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      5 Archival description results for Popular literature

      Comic Book Collection
      GB 3184 CB · Fonds · 1950-2000

      Comic Book Collection: The first sub-fonds/sub-collection [CB/1] contains mainly British and American comics, graphic annuals and graphic novels. Including many mainstream titles such as, Doctor Who annuals, Batman and Star Trek comics.
      The second sub-fonds/sub-collection [CB/2] contains UK, American and European comics, graphic annual, books and newspaper cuttings. The graphic annuals cover the work of over seventy individual artists including Raymond Briggs, Guido Crepax, Will Eisner, P. Craig Russell and Moebius. In addition there are 35 files containing cuttings about comics and comic strips.

      Faruq , Omar , fl 1980 , comic book collector Pollard , Nicholas , fl 1980 , comic book collector
      H G Wells Society
      GB 1924 H G Wells Society · 1935-1938, 1960-1988

      Records of the H G Wells Society, 1960-1988, comprising: Correspondence, 1963-1971, particularly on the commemoration of the centenary of Wells' birth (1966); circulars and duplicated matter, 1962-1970; financial payments and receipts, 1962-1964; personal papers of Dr Hugh Schonfield, a founder-member of the Society, 1960-1988; manuscript letter from H G Wells to Lady Russell, commenting on a 'break' between Wells and Lord Russell, undated; correspondence, papers and pamphlets on Cosmopolis, [formerly the H G Wells Society] the Open Conspiracy and the Federation of Progressive Societies and Individuals, 1935-1938; catalogue of the H G Wells Correspondence in the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with copy of the sale contract, 1954.

      H G Wells Society Federation of Progressive Societies and Individuals Open Conspiracy Cosmopolis Schonfield , Hugh J , 1901-1988 , biblical scholar
      GB 0505 PP6 · [1893]-1928, [1996]

      Bound manuscript copy of Harraden's article 'A Californian story', first published in Blackwood's Magazine, [and later published in book form as Two health-seekers in Southern California (Lippincott Co, Philadelphia, 1897)]; manuscript of sections of Out of the wreck I rise (Thomas Nelson and Sons, London, 1912); pen with which Harraden wrote Ships that pass in the night (Lawrence and Bullen, London, 1893); handwritten biographical notes on Harraden.

      Harraden , Beatrice , 1864-1936 , writer
      HULL, Edith Maud (1880-1947)
      GB 106 7EMH · Fonds · 1875-1956

      The archive consists of birth and marriage certificates (1876-1880); film, theatre and publishers' contracts for EM Hull's works (1919-1956); one photograph thought to be EM Hull in her wedding dress (one of the only known photographs of the author) (c.1900); one copy of Sir Walter Scott's Poetical Works (1865) that belonged to EM Hull's father James Henderson; an article by Cecil Hull 'Six Weeks in Southern Algeria' (1930); Edith Maud Hull's suitcase; the following eight books by Edith Maud Hull inscribed to her daughter Cecil Winstanley Hull:

      *E M Hull, The Sheik, 1921, Small Maynard and Co

      *E M Hull, The Shadow of the East, 1921, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson

      *E M Hull, The Desert Healer, 1923, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson

      *E M Hull, Camping in the Sahara, 1926, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson

      *E M Hull, The Sons of the Sheik, 1926, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson

      *E M Hull, The Lion Tamer, 1928, Eveleigh Nash and Grayson

      *E M Hull, The Captive of the Saharah, 1931, Dodd, Mead and Co

      *E M Hull, The Forest of Terrible Things, 1939, Hutchinson and Company

      These were popularly known as 'Desert Romances' and in 2005 were still classed by many booksellers as 'Erotic Fiction'. The archive provides an insight into the contractual and financial affairs of a popular female novelist of the early 20th century.

      Hull , Edith Maud , 1880-1947 , nee Henderson , writer
      GB 2108 KUAS91 · [1940]-date

      The papers of author Wendy Perriam. This includes the working papers for all of her novels including idea notebooks, research, drafts, correspondence and notes on publicity. The collection also contains materials relating to her poetry and short story collections, plus her teaching, public speaking and other work. In addition there is material relating to her personal life.

      Perriam , Wendy , b 1940 , author