2 letters from R Dadd describing his travels in Turkey & Lebanon, one from his travelling companion Sir Thomas Phillips, one from Dadds father and the last from his brother describing the aftermath of Richard Dadds murder of his father
Search FNL grants since 1931
Item date: 1842-43
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 4,500
Item cost: 18,000
Institution: Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum
Town/City: Beckenham
County: Kent
Item date: 1842-3
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 4,500
Item cost: 18,000
Institution: Bethlem Royal Hospital Archives and Museum
Town/City: Beckenham
County: Kent
One of only 2 known surviving sketchbooks of Dadds foreign travels; the other is in the V&A. Illustrated on p 30 of AR
Item date: 1938-91
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 13,000
Item cost: 25,000
Institution: Bodleian Libraries
Town/City: Oxford
County: Oxfordshire
140 unpublished letters by Iris Murdoch to one-time fiance David Hicks, written over a period of 53 years. Grant from Philip Larkin fund
Item date: 1910-92
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 20,525
Item cost: 80,000
Institution: Bolton Museum and Archives Service
Town/City: Bolton
County: Lancashire
Archive of notes & drafts of books, plays for television & radio, plus a journal contained in 400 notebooks, with photographs. Grant from Philip Larkin fund
Item date: 17th & 18th Centuries
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 20,000
Item cost: 6,373,820
Institution: Cambridge University Library
Town/City: Cambridge
County: Cambridgeshire
Includes material concerning the dispute with Leibnitz over priority in the invention of the calculus
Item date: 1766 - 1772
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 338
Item cost: 1345
Institution: Kresen Kernow (Cornwall Record Office)
Town/City: Redruth
County: Cornwall
Includes one hitherto unknown ms. The collection is of significance for the detailed descriptions of Cornish minerals and for information on Borlases important correspondents & contacts
Item date: 1264
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 883
Item cost: 883
Institution: Derbyshire Record Office
A grant of land by Robert de Ferrers, 3rd Earl of Derby with seal on its original silk cords. Presented by FONL; illustrated on p37 of AR
Item date: 1903
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 248
Item cost: 248
Institution: East Sussex, Brighton and Hove Record Office
Town/City: Lewes
County: East Sussex
Detailed inventory of Hares extensive collections at the time of his death with details of bequests. Presented by FONL
Item date: 1792-1882
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: 25,000
Item cost: 129,500
Institution: Fitzwilliam Museum
Town/City: Cambridge
County: Cambridgeshire
Includes letters from Bewick, Peel, Cox, Fuseli, Malthus, Wilkie Collins, Wilberforce, Millais, and Constable, much correspondence from Samuel Palmer, together with Linnells journals, cash books & autobraph autobiography.
Item date: 1721-23
Date acquired: 2000
Grant Value: £350
Item cost: £350
Institution: Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies
Town/City: Hertford
County: Hertfordshire
Accounts of the executrix of the estate of Dr Thomas Tooke. The accounts present an interesting picture of the finances of an early 18th century school & the economy of Bishops Stortford. Presented by FNL.