Paradise' and mentionin...

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Cowden Clarke, Charles to Main, Alexander

11 Nov 1865

Extract of a handwritten letter from Charles Cowden Clarke to Alexander Main in Mary Cowden Clarke's hand, discussing interpretations of the language used in Shakespeare's 'Henry VIII'. Inserted into ...

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Gilchrist, Anne

1882-1885

Four handwritten draft letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the writer Anne Gilchrist.

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Ollier, Edmund

1853-1886

Twelve rough drafts of letters from Mary Cowden Clarke to the writer Edmund Ollier.

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Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria to Ollier, Edmund

4 Mar 1881

Draft handwritten letter from Mary Cowden Clarke to Edmund Ollier, referencing a domestic calamity in the Ollier household and Cowden Clarke's admiration at their handling of it. In the postscript she...

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Darbishire, J.D. to Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn

25 May 1852

Handwritten letter from J.D. Darbishire to Elizabeth Gaskell, recording that Arthur had replied to her note. Darbishire agrees with Mary Cowden Clarke and provides reassurances.

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Dawson, George to Cowden Clarke, Mary Victoria

21 Nov 1841

Handwritten letter from George Dawson, founder of the Shakespeare Memorial Library, to Mary Cowden Clarke, thanking her, noting that he had met her husband Charles Cowden Clarke in Birmingham and prai...

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