23 grants for 2005.
This account book details work carried out by Hardstaff at Newstead Abbey between 1758 and 1760 for William, 5th Lord Byron, great-uncle of the poet, at the time when the so called 'Wicked
This is the earliest surviving mathematical book in English. It consists of 144 unnumbered leaves and contains 11 woodcut illustrations of the counters used to help with calculations.
The bifolium, which contains readings for Holy Week, comes from a magnificant gospel lectionary which is likely to have been owned by the Cathedral in the Middle Ages and dismembered in the Reforma
James Scott was a minor Scottish portrait painter, born c. 1802, who arrived in London with a letter of introduction from Sir Walter Scott to Sir Thomas Lawrence.
This is a group of six documents which pertain to a secret and unsuccessful attempt by the 5th Lord Byron to lease Newstead Park for 21 years from 25th March 1776.
This collection contains an archive of manorial records of Dullingham, near Newmarket covering the period 1630-1813 including substantial court rolls and books and minutes.
The Royal Society contains a fine library of early scientific books and manuscripts.
The Hengrave Hall Manuscripts represent one of the finest surviving Tudor archives.
This early 13th century manuscript Bible in one volume is one of about 250 medieval books lost from Durham Priory Library. Four inscriptions link the manuscript with named monks at Durham.
This collection of 31 letters includes letters from Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) and his artist wife, Margaret Macdonald Macintosh, to Jessie Newbery, the artist wife of the Director of th
Stowell (1800-58) trained for the Congregational ministry at Blackburn Academy, served pastorates in North Shields and Masborough and became President of Cheshunt College in 1850.
The Alanbrooke archive is primarily manuscript and large - 87 boxes.
In 1789, Douglas made an advantageous marriage to Catherine North, the eldest daughter of the former Prime Minister.
Jean Hartley and her husband founded the Marvell press, which in 1955 first published poetry by Philip Larkin.
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 pro
John Sell Cotman (1782-1842) is one of the most important artists in the history of English watercolour painting.
Elaine Feinstein's archive embraces the whole range of her literary output: poetry, fiction, prose, criticism, biography, translation and drama.
The collection represents the East Anglian portion of the working library of heraldic and genealogical manuscripts collected from the 1960s onwards by Miss Joan Corder of Ipswich.
This copy includes a set of interleaved drawings and a silhouette of Cowper by the original owner, John Higgins. He was an admirer of Cowper and a talented amateur artist.
The collection fills 250 boxes and conatins material from the 12th to the 20th centuries, including nearly 800 medieval deeds relating to Lilleshall Abbey, Wombridge Priory, Shrewsbury Abbey and th
The Slade Bindery comprised Roger Powell (1896-1989), Peter Waters (1939-2005) and the calligrapher Sheila Waters (b. 1929).
The Sutherland Papers are the archive of the Leveson-Gower family, successively Earls Gower, Marquesses of Stafford and Dukes of Sutherland.
Mr Edward Dawson writes: On or before the 13th February 1649 the forty-two pages of this defence of regicide were printed and in the hands of the public.