Fonds consists chiefly of ephemera and correspondence relating to the work of wood engravers of Thomas and John Bewick of Newcastle, England, in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The ephemera found in series 1 includes various examples...
Cole, Geraldine Kennedy, 1927-2015
"The Real Ernest Dowson", by Edgar Jepson (ca 1908; later recast as pp.245-248 of Memoirs of a Victorian) is accompanied by a few items of correspondence and some verses by Plarr on journalism.
Jepson, Edgar, 1863-1938
These two volumes of Afforismi dell'Arte Bellica lasciati per eterna memoria del Gran Generale Principe Montecucoli are possibly extracts from his memoirs.
Montecuccoli, Raimondo, 1608-1681
Fonds consists of an unpublished manuscript autobiography of Warner entitled "The Grey Mayor".
Warner, Oliver, 1903-1976
A volume of miscellaneous pieces in verse which Ramsbottom submitted to Charles Dickens in 1866. Dickens advised against publication.
Ramsbottom, F.H., active 1860
Fonds consists of forty notebooks containing poetry and essays written by Sgt. James Denoon of the Royal Artillery. These are copies of his works dating back to 1832 made by him while at his residence, Maple Bank in Three Rivers, Quebec during rou...
Denoon, James 1802-approximately 1890
Fonds contains text of Sacra storia dell inclito mart. S. Vito, with pen and sepia sketches and a folding map of Mazara, signed Guardino.
Dionigi, Giovanni Maria, approximately 1700
Fonds consists of tales, fables, poems, odes, epigrams, etc, collected by Sarah Wilson between 1820 and 1825.
Wilson, Sarah, active 1820-1825
Ten letters from Martin Hume to Clement Shorter discuss Spanish literature, particularly Don Quixote.
Shorter, Clement, 1857-1926
Collection consists of 38 letters written primarily by John Wood Senior to family members in England. Many of these were written to a sister or sister-in-law and a few are addressed to his brother, Will Wood, a watchmaker and jeweller in London, i...