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Archive File

Letter

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

6 May 1976

This file contains 1 letter to Thomas Blackburn from Trevor Kneale concerning the editing of 'Post Mortem' in preparation for publication.

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Letter

Macvean, Jean

13 August 1987

Letter from Jean MacVean, editor of Blackburn's 'The Adjacent Kingdom,' to Reg Carr, the Librarian at Leeds University Library, concerning thanks for a subsidy for publication and the sending of compl...

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Archive Series

Letters

1940-1971

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Archive File

Letters

Fenwick Family

c.1893-1901

This file contains 2 letters with unidentifiable correspondents. One letter is to Mrs. Vickers and is signed 'Fenwick'. The second letter appears to be a fragment, as the pages are marked 5 and 6.

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Letter

4 October 1985

1 ms letter to Geoffrey Hill from 'Cooper' referring to the use of a Gauguin image on the cover of his 'Collected Poems' (1985). Held with envelope; date from postmark.

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Letters

Various publishers etc

25 November 1974-1 August 1977

This file contains: - 1 letter from Anthony Sheil Associates Limited terminating their representation of Thomas Blackburn and returning the script of Blackburn's autobiographical sequel The Last Far...

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Archive Print Item

Letters

Lawrence, D H (1885-1930); Aldington, Richard (1892-1962); Huxley, Aldous (1894-1963)

1950

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Letters 1919

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This file contains transcripts of 57 letters from Norman Manley to Edna Manley; and 1 letter from Edna to Norman. The correspondence includes discussion of their family heritage.

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Letters 1920

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This file contains transcripts of 84 letters between Norman Manley and Edna Manley from the year 1920. They date from the time when Norman Manley was attending Jesus College, Oxford as a Rhodes Schola...

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Letters 1921

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This file contains transcripts of 72 letters between Norman Manley and Edna Manley from the year 1921. It also includes: - 1 letter to Edna from her cousin Daisy in Jamaica, dated 30 March 1921. - ...

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Letters 1922

Brown, Wayne

c.1971-1973

This file contains transcripts of 2 letters between Norman Manley and Edna Manley from the year 1922. It also includes: - 1 transcript of a letter from Chilcott. - 1 transcript of a letter from Kat...

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Palimpsest Letter

c.1973

Typescript letter from Frederick Grubb to John Heath-Stubbs, with ms annotations and corrections, regarding his correcting proofs for 'Artorius'. The letter is headed 'Palimpsest.'

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