Showing 1681 results

Book of Hours written in the early 15th century in northern France, possibly Paris, and including a Calendar with additions in a late 15th century hand of Saints Nectan, Urith and a translation of Richard of Chichester, as well as 'dedicacio ecclesie de Towstock' (ff.1-6v); fifteen Hours, beginning abruptly 'memoriam harum ante crucem tuam passionem' (ff.7-9v, 15r-v, 10r-v); Commemoracio Georgi martyris (ff.11-11v); Hours of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Use of Sarum), with the beginning of each Hour lost (ff.12-40v); Penitential psalms, beginning abruptly in Psalm 31, v. 5 'meam a domino et tu remisisti impietatem peccati mei' (ff.41-46v); the fifteen Gradual Psalms (ff.46v-48v); Litany, ending abruptly (f.48v); prayers, beginning abruptly 'pretende super famulos tuos et super cunctas congregaciones' (ff.49-49v); the Office of the Dead, beginning abruptly in Vespers, Psalm 137 v. 2 'misericordia tua et ueritate' (ff.51-69v); commendatio animae, beginning abruptly in Psalm 118, v. 20 '...re justificaciones tuas in omni tempore' (ff.70-80v); and psalms of the Passion, beginning abruptly in Psalm 21, v. 17 '...as et pedes meos' (ff.81-84v). There are also medical recipes (ff.50, 50v, 84) and prayers (ff.37v, 84v) all in English added by several hands of the late 15th and 16th century.

Leaf from a choirbook dating from the 14th century.

Personal papers and correspondence, c1850-1900.

Manuscript volume containing treatises on French finance, 1714-[1783], namely instructions on the general compatibility according to the custom established by the Chambre des Comptes, [1770], including treatises on the accounts of the estates and woods, expenditure and the poll-tax; a paper on foreign exchanges, 1714, with a table of exchange rates for England and Holland; a historical account of the banking reform program of John Law, 1720, including an account of rulings related to finance for 1720 and the preceding years; a treatise on the program of John Law, [1720], presenting arguments for and against Law's operations; studies on the finances of England and France, [1783], attributed to Dr [Richard] Pryce; a paper on the actual state of the finances of Great Britain, 1755. The general title page and table of contents are in a handwriting of later date than the treatises themselves.

A contract to publish music from the opera Macbeth, 1847.

The collection contains notes by Sir Charles Firth, c 1886-1910. They concern chiefly the foreign relations of Great Britain with various European powers including Holland, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Spain from the sixteenth to the twentieth centuries.

Manuscript volume containing a Jacobite tract, [1715] attacking the partisans of Holland and the Dutch alliance, urging the peers of England to follow the example of the Scots and rise up in support of James Edward Francis Stuart (the Pretender) to the throne of England, and protesting against his expulsion from the country.

Photographs and photostats, many annotated, and manuscript material relating to early church drama, covering 8th-16th century manuscripts collected from throughout Europe. The collection includes a manuscript of the song Doochary with music by Smoldon. The Music of the Medieval Church Dramas by W. L. Smoldon, edited by Cynthia Bourgeault was published by Oxford University Press in 1980.

Compositions by Stephen and George Elvey as well as Highmore Skeats, the younger and the elder, c1815-1840?

Account written by Owen Lewis, clerk of the Cooperative Society, about his friendship with Thomas Sturge Moore, writer and wood-engraver, [1933-1944].

Personal papers, correspondence, news-cuttings and pamphlets concerned mainly with various literary societies. This collection also comprises correspondence of the Daniel family, including that of George Daniel's son, Jesse Cato Daniel (1825-1876), Jesse's wife Elizabeth (1825-1900), and his grandson, George B. Daniel (1863-1897) who emigrated to Argentina. The Daniel papers include a letter from the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge to "my very dear Cottie" in 1797.

Papers relating to the film industry (particularly in Australia) collected by John Baxter, comprising typescript film scenarios and related materials such as posters, brochures and programmes, as well as books written by Baxter.

Papers of Esmond Burton, c 1955, comprise seven plaster miniatures of working men and women prepared by sculptor Edmond Burton, relating to the bas-reliefs on the three frontages of Bentham House, residence of the Faculty of Laws at University College London. The buidling was originally the headquarters of the General and Municipal Workers' Union (now part of GMB), and was designed by Hubert Lidbetter. Fourteen black and white photographs of the bas-reliefs and construction of the building. Note that the right-hand figure in the 'group of five' photograph is Hubert Lidbetter.

Material relating to the documentary film series Watergate, 1960s-1990s, concerning the Watergate scandal and the fall of President Richard Nixon, made by Brian Lapping Associates Ltd and broadcast in 1994, including U-matic cassettes of video taped interviews with members of Richard Nixon's administration and those that prosecuted Watergate, notably H.R. Haldeman, John Ehrlichman, Charles Colson and John Dean; typed transcripts of the above interviews, including both original research interviews and transcripts from the final production interviews; U-matic tapes of the newsreel used in the programme; transcripts of the White House tapes containing President Nixon's conversations with his aides taped by his hidden system, 1971-1973; copies of Haldeman's handwritten notes of conversations with the President and others, especially relating to Watergate, 1970-1973; other research material, including Books of Information compiled by the House Judiciary Committee relating to Watergate, transcripts of evidence given to the Senate Watergate Committee in private session, copies of newspaper articles, books and unpublished memoirs, as well as VHS and audio tapes containing Nixon's press conferences of 1972, John Dean's testimony and previous documentaries made on the Watergate scandal.

Academic notebooks and indexes, c1947-1976, of Shakespearean vocabulary created by Hilda Hulme.

Manuscript volume containing a petition addressed to the Presbytery of Glasgow from the Elders and Deacons of the parishes of Glasgow, 2 Mar 1721, relating to overtures made by the Commission of the General Assembly concerning Kirk sessions and presbyteries.

A printed copy of Williams' Walpole's Foreign Policy, 1900-1901 with manuscript notations by the author.

Papers of Professor Andrew Rutherford, including material relating to the teaching of literature at University level, such as lectures dating from his time at the University of Aberdeen, and reports to the British Council on his lecturing tours abroad; documents concerning the admission of Goldsmith's College as a School of the University of London; appointment diaries and a file of speeches made while Vice-Chancellor of the University of London; research material compiled by Rutherford relating to his book book The literature of war: five studies in heroic virtue (Macmillan, 1978) and his editorship of seven volumes of Kipling's stories and poetry , most notably Early verse by Rudyard Kipling (Oxford University Press, 1986), comprising working notes, photocopies, correspondence and drafts.

Papers of Professor Harold Foster Hallett, comprising his library of books concerning Philosophy and Spinoza; a collection of typescripts, lecture notes, proofs and other material relating to the study of philosophy, especially Spinoza.

Two typescript letters to Professor W.A. Davenport, Oct-Nov 1967, relating to Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse.

Large bound scrapbook entitled 'Madrid Plans II', and containing prints and engravings of plans and views of Madrid and certain buildings in the city. The material is generally not dated, but depicts scenes from the 15th to the 19th centuries. There are also some 19th century newspaper cuttings relating to buildings in Milan.

Theatrical columns of "The Referee", 1903-1909, and "The Curtain", 1922-1933; notebooks with lists of plays Morley acted in, c1904-1964; notebooks on plays seen, 1955-1966; articles by Morley, c1925-1965; London play diaries, 1932-1964; "Historical and Descriptive Accounts of Theatres of London" by Edward Wedlake Brayley, 1833; correspondence regarding publication of a manuscript by Morley, 1984-1986; scrapbook of productions in Canada, 1947-1950; minutes of Everyman Theatre Guild Limited, 1929-1931; autobiographical drafts and correspondence, 1913-1972; typescript plays by Alexander Ostrovsky, Nella Nagra, Etienne Rey, Alfred Savoir, August Strindberg, Franz Werfel, Herman Voaden, Astrid Arygll, Alice Gerstenberg, Sacha Guitry, Bjornson, Karen Bramson, Henri Gheon (undated).

The papers of Garrick Club comprise one volume containing playbills for the Theatre Royal, Covent Garden between 28 September 1825 and 23 June 1826 with occasional notices of cast changes.

Papers of Robert Saudek (1881-1935), consisting of: case files with specimens of handwriting, drawings, photographs, some correspondence, and biographical information about the individuals relating to research about twins in collaboration with Ernest Seeman, 1928-1935; detailed research files on pairs of twins used by Saudek and Ernest Seeman, and also H.H.Newman and H.J.Muller, in published articles on the graphology and mental and physical characteristics of twins, 1921-1937; general research files containing specimens of handwriting with some correspondence arranged under various categories such as mental and physical illness, occupation or life experience, 1908-1936; general graphological research files, including correspondence with other academics and illustrations and notes for published works, 1918-1949; other research material, including material relating to the Sociedad Argentina de Grafologia and tools for conducting intelligence tests, 1924-1934; photographic material, including a photograph of Saudek and glass plate negatives of his published handwriting specimens, 1926-1927.

Masterpieces of Hogarth Scrapbook, c 1800-1950, contains cuttings of a majority of Hogarth's paintings and drawings.

Letter to an anonymous correspondent in which Octave Uzanne mentions his six months in Brittany, 1918. He claims to have benefitted from the fresh air there.

Drawing of Tring cutting in Hertfordshire, 1836, which was built as part of the London and Birmingham Railway.

Programmes for services at Christ the King; newsletters; orders of services, 1981-1986.

List of Irish counties with numbers of houses delineated by the number of hearths, whether newly inhabited and other detail, 1788. Includes comments on the nature of the survey.

Draft conference papers and publications on the art connoisseur and author, Richard Ford (1796-1858).

Will of James Dotin, 1745; inventory of Mount Edge plantation, Barbados; indenture regarding sale of Baxter Valley by John and Elizabeth Dotin to William Duke, 1749; disposition by Edward Hay regarding authenticity of these documents, 1773.

Letter from John Loudon McAdam to the antiquary and topographer, John Britton, 27 Oct 1826. Thanking Britton for his paper and commenting on prospective modifications to the Poor Law.

Proposed Act to impose restrictions on what women could wear.

Correspondence of William Carey, John Campbell, Jospeh Hume, Thomas Babington Macaulay and John Philips, 1805-1847, comprising a letter from Joseph Hume to John Campbell, Apr 1843, regarding the petition from Montrose against the Factory Bill; a letter from Thomas Babington Macaulay to an unknown recipient, 6 Apr 1847, regarding the probable loss of his seat in Parliament; a letter from John Philips of Aberdeen to his brother, 19 Apr 1815; a letter from William Carey of Calcutta, to his father, 31 Dec 1805, describing conditions in India; and a letter from John Campbell to his "Christian Brethren" in Copenhagen, 7 Jan 1807.

Papers of Mudie's Select Library, 1842-1888, [1955-1972], comprise title index to principal works of fiction in circulation and their occurrence in the Mudie catalogues for 1876 and 1884 (1955); bibiography of fiction in Mudie's catalogues, 1848, 1858, 1869; typescript drafts including "George Moore, Mudie's Library and Public Opinion" (1972); notes on Mudie's advertisements in The Athenaeum, 1842-1888.

Papers of Francis Tebbs Havergal, 31 Oct 1883, comprising a letter to accompany the volume of Monumental Inscriptions in Hereford Cathedral (1881) he sent to Sir Albert Woods and set of coloured plates of coats of arms from Hereford Cathedral.

European photographs collection, [1910-1920], comprises photographs of areas including Nuremberg, Venice, the Mittaghorn, Funchal, Camara de Lobos, Rome.

World War One Pamphlets collection, 1913-1921, comprises suppressed leaflets and pamphlets including those written by Clifford Allen and Fenner Brockway, 1913-1917; The Tribunal, 1918-1919; Union of Democratic Control leaflets, 1919; pacifist leaflets, 1915-1916; No-Conscription Fellowship leaflets, 1916.

1 volume titled Observations presentees by Andre Sabatier (1817) in which Sabatier writes about public and private credit, and taxation. Chapter headings are: Du Credit; Du Credit publique et de la dette de la France; De L'Amortissement; Du Payment des Arrerages; Des mesures a adopter pour parvenir a absorber une partie de la dette transmissible; Observations generales; Credit particulier; and Credit public.

Board minutes, 1864-1975; minutes of districts and tents; Rechabite Magazine, 1864-1873, 1878-1925, 1927-1977; Juvenile / Junior Rechabite magazine, 1890-1925, 1927-1977; conference reports and papers, 1839-1998; directories, 1887-1916; temperance song books, ritual books, tent books, case files.

Subject files include NALGO Action Group, 1968-1982; Victory for Socialism, c1960; International Socialists / Socialist Workers Party Internal Bulletins, 1967-1982, and papers, circulars, 1963-1982; Chile Committee for Human Rights, 1973-1983; liberation struggles in the developing world, 1966-1986; National Union of Teachers rank and file movements, c 1971-1988; Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) local groups, Youth CND groups, Committee of 100, 1958-1971; Exeter University student activism, 1948-1958; Student Labour Federation, 1950-1959; National Association of Labour Student Organisations, 1950-1956; Socialist Labour League bulletins, circulars, 1959-1960. Periodicals include Socialist Fight, 1960-1963; Workers Fight, 1969-1975; The Newsletter, 1958-1968; Young Guard, 1961-1966; Socialist Challenge, c1978-1981; Socialist Review, 1952-1959

Miscellaneous correspondence; poster regarding anarchist bomb in Liege, c 1910; miscellaneous photographs including John Burns (c 1906), crowd at Trafalgar Square after Zinoviev letter controversy, 1924; ephemera including trade union membership cards.

Letters addressed to Geoffrey Wharton Robinson, 1909-1924: writers include a cousin, his aunt Isabella Percival, members of the Dickinson family, and Robinson's former commanding officer. Also includes a manuscript copy of Robinson's curriculum vitae.

Papers of John Holroyd regarding imports and exports of Ireland, 1764-1783.

French translation of John Holroyd's Observations on the Commerce of the American States, 1784.

'A memoriall concerning the free-trade now tolerated between France and Holland', addressed to Sidney Godolphin.

Collection of papers relating to the Parker family of London, 1765-1891, especially of Wilmot Parker the elder (born 1762) and of his son of the same name (born 1804), both solicitors, comprising:

1. Printed diary The ladies new and polite pocket memorandum-book, for...1765, completed in manuscript and containing details of expenditure on clothes and social engagements. The diary was kept by an unnamed girl under the age of 21, who appears to have lived near Rugby, Warwickshire. The entries are fairly regular until August, occasional for the rest of the year. A typical entry reads: Monday 11 March 'I sent a letter to dear Mrs.Grimes. I made me [a?] black ribbon ruff & set a row of white beads upon it. 1 pair of fine cotton stockings' 4s. 6d. The names of those who called, or who are visited, are given. The period from 25 Jan to 10 Jun appears to have been spent on a visit to Hircott, near Kidderminster, Worcestershire. She also mentions reading Gil Blas de Santillane by Alain-Rene LeSage (1715-1735) and the Tatler, and playing the harpsichord. Some pages of printed matter, and the diary for 1-6 Jan, are wanting. The accounts for 1-6 Jan. survive.
2. Notebook containing notes on legal subjects made by Wilmot Parker senior, 1786-1808, mostly paraphrases and extracts from legal authorities and cases. On the flyleaf are the signatures of W. Parker, 1786, and 'Mrs.Redman - Reading'. On the spine is written 'H[?]P Miscell[any]'. Inserted at the end of the volume is a draft of the 'Petition of Charles Rogier to the...Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty, delivered 12 January 1808'.
3. Annotated copy of An Analysis of the Practice of the Court of Chancery (London, 1794), by Wilmot Parker senior, with the additions and corrections probably made by the author and by his son. Additions were made up to 1821 at least. Pages 129-32 of the printed text are wanting.

'An accompt of his Majesties customes in the Port of London inwards and outwards from Lady-day 1672 to Midsumer following'. The document names John Thorpe, Philip Marsh, Michael Wicks and Euclid Speidell, and shows the sums paid on Spanish and sweet wines, French and Rhenish wines, currants, vinegar, cloth, calf-skins and leather, to a total of £78,391 1s. 3d. On the dorse is 'An accompt of the new impost coynage duty and petty farmes in the Port of London from Lady-day 1672 to Midsumer following'. Imposts are shown as being levied on many of the same articles, but include also coinage duty, wood, salt and spice farms, potashes, to a total of £23,015 13s. 0½d.

Documents and papers, 1709-27, of Maurice Birchfield. Containing 12 items, mostly concerned with customs procedures for various parts of America.

British and French patents, 1861-1862, for John Marshall's invention for 'the collection, concentration and transmission of sound, so as to facilitate the hearing.' Also includes a Belgian 'brevet d'importation.'