24 grants for 1996.
Collection includes letters from Palmerston, Peel, Nassau Senior and James Mill. There is a particularly graphic letter from Edward Littlejohn describing Huskissons death at the opening ceremony for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, with sketch of how the engine ran him over
CR Cockerell designed the Ashmolean Museum and the Taylor Insitution in Oxford, the Hanover Chapel in London and the National Monument in Edinburgh. His correspondents included John Nash, Sir George Gilbert Scott, Robert Smirke, James Elmes, John Gibson and John Henning.
Collection of 800 drawings, one of the most comprehensive surviving sets of designs for any 19th century house. The evolution of the estate can be seen from initial notebook sketches to the highly detailed working drawings as Barry worked on his design for the Duke of Sutherland.
A major resource for scholars working in the field of modern English poetry and culture
Rawnsley was a co-founder of the National Trust and an important figure in the early history of landscape conservation, also founding the Lake District Defence Society. The photograph collection includes one of Rawnsley with Rupert Potter and his daughter Beatrix, illustrated at p.18 of AR
A Bull granted by Pope Leo X permitting the marriage of Henry Somerset, Lord Herbert and Margaret Courtenay, overriding the prohibition based on their consanguinity. Attached is a letter from Leonard, Cardinal of Susa and an instrument of Richard Fitzjames, Bishop of London, authorising the marriage.
A stock book for 1858 - 69 and ledgers which record all items published by the company between 1844 and 1897. Also in-house annotated catalogues of Novellos own publications and details of agreements with other music publishers
A document of great importance for Yorkshire history and the study of open field systems and land division. A secular cartulary, probably drawn up for Thomas Bank of Bank Newton, c. 1433.
A major collection of drawings of antiquities by the Wiltshire historian Colt Hoare. Illustrated at p.30 of AR
Manuscript estate account books and deeds for the late 17th century, together with a diary for 1715 - 22. There are also letters from John Willes, to his father the bishop of Bath and Wells describing naval engagements with the French fleet off Cape Finistre and in India 1747 - 49
Court rolls, rentals, deeds, plans sales particulars and other material. The archive reflects the entire history of the Talbot familys connection with Worcestershire, throughout a period in which they were one of the countys major landlords
A complete record of the activities of the Court, including names of the jury at each session, details of cases heard and of sentences propounded
Two limited edition works from the Red Hen Press in which Joness poetry is combined with mezzotint and relief etching in an artistic synthesis
Extremely rare, with the leaf of preface in which Wordsworth stated that Coleridge had written Christabel for the volume. This copy has both cancel and uncancelled leaf; a genuine mistake on the part of the binder rather than a conscious preservation, as the cancel has been misbound
Keith graduated MA from Marischal College Aberdeen in 1712 and became its Chancellor.
50 letters to and from Wyatt, 26 written by the Duke containing specific instructions for work at Apsley House. In 1820 Wyatt made alterations and extensions at the House which included the Waterloo Gallery wing, a project which ran considerably over budget and which caused friction between Wyatt and the Duke.
29 vols of diaries, 20 vols of pocket notebooks and 13 vols of bank pass books. They reveal a great deal of Brunels journeys, meetings, observations, income and expenditure during his busiest and most creative years.
A large collection of manorial records, complementing the Musgrave family archive already in the Cumbria Record Office. Perhaps the most intesting in the current collection are the papers of Sir Philip Musgrave, a prominent Royalist during the Civil War and captain of the garrison at Carlisle Castle immediately after the Restoration
Drawn up at Fountaines death by Captain William Price, the catalogue constitutes a major source for our knowledge of Fountaines collection and its display at Narford. It shows where the pictures were hung, the contents of his library and the extent of his patronage of contemporary artists, most notably the sculptor Louis Roubillac
This letter was bought together with an account of the trial and execution of Mary Queen of Scots and a letter to Elizabeth I from the Earl of Kent, who had been heavily involved in Mary's prosecution, labouring under the Queens displeasure as she sought to wash her hands of responsibility.
Correspondence from composers commissioned to write works for the Birmingham Triennial Music Festival. Included are letters from Gounod negotiating a 4,000 fee for a work for 1870 and letters from Elgar in the immediate aftermath of the disastrous first performance of The Dream of Gerontius in 1900
Over 800 letters from MacCaig (recipients not listed); they range widely over his life, work and his opinions of the work of other writers.
With MS addenda by William and Mary Wordsworth, who also wrote the introduction to the book, later published separately. In the 1810 text Wordsworth first makes the case for a National Park to be developed to help preserve the Lake District in its state of natural purity and simplicity. Illustrated at p35 of AR
The largest extant collection of business papers relating to Serge Diaghilev, providing a unique insight into the daily running of the Company, its expenditure, income, administration, management structure and back-up services.