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University of Reading: Special Collections: 2022 Accessions

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  • WH Smith & Son, retailer: administrative documents incl deeds, agreements, licences and some photographs c1909-2010 (Acc.MS5777)
  • Musical compositions based on the works of Samuel Beckett 20th cent (Acc.MS5778)
  • Letters and postcards written to Edward Beckett, nephew of the playwright Samuel Beckett and Trustee of The Samuel Beckett Society 1990-2012 (Acc.MS5779)
  • Auction catalogue of Fox Hill, near Reading, Berkshire, now School of Law at University of Reading 1880 (Acc.MS5782)
  • Katharine Worth (1922-2015), author and professor of drama and theatre: screenplay for Samuel Beckett's "Company", incl 3 letters from Beckett 1991 (Acc.MS5780)
  • Reginald L Wilde (fl1939-1944), employee at Huntley & Palmers, biscuit manufacturer of Reading: account of the evacuation of Huntley & Palmers staff and their families from the La Courneuve factory in Paris back to England 1939-1944 (Acc.MS5783)
  • Huntley, Boorne & Stevens Ltd, tin makers of Reading: papers and photographs of the company c1850-1930 (Acc.MS5784)
  • Andrew Chatto (1840-1913), publisher: will 1889 (Acc.MS5804)
  • Taner Baybars (1936-2010), poet and painter: correspondence, journals and notebooks, manuscripts, typescripts and newscuttings 1950s-1990s (Acc.MS5787)
  • Margaret Randall (fl1942-1945), former student of University of Reading: incl photographs of residents of St George's Hall where Randall lived as a student, photographs of the Students' Representative Council, photograph of a performance by the Guild of the Red Rose, Easter 1943, photograph of Margaret and friends at 'Hollingworth's', while working on the land during the vacations in wartime 1942-1945 (Acc.MS5815)
  • John Tilbury 9b1936), musician: Cd with a musical composition in response to Stirrings Still by Samuel Beckett c2000 (Acc.MS5801)
  • Michael Harvey (1931-2013), artist, teacher and writer: original artwork for publications 20th cent (Acc.MS5833)
  • Harry Reman (fl1940-1990), former member of the Fine Art Department at the University of Reading: original artwork for posters, leaflets and brochures for events and exhibitions 1940s-1990s (Acc.MS5831)
  • Henry Matthew Brock (1875-1960), illustrator and painter: original drawings and watercolours, incl of other artists c1897-1930 (Acc.MS5846)
  • Mary Bryden (1953-2015), Emeritus Professor of the French Department, University of Reading: academic papers 20th cent (Acc.MS5854)
  • Elaine Greene (1920-1995), literary agent: mainly corresp with Richard Percival Lister (1914 –2014) author, poet, artist and metallurgist; also incl some business papers 1962-1969 (Acc.MS5855)
  • J Salmon Ltd, publishers and printers, Sevenoaks: administrative documents, original artwork, proofs and examples of products c1899-2010 (Acc.MS5860)
  • Henry Malcolm Fraser (1874-1970), author and beekeeper: manuscripts, typescripts and corresp rel to Charles Butler; incl typescripts of Butler's works entitled 'The Feminin' Monarchi [sic] and 'Rameae Rhetoricae Libri Duo' c1950 (Acc.MS5795)