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27 negative photostats of John Keats', autograph draft of Otho the Great. Acts IV, scene 2 – V, scene 5
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. facs. b. 81
27 negative photostats of John Keats', autograph draft of Otho the Great. Acts IV, scene 2 – V, scene 5.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
1819
The Abinger Papers
Collection
Correspondence and papers of the Godwin and Shelley families, chiefly William Godwin (1756-1836), philosopher and author; with the correspondence and papers of his family, including his wife, the novelist and essayist Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-97); daughter, the author Mary Shelley (1797-1851); her husband, the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822); and Mary and Percy Bysshe Shelley's son Sir Percy Florence Shelley (1819-89), and his wife, Jane, Lady Shelley (d. 1899)
Extents: 206 shelfmarks
Dates:
1780-1937
Additional letters, postcards and cards sent by Philip Larkin to Monica Jones, with three photographs
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 22131
Letters from Philip Larkin, poet and librarian, to Monica Jones, teacher and academic.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
9 Aug 1962-15 Oct 1978, n.d.
Additional papers of Adam Fox
Collection
Additional papers of Adam Fox
Extents: 0.55 Linear metres (5 boxes)
Dates:
1912-1976
Album of manuscript verse
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 22663
Album of manuscript verse, c.1840s.
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
c.1844-1848
Alexander Peplow, 'A Quick Lie', Jon Stallworthy poetry prize poem
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. c. 8418, fol. 1
Alexander Peplow, 'A Quick Lie', Jon Stallworthy poetry prize poem
Extents: 1 leaf
Dates:
2022
Archive of Anne Ridler and Vivian Ridler
Collection
Correspondence and papers of the poet and writer Anne Ridler (1912-2001) and her husband Vivian Ridler (1913-2009), printer to the Oxford University Press and founder of Perpetua Press.
Extents: 5.596 Linear metres (81 boxes)
Dates:
1836-2011, n.d.; Majority of material found within 1927 - 2011
Archive of Audrey Beecham
Collection
Papers of Audrey Beecham (1915-1989), poet and academic, with a small number of boxes concerning the wider Beecham family.
Extents: 6.70 Linear metres (100 boxes)
Dates:
1845-1988, n.d.
Archive of C. Day-Lewis [pseudonym Nicholas Blake] and his wife Jill Balcon
Collection
The archive of the poet and novelist C. Day-Lewis [pseudonym Nicholas Blake] (1904-1972) and his wife, the actress Jill Balcon (1925-2009).
Extents: 9.3 Linear metres (66 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1928-2009; 1778-2009
Archive of Frederick Louis MacNeice
Collection
Papers of the poet and playwright Frederick Louis MacNeice (1907-1963), with papers of Hedli MacNeice, née Anderson (1907-1990)
Extents: 10.17 Linear metres (76 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1917-1989; n.d.
Archive of Geoffrey Grigson (1905-1985), poet and writer
Collection
Correspondence and papers of Geoffrey Grigson (1905-1985), poet and writer
Extents: 8.22 Linear meters (117 containers)
Dates:
1799-2021
Archive of Geoffrey Tillotson
Collection
Archive of Geoffrey Tillotson
Extents: 0.75 Linear metres (9 boxes)
Dates:
1935-1964
Archive of John Everett Butt
Collection
Correspondence and notes of John Everett Butt, 1932-64.
Extents: 0.75 Linear metres (5 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1932-64
Archive of John Masefield
Collection
The archive of the poet, novelist and playwright John Masefield (1878-1967), Poet Laureate from 1930-1967.
Extents: 7.188 Linear metres (135 boxes)
Dates:
1901-1968
Archive of Robert Stephen Hawker
Collection
Archive of Robert Stephen Hawker
Extents: 1.67 Linear metres (31 boxes)
Dates:
1807-1965
Archive of the Noel, Byron and Lovelace Families
Collection
Papers of Annabella, Lady Byron (1792-1860), including papers of her parents, Sir Ralph and Judith Milbanke (later Noel), papers of her daughter, Ada Byron (later Lady Lovelace), and her grand-children, Ralph King (2nd Earl of Lovelace) and Anne Blunt.
Extents: 50.6 Linear metres (460 Shelfmarks)
Dates:
1669-1930
Collection of miscellaneous pieces in Latin and English prose and verse by Robert Parkyn
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Lat. th. d. 15
Collection of miscellaneous pieces in Latin and English prose and verse by Robert Parkyn, curate of Adwick-le-Street, near Doncaster, Yorks.
Extents: 159 Leaves
Dates:
1532-1565
Collection of photographic portraits by Mariana Cook
Collection
15 silver gelatin photographic prints by Mariana R. Cook. 6 works depicting tools, and 9 portraits of notable figures.
Extents: 0.7 Linear metres (4 boxes)
Dates:
1987-2021
Collection of verse and prose in three hands, early to mid-17th century. Sonnets / Poems by William Alabaster and 2 others
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. Eng. poet. e. 57
Collection of verse and prose in three hands, early to mid-17th century. Sonnets / Poems by William Alabaster and 2 others.
Extents: 82 Leaves
Dates:
17th century
Commonplace book compiled by Thomas Vining Whidborne including original and collected verse
Single Item
Shelfmark: MS. 23614
Commonplace book compiled by Thomas Vining Whidborne including original and collected verse
Extents: 1 box
Dates:
c. 1822-1852