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Graham Greene, drafts of two novels with literary contracts and film rights
Greene, Graham (1904-1991)
1935-1980
(1) A series of versions of Greene's late novel 'Doctor Fischer of Geneva or The Bomb Party', including a complete signed autograph manuscript, a series of TS versions with MS corrections, proofs, and...
Letters and papers of Ruthven Todd relating to his studies on William Blake
Todd, Ruthven (1914-1978)
1927-c.1976
Ruthven Campbell Todd, Scottish poet, writer and expert on Blake, was born in 1914 and educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh. After leaving school he worked for a short time in his father's architectu...
Letter from Branwell Brontë to Joseph Bentley Leyland
10 September 1845
Letter to Leyland commenting on Brontë’s disappointment that Leyland was unable to visit Haworth, and his hopes he will be able to visit soon. Also contains a detailed discussion of a three-volume ...
ZUROV, Leonid Fedorovich (1902-1971)
1905-2013
A photograph of L F Zurov taken in about 1905 is the oldest item in this collection, while the most recent items include papers and other personal effects found in his wallet after his death. The majo...
Great Cattal and Tockwith deeds
1435-1621
DD59/R/2/1 EXEMPLIFICATION OF ASSISE OF NOVEL DISSEISIN 8 Feb. 1435 Recites a writ of 3 Feb. 1435 from the King to the Treasurer ordering him to report on an assise of novel disseisin held at York on...
Katharine Mary Briggs, correspondence and papers
Briggs, Katharine M (1898-1980)
c.1900-1980
Katherine Mary Briggs was bom in London in 1898, the eldest of three surviving daughters of Ernest and Mary Briggs. The Briggs family had its origins in Yorkshire and had built up its fortune from the...
London Magazine Editions Archive
The London Magazine
1965-1979
The archive material contained within this collection relates to the publication of various volumes and dates from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, during the editorship of Alan Ross. The bulk of the ...