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Major accessions to repositories in 2021 relating to Literature and Publishing |
Local
- Robert John Henry Griffiths (Machraeth), (1928 - 2020), Anglesey poet: collection 1977-2019 (WAF)
- The Wainwright Society: photocopies of Alfred Wainwright letters and Chris Jesty's working papers for his revisions to Wainwright's Pictorial Guides books, incl The North Western Fells and The Western Fells, The Outlying Fells of Lakeland, A Coast to Coast Walk and the Pennine Way Companion c1930-2011 (WDSO 373)
- Richard Grosvenor Bartelot, (1868-1947), vicar of Fordington: copy of The Three Dorset Captains bound for annotation and addition with pasted in letters and mss note 1826-1906 (D-3301)
- Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), novelist and poet and Florence Emily Dugdale (1879-1937), children's novelist: preface handwritten and signed by Hardy discussing the landscapes of village life and the customs of the village bodies, together with a 'How I Built Myself A House', letters (2) by Florence Hardy and letters (2) rel to permission to bury Hardy in Westminster Abbey 20th cent (D-HAR)
- Thomas Hardy glass plate negatives incl a portrait of Hardy, possibly taken by Rev. Thomas Perkins, the Rector of Turnworth, a portrait of Rev Perkins riding a tricycle, possibly taken by Hardy, a full-length study of Hardy standing beside a door and other similar examples, together with a number of prints taken from the plates Early 20th cent (D-HAR)
- Rt Rev George Carleton (1559-1628), Bishop of Chichester and author: 'The life of Bernard Gilpin a man most holy and renowned among the northerne English. Faithfully written by the Right Reverend Father in God George Carleton Lord Bishop of Chichester, and published for the sake of his common auditors, by whom it was long since earnestly desired' 1629 (D/X 2235/1)
- Inverness Burns Club: minutes, corresp 1949-2006 (D1721)
- Linda Smith (fl 2020-2021), of Hull, poet: poems (18) created during the Covid-19 pandemic 2020-2021 (tbc)
- Kibworth Chronicle, community newspaper: minutes & associated files (1999-2020), accounts & financial records (2000-2006), staff records, photographs and ephemera 1999-2020 (DE10203)
- L Bell & Co, printers, Leicester: financial records & ephemera c1860-1999 (DE10235)
- Dennis Arthur Calow (1926-2020), architect, Leicestershire historian, writer and photographer: architectural plans and specifications, drawings, photographs, negatives, memoirs c1950-2020 (DE10141)
- John David Bennett (c1937-2020), local historian: papers and publications c1900-2020 (DE10145)
- Peter R Elliott (1931-2019), photographer at "Leicester Mercury" and aviator: aerial photographs of Leicester and Leicestershire (2 vols) c1960-1989 (DE10285)
- Emrys Arthur Bryson, (1927-2021), theatre critic, journalist and author: papers including articles, reviews and other writings c1948-1992 (Acc 10050)
- National Union of Journalists, Nottingham Branch: minutes 1937-1962 (Acc 9990)
- Metropolitan Borough of Bethnal Green - Libraries: subject file book list "My Choice" letters from famous people 1948-1949 (L/BGM/F/5/14)
- Charlotte Elliott (1789-1871), poet and hymn writer: poems satirising the activities of Dr Jephson of Leamington c1842 (CR5144)
National
- Paul Bailey (b1937), writer and critic: archival collection c1942-2016 (Add MS 89464)
- Thomas William Bowlby (1818-1860), journalist: diary 1860 (Add MS 89468)
- Edward Fitzgerald Brenan (1894-1987), writer and historian: 'History of Poor Robinson', manuscript draft c1925-1965 (Add MS 89456)
- Kim W. Stallwood (b1955), animal rights advocate and writer: archive 20th-21st cent (Add MS 89458)
- Alan Murray (fl1970-1990), journalist: interview rel to his career, which covered the period of the Troubles in Northern Ireland 1970s-1990s (37020)
- Frank Falla (1911-1983), author, journalist, newspaper editor: diaries kept during the German occupation and rel to his imprisonment and later deportation to Germany for his involvement in the production of the underground newsletter GUNS (Guernsey Underground News Service) that provided news to the people of Guernsey 1940-1949 (AQ 1167/18 to 27)
- Sharon Kay Penman (1945-2021), American historical novelist: literary archive rel to her work of Welsh interest, incl original typed manuscript copies of Here Be Dragons, Falls the Shadow, and The Reckoning, along with research, notes and other publicity materials from the time of publication 1985-2020
- David James Jones (Gwenallt), (1899-1968), Welsh author and poet: various manuscripts, letters, diaries, photographs and compositions c1950-1970 (GWELLT)
Special
- Chroma, LGBTQ+ literary magazine: papers 1998-2010 (CHROMA)
- Defend Gay's The Word Campaign: papers and legal documents 1970-1986 (DGWC)
- Rachel Lichtenstein (b1969), writer, artist and archivist: papers and research material 1999-2021 (LICHTENSTEIN)
- Jennifer Taylor (fl1995-2015), journalist and religious writer: papers rel to Christianity and the media, especially response to Islamism, and Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda c1995-2015 (Acc.2021/10)
- Patricia Evelyn Hutchins (1942-2017), illustrator and writer: collection of artwork and other items representing her career, incl artwork for picturebook titles Titch, Rosie's Walk and Rosie and Jim; material rel to her early career and time at art school and artwork for advertisements. Also incl artwork by Laurence Hutchins for Follow That Bus!, The Mona Lisa Mystery, The Curse of the Egyptian Mummy, and Rats! 1968-2015 (NEWCB:2021.002)
- Sita Brahmachari (b1966), writer: material incl notebook (1), published book, banner, piece of football 2021 (NEWCB:2021:008)
University
- Lionel Thomas Caswell Rolt (1910-1974), engineering historian, writer, activist and champion of industrial heritage: comprehensive collection of his published works 1930s-1970s (ROLT)
- Andrew Thomas Knights Crozier (1943-2008), poet, publisher and academic: literary papers and correspondence 1970s-2010s (GBR/0012/MS Add.9985)
- Robert Potter (1721-1804), poet and politician: commonplace book 1754-1787 (GBR/0012/MS Add.10370)
- Sir Rupert Charles Hart-Davis (1907-1999), publisher and editor, and Dennis Raoul Whitehall Silk (1931-201), schoolmaster and cricketer: correspondence and papers rel to a volume of tributes to mark the eightieth birthday of Siegfried Sassoon 1964-1966 (GBR/0012/MS Add.10383)
- Edmund Charles Blunden (1896-1974), poet: letters to Siegfried Sassoon and Dennis Silk 1962-1966 (GBR/0012/MS Add.10384)
- William Hamilton (1704-1754), of Bangour, poet: manuscript verses with related material c1730-1750 (Coll-2023; SC-Acc-2021-0031)
- George Edward Bateman Saintsbury (1845-1933), literary critic and historian: letters to Rev. William Hunt D Litt 1895-1932 (Coll-2020; SC-Acc-2021-0009)
- Sir James Skene (1775-1864), lawyer and artist: album of sketches (420), the vast majority by Skene, which appears to have strong links to the artist's close friendship with Sir Walter Scott. It is likely that many of the sketches were taken during Scott and Skene's riding excursions to ruins, castles and sites of antiquarian importance c1804-1830 (Coll-2019; SC-Acc-2021-0005)
- Ralph Knevet,(1600-1671), tutor, chaplain and poet: draft of five devotional poems handwritten by Knevet on the verso of a copy of Ortelius' map of the kingdom of Prester John 1640-1649 (BC MS Lt q 73)
- Jon Glover (b1943), British poet: papers incl mss and tss corresp and photographs 1967-1998 (BC MS 20c Glover)
- Humphrey John Moore (1913-1968), British poet, schoolmaster and biologist: letters to Martin Wight 1932-1950 (MS 2257)
- Heather Anita Couper (1949-2020), astronomer, writer and broadcaster: papers, videos and cassette tapes relating to her research and broadcasting careers 1949-2020 (ACC 2021/24)
- Christopher Graham Challis (1946-1997), poet and writer: papers incl drafts, rough notes, newspaper cuttings, magazine articles and ephemera relating to his literary career 1960-1990 (ACC 2021/2)
- Caroline Mary Wessel (b1942), teacher, author: limericks written during the Coronavirus pandemic [digital] 2020-2021 (ACC 2021/1 (D))
- Wilhelm Simon Guttmann (1891-1990), German writer, photojournalist: personal papers incl correspondence with art historian Herta Wescher and post-war photojournalists c1935-1970 (SGU)
- John Thomas Looney (1870-1944), school teacher: archives rel to the Shakespeare authorship question 1870-1944 (MS1284)
- Norman Shrapnel (1912-2004), writer and political correspondent for the Guardian newspaper: papers incl diaries, corresp, working papers, press cuttings and proofs 1930s-2000s (GB 133 NSP)
- Andrew Spinoza (b1961), journalist, writer, press and public relations executive: papers rel to journalism, business and personal corresp, fanzines, magazines, artwork and ephemera 1970s-2010s
- Bob Dickinson (b1955), journalist, radio producer and writer: papers incl research materials, scripts, radio programme notes, fanzines, magazines, ephemera, original interview tapes and tape reels 1970s-2010s
- Anthony Lejeune (1928-2018) writer, journalist and broadcaster: mss, tss, research notes and corresp rel to Lejeune's work as a journalist and personal corresp between Anthony and CA Lejeune c1940-1980 (GB 133 ALP)
- Barry MacSweeney (1948-2000), poet: archive compiled by his close friend Terence Kelly, incl published books (c40), numerous anthologies and poetry collections, and associated periodicals, most inscribed by MacSweeney and First or Limited Editions, and a large collection of correspondence and unpublished material 1948-2000 (BM)
- Pig Press Ltd, poetry publisher: archive, incl typescripts, admin and correspondence 1974-2000 (PIG)
- Anne Walmsley (b1931), lecturer, artist and author: material incl correspondence, notes and research 1931-2021 (WAL)
- David Constantine (b1944), poet, author and translator: personal archive, incl correspondence, and typescripts, notes and research material for various publications 1944-2021 (CON)
- Annotated copies of 'Not I, But The Wind' by Frieda Lawrence (1935) and 'The Collected Letters of DH Lawrence' (1962) owned by Louie Burrows 1935-1962
- David Herbert (DH) Lawrence (1885-1930), author: publisher's dummy copy of "The man who loved islands" created by William Heinemann and AS Frere c1929 (La Mc 2/10)
- David Herbert (DH) Lawrence (1885-1930), author: fragment of early MS of "The White Peacock" c1906 (La L 34)
- David Herbert (DH) Lawrence (1885-1930), author: letter and postcards to his sisters Ada and Emily, his niece Margaret and Baroness Anna von Richthofen about his travels and his health c1922-1930 (La C 115-118)
- Material rel to DH Lawrence incl local unpublished plays, radio and televisions scripts inspired by DH Lawrence, local exhibition promotional material and photographs c1920-2020 (ACC 3101)
- John Massey Stewart, (b1933), writer, lecturer, photographer and environmental activist: digital scan of his mother's, (Margaret Massey Stewart) memories of Dr Felix Oswald (geologist, archaeologist and Honorary Reader of History of Roman Britain at the University of Nottingham) 2021 (MS 854/6/13)
- University of Nottingham, Anime Society & Science Fiction and Fantasy Society: digital files relating to previous websites of both Societies 2013-2021 (UU 24)
- Knud Merrild Nielsen (1894-954), Danish painter, sculptor & ceramicist: unpublished jacket design for DH Lawrence's novel "Kangaroo" 1922 (La D2/12)
- Commendatore Antonio Carluccio (1937-2017), OBE, OMRI, Italian cookery writer, chef and restaurateur: personal papers incl book drafts, research notes, promotional material, material rel to television work and photographs c1950-2017 (AC)
- Bernth Lindfors (b 1938), professor emeritus of English and African literatures and author: papers c1800-1899 (T235)
- Virginia Woolf (1882-1941), author and critic: letter to Margaret Paul in reply to fanmail 1938 (SxMs18/4/49)
- Paperchains Project: a project to collect stories rel to the Covid-19 lockdown, from people with experience of prison, homelessness, addiction, and families of people in the armed forces. A publication anthology of 30 stories was created and sold by Story Machine Books 2019-2021
- Paul Frederick Ferris (1929-2018) Welsh biographer and novelist: material spaning the length of his career; subjects incl Dylan Thomas, Caitlin Thomas, Richard Burton, Anuerin Bevan, Lucian Ercolani, Sigmund Freud, sex and sexuality, health and medicine, Swansea and Gower history, crime and policing, London's financial district and the media 1930s-2010s (2021/8)
- John Sommerfield (1908-1991) writer and left-wing activist: manuscript and typescript versions of the novel 'The Death of Christopher' c1930 (MS873)
- Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756), German baroque engraver and publisher: The Messel Englebrecht Peep Show box and slides 1720-1750 (OHM)
- Glen Cavaliero (1927-2019), poet and critic, former President of the Powys Society: Powys Society Archive, incl papers rel to the Powys family and business of the Society 1930s-2010s (EUL MS 444 add. 2)
- Sir William Gerald Golding (1911-1993), writer: archive, incl first editions (11) 1934-1982 (EUL MS 429 add. 1)
- Laura (Riding) Jackson (1901-1991), poet, writer and literary critic: correspondence with Alan Clark, editor and bibliographer c1970-1975 (Acc.MS5771)
- Leopold Kessler (1864-1944), engineer, newspaper publisher and Zionist, and his son, David Kessler (1906-1999), publisher and author: correspondence, diaries, photographs and press cuttings, incl papers rel to the El Arish expedition 1891-1975 (MS456/A4361)
- Evelyn Friedlander (1940-2019), author and Jewish scholar: papers rel to the Hidden Legacy Foundation, focusing on the research, preservation and exhibiting of material on the history of Jewry c1982-2013 (MS455/A4354)
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