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George Borrow, literary manuscripts with related material
Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)
c.1840-1913
Brotherton Collection items: Autograph manuscripts of two folktales, one beginning "Sigurd son of Volsun", the other entitled "The pisgey and midwife"; autograph manuscripts of four poems, "Grasach Ab...
Wilfrid Wilson Gibson Archive
Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson (1878-1962)
1902-1971
Comprises: (a) 5 boxes of autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Wilfrid Gibson's poems and plays, and some groups of correspondence between Gibson and various literary figures and publishers, ...
Hugh MacDiarmid, autograph manuscript of 'A drunk man looks at the thistle', together with other literary papers and some letters.
MacDiarmid, Hugh (1892-1978)
c.1925-1960
Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript of MacDiarmid's poem 'A drunk man looks at the thistle', including title with epigraph, dedication, and foreword, with, also pasted in, a photograph by Benno Schotz...
Brotherton-Ratcliffe Collection
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930); Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)
1579-2010
Industrialist and politician Lord Brotherton of Wakefield (1856-1930) is one of the University Library's most significant benefactors. In the 1920s, assisted by his niece-in-law, the writer and activi...
Romany Collection
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)
c.1551 - c.2007
Archive and print items referencing the history, culture and representation of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in the UK, Europe and worldwide. Consists of three sub-collections; 1) Romany 1: The col...
Romany Collection (1)
c.1551 - 1971
Items collected by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe (DUR) as part of her "Gypsy Library/Romany Collection." Includes a wide range of manuscripts, letters, typescripts, press cuttings, photographs, music, objec...
National & International Missions to Gypsies, Travellers & Roma; the papers of William Webb
c.1948 - 1958
Papers relating to the work and establishment of national and international religious missions working with [Gypsy, Travellers & Roma] communities. These include but are not limited to; The Church of ...
Letters to Thomas Blackburn
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)
11 March 1961
1 letter from the poet Dorothy Una Ratcliffe to Thomas Blackburn.
Ratcliffe (Dorothy Una) Letter to the Editor of The Cumberland and Westmorland Herald.
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)
05/02/1940
Two typed carbon copies enquiring about the reason for the closure of Brough Hill Fair during wartime.
Album of photographs and prints collected by DUR.
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)
1904-1960
Album containing black and white photographs (originals and reproduction prints) collected by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe of Gypsies/Travellers/Roma in the UK, Ireland, Europe, (Greece, France Hungary) and ...
Letters to Jon Silkin
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)
5 January 1963
1 ms postcard from Dorothy Una Ratcliffe to Jon Silkin.
"Fairings"
Frederick Lawson; Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)
1928
Bound volume of, "Fairings," - a selection of poems by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe. The original copy (No. 178 of an edition limited to 1000 copies) has been separated page by page with the original illu...