Miscellaneous manuscript notes on ancient history and classical literature.
AnonymousThe collection contains correspondence; lecture notes on history; newspaper cuttings; papers of other members of the family, including an undated letter of Danton which belonged to A H Beesly; printed reports; pamphlets containing articles by or about Beesly; other pamphlets and reviews; other printed works; and an autographed photograph of Karl Marx. The correspondence is rather slight and only isolated letters from individual correspondents are preserved. There are sets of Beesly's own letters to Henry Crompton and to Frederic Harrison which were probably returned to the family after his death. There are also a few letters to Beesly's brother A H Beesly and to Alfred Beesly, E S Beesly's son.
Beesly , Edward Spencer , 1831-1915 , positivist and historian Beesly familyNotes on biblical and classical subjects.
Unknown studentManuscript volume, 15th century, containing a German translation of Guido Delle Colonne, 'Historia Troiana and Alexander Der Grosse' (history of Troy and Alexander the Great, ff 1r-97v and 98r-154v respectively). The binding bears on the back: Romances. M.S.
The binding includes strips of parchment from manuscripts of the 13th century and 1320.
UnknownSeven letters to Miss Worrall. Some are undated.
Edwards , Amelia Ann Blanford , 1831-1892 , novelist and EgyptologistSix letters to Miss Cave and one drawing. Some are undated.
Edwards , Amelia Ann Blanford , 1831-1892 , novelist and EgyptologistHandwritten diaries and notebooks containing writings on Greek history, Roman mythology, notes from lectures, poetry verses and prose.
Gardner , Ernest Arthur , 1862-1939 , archaeologistLetters from Grote to Sir William Smith, lexicographer, concerning Smith's work and Grote's History of Greece, plus other subjects. Also included is a printed notice by Joseph Mazzini dated 8 November 1852, appealing for money, and a duplicated circular letter to Grote relating to 'The Hungarian Fund', signed by Lajos Kossuth, with a note from Grote, 1853.
Grote , George , 1794-1871 , politician and historianPortions of the manuscript of Grote's History of Greece, returned by the printer to the author and preserved by Mrs Grote. Covers chapters 91-93: 91/12-34, 92/17-29, 92/58-64, 93/1-3, 93/57-66, and list of marginals.
Grote , George , 1794-1871 , politician and historianManuscript history of ancient armour with illustrations.
UnknownCorrespondence and working papers, 1944-1977 and undated, of John Morris, including notes, proofs, manuscript and typescript drafts, comprising material on Roman sources and history, Christianity, Saxon, Celtic and Arthurian sources and history, including Nennius and Gildas; photographs of Anglo-Saxon archaeology, particularly a site at Mitcham, Surrey; typescript of Morris' Londinium: London in the Roman Empire; correspondence and papers relating to Past and Present including articles submitted to Morris for publication and related correspondence; academic correspondence with correspondents in the UK and abroad; papers and correspondence relating to Morris' visit to India, including academic matters and Indian politics and papers relating to Morris' political interests and activities, particularly the Institute for Workers' Control, including printed material.
Morris , John R , 1913-1977 , historianThe collection consists of letters to Margaret Murray; letters to other members of the Murray family; letters to unidentified correspondents; letters to others; and signatures only.
Murray , Margaret Alice , 1863-1963 , EgyptologistEgyptology lecture notes and syllabuses.
Murray , Margaret Alice , 1863-1963 , EgyptologistCorrespondence with John Sebelien.
Petrie , Sir , (William Matthew) Flinders , 1853-1942 , Knight , EgyptologistPapers of Professor Sidney Smith on Ancient Near Eastern Chronology for the Cambridge Ancient History (2nd edition), largely comprising typescript drafts with manuscript annotations, including the Middle Assyrian, Susan, Achaemenean, Iranian, Syrian, Hebrew and Babylonian Calendars; Egyptian, Syrian and Babylonian history; Babylonian, Hittite, Egyptian and other King-lists; the Hittites; Assyrian sources and regnal years; intercalation; and bibliography.
Smith , Sidney , 1889-1979 , scholar of Ancient Near Eastern HistoryNotes on articles in Sir William Smith's Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, with a few related letters.
Yates , James , 1789-1871 , Unitarian minister and scholar