Search FNL grants since 1931

This substantial collection the surviving bulk of the working research papers and professional and personal correspondence of Ernest Martin (d. 2005), an important figure in North Devon and the West Country, who made a substantial contribution to social, agricultural and local history.

The collection consists of c. 105 architectural drawings by Philip Tilden (1887-1956), representing 20 schemes and including alterations to Stoke Edith, Herefordshire and Anthony House, Cornwall. Many drawings are annotated or signed by Tilden.

Richard 'Beau' Nash (1674-1762) arrived in Bath in 1705 and was quickly appointed Master of Ceremonies, with virtual control over all Bath's social life. This collection of 68 items mostly comprise letters written to Nash by Rowland Leffever, a fellow victim of gambling debt.

The Argal Manor papers cover a wide range of documents, including estate maps, deeds, leases, a Penryn Borough document from 1498 and the Gweek Coal papers of the 19th century.

This archive falls into two parts. The first is the surviving archive of the Rev. Philip Hunt, who was Lord Elgin's chaplain during his embassy (1799-1803).

William Cole, 3rd Earl (1806-87), assembled a collection of over 10,000 fossils at Florence Court, sold to the British Museum in 1883.

This set of diaries provides a rare insight into the Evangelical work of the Mission in Plymouth. Many entries relate to the victims of the cholera ourbreak.

This comprehensive collection, assembled over 20 years, comprises 1,628 printed works by Darwin (including first English editions of all titles and many foreign language editions); c.

This collection includes loose drawings by George Gilbert Scott Senior (1811-78), founder of an architectural dynasty, of buildings in England, France and Germany and 5 notebooks on restoration projects. The purchase includes sketchbooks by his son George Gilbert Scott Junior (1839-97).

William Small was a painter and glazier in 19th century Salisbury, who wrote about his life, family and acquaintances and his home city. The memoir extends to 736 closely written pages, bound in two volumes.