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British Library, Manuscript Collections: 2017 Accessions

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  • Grimaldi family of Genoa: corresp 1805-1846 (Add MS 89258)
  • Helen Stella Alexander (1912-1998), Quaker and writer on Yugoslavia: papers 1904-1998 (Add MS 89279)
  • John Peter Berger (1926-2017), author and art critic: corresp with book and graphic designer Richard Hollis 1968-2017 (Add MS 89237)
  • George Bilainkin (1903-1981), journalist: papers rel to the former Yugoslavia and Marshal Tito 1945-1956 (Add MS 89272)
  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton (1874-1936), poet, novelist and critic: corrected original typescript of 'A Short History of England' 1917 (Add MS 89255)
  • Henry Havelock Ellis (1859-1939), psychologist, writer and social reformer: letters to Kathleen Rosemary Corry Hodgson 1932-1971 (Add MS 89241)
  • John Fisher (1748-1825), Bishop of Salisbury: papers 1758-1849 (Add MS 89259)
  • Penelope Knox Fitzgerald (1916-2000), novelist: records c1930-2000 (Add MS 89289)
  • John Flavell (1630-1691), Presbyterian minister and author of religious writings: ms notebook 'An Exposition of the Assemblies Catechism with practical inferences from each Question, as it was carried on in the Lords days Exercises in Dartmouth, in the first year of liberty 1688' c1688-1692 (Add MS 89247)
  • Florence Violet Garrard (1865-1938), artist: manuscript copy of 'Phantasmagoria' or 'Ready Reckoning by Rumour Run Riot' c1934 (Add MS 89240)
  • Travers Rafe Lee Harwood (1939-2015), poet: corresp with poet David Miller 1992-2015 (Add MS 89239)
  • Bryan Stanley William Johnson (1933-1973), poet, novelist and film director: corresp with Tony Tillinghast 1957-1967 (Add MS 89236)
  • Alfred Forbes Johnson (1884-1972), academic librarian, biographer and curator: records, incl corresp and diaries 1914-1919 (Add MS 89235)
  • Laurence Edward Alan Lee (1914-1997), author: corresp with soldier and cattle breeder Robert Lifford Valentine ffrench Blake 1944-1999 (Add MS 89238)
  • Henry Livings (1929-1998), playwright: papers 1960-1997 (Add MS 89234)
  • John Edward Masefield (1878-1967), poet: corresp with Marta Hodgkiss 1957-1967 (Add MS 89270)
  • Alan Alexander Milne (1882-1956), author, poet and playwright: draft of 'The Forth Wall' c1928 (Add MS 89252)
  • Robert Malise Bowyer Nichols (1893-1944), poet: records c1920-1944 (89285)
  • Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), reformer of hospital nursing: letters to Dr Duncan Macpherson 1856 (Add MS 89232)
  • George Duncan Painter (1914-2005), biographer and bibliographer: papers c1849-2000 (Add MS 89227)
  • Michael Edward Palin (b1943), comedian, actor, writer and television presenter: records incl literary and creative works, corresp and project files, and personal papers incl diaries c1965-1987 (Add MS 89284)
  • John Richard Pilger (b1939): records, incl radio interviews 1962-2014 (Add MS 89261)
  • Thomas William Robertson (1829-1871), actor and dramatist: ms play scripts for 'The Nightingale' and 'School' 1868-1869 (Add MS 89263)
  • Angelique Rockas (fl 1980-2017), actress: records, incl material rel to the Internationalist Theatre company 1978-2016 (Add MS 89244)
  • Margaret Sackville (1881-1963), author: letters to the Rev Richard Blake Brown 1939-1963 (Add MS 89276)
  • Walter Scott (1771-1832), 1st Baronet, poet and novelist: portion of the original ms of Kenilworth 1820 (Add MS 89229)
  • George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), author and playwright: papers rel to wireless interview with publisher Maurice Webb (1890-1966) in Durban, South Africa, 1935 1935-1950 (Add MS 89242)
  • George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), author and playwright: corresp with writer and director Herbert Marshall 1940-1948 (Add MS 89243)
  • George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), author and playwright: corresp with Tita Brand and singer Marie Brema 1892-1937 (Add MS 89246)
  • Sir Stephen Harold Spender (1909-1995), poet: collected journalism 1924-1995 (Add MS 89233)
  • Edward George Villiers Stanley (1865-1948), 17th Earl of Derby, statesman: corresp with Lady Edith Wolverton 1908-1942 (Add MS 89228)
  • Tom Stoppard (b 1937), playwright and novelist: play scripts and screen plays 1965-2002 (Add MS 89292)
  • Edward Falaise Upward (1903-2009), author: corresp with Charles Evans, friend and former student, incl typescripts 1963-2004 (Add MS 89280)
  • Alexander Raben Waugh (1898-1981), author: autograph ms and first editions 1939-1965 (Add MS 89257)
  • Dartington Hall: report on Dartington Hall enterprise 1956-1965 (Add MS 89281)
  • D'Oyly Carte Opera Company: records 19th cent-20th cent (Add MS 89231)
  • Music cypher ms passed to Charles II (1630-1685), King of Great Britain and Ireland, following the Battle of Worcester 1651 (Add MS 89288)
  • Commonplace book of religious writings 17th cent (Add MS 89248)
  • The Mostyn Psalter-Hours c1275-1325 (Add MS 89250)
  • Sir John Perceval, 1st Earl of Egmont (1683-1748): autograph letter to John Pigott of Brockley rel to the state of Ireland following the accession of James II and the Monmouth Rebellion 1685 (Add MS 89253)
  • Letters rel to Mary, Queen of Scots (1542-1587), primarily on her trial and execution c1584-1587 (Add MS 89283)
  • Letters to Lady Frances, Countess Waldegrave (1821-1879) and Chichester Samuel Parkinson-Fortescue, Lord Carlingford (1823-1898) 1839-1898 (Add MS 89287)
  • Corresp rel to actor Edmund Kean (1787-1833) 1833-1850 (Add MS 89282)
  • William Jemmat (d 1678), Puritan cleric and author: autograph spiritual notebook c1615 (Add MS 89252)
  • Philip Carteret Webb (1702-1770), barrister, antiquary and politician: documents rel to the trial of John Wilkes for seditious libel and counter proceedings 1763-1764 (Add MS 89273)
  • Anna Maria Loftus (c1790-1857), Marchioness of Ely: commonplace book c1819-1823 (Add MS 89274)
  • Mary Cecilia Blencowe (c1852-1929): travel journals 1870-1872 (Add MS 89256)
  • Samuel Davis, (fl 1666), of Woodbridge: letters to Thomas Pengelly, merchant rel to business about the ship The Returne and domestic matters 1666 (Add MS 89269)
  • Anne (1665-1714), Queen of Great Britain and Ireland: letters to Joseph I Holy Roman Emperor, and future Holy Roman Emperor Charles VI 1708-1938 (Add MS 89264)
  • Charles Harvey (fl 1830-1840), solicitor, of Spanish Town, Jamaica: papers rel to the compensation claims of Thomas Breakenridge, late owner of the Philips Valley Estate, Port Royal, Jamaica, lodged under the West India Compensation Account 1822-1841 (Add MS 89260)
  • J Graham Hill (1868-1937), writer and critic: lyric drama 'Guinevere' 1906 (Add MS 89278)