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Reference (shelfmark) Add MS 5246 Collection Area Western Manuscripts

1. Add MS 5246

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Title:
"A short History of Human Prodigious and Monstrous Births, of Dwarfs, Sleepers, Giants, Strong men, Hermaphrodites, Numerous Births, and Extream old age". Medical observations collected by James Paris Du Plessis, and others
Scope & Content:
Please note this manuscript contains anatomical images and descriptions of the human body that include terminology nowadays regarded as outdated. Where inscriptions on the manuscripts have been transcribed, the excerpt of text is indicated between inverted commas. The manuscript contains a seri...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Latin
Date Range:
late 17th century - early 18th century
Extent:
1 volume (166 folios)

2. Add MS 52460

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Title:
THE HAIG MEMORANDUM Memorandum of operations on the Western Front during the command of Field Marshal Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig; 1916-1918. One of six typewritten copies (see ff. viii, x). Preceded (ff. i-ix) by correspondence, etc., relating to its presentation, 1920, and reservation, 1928, 1950, and followed (ff. 76-78) by three maps of German and British dispositions, etc., 21 Mar. 1918, n.d. Compiled by Haig's successive Chiefs of Staff, Lt.-Gen. Sir Launcelot Edward Kiggell and Gen. S...
Scope & Content:
Army; England: Memorandum of operations on Western Front under command of Sir Douglas Haig: 1916-1918: Typewritten copy. General Sir Herbert Alexander Lawrence, Chief of Staff to Douglas, 1st Earl Haig: Compiled: 1918-1920. Lieutenant-General Sir Launcelot Edward Kiggell, Chief of Staff to Dou...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1918
Extent:
1 item

3. Add MS 52461

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Title:
Correspondence of General Sir Archibald James Murray with General Sir William Robert Robertson. Vol. I
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MURRAY-ROBERTSON CORRESPONDENCE. Vol. I (ff. ii+223). Jan.-Sept. 1916. Australia. Army of: Correspondence of Gen. Sir A. J. Murray rel. to,: 1916: Mostly signed and copies. Army of New Zealand: Correspondence of Gen. Sir A. J. Murray rel. to,: 1916: Mostly signed and copies. includes: f. 3 S...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jan 1916-Sep 1916
Extent:
1 item

4. Add MS 52461-52463

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CORRESPONDENCE OF GENERAL SIR ARCHIBALD JAMES MURRAY (b. 1860, d. 1945), as Commander-in-Chief Mediterranean and Egyptian Expedi-tionary Force, with General Sir William Robert Robertson (b. 1860, d. 1933), as Chief of the Imperial General Staff, relating to the conduct of the war in Egypt and Sinai; 1916-1917. Mostly signed and copies. Preceded (52461, ff. 1-3) by correspondence relating to the presentation of 52461-52463 to the Museum and their reservation from public use, 1932. 52463 com...
Scope & Content:
Army; England: Correspondence of Gen. Sir A. J. Murray, with Gen. Sir W. R. Robertson: 1916-1917: Mostly signed and copies. Partly printed. Egypt: Correspondence of Gen. Sir A. J. Murray, with Gen. Sir W. R. Robertson, rel. to British campaign in Egypt and Sinai: 1916-1917: Mostly signed and co...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1916-1917
Extent:
3 items

5. Add MS 52462

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Title:
Correspondence of General Sir Archibald James Murray with General Sir William Robert Robertson. Vol. II
Scope & Content:
MURRAY-ROBERTSON CORRESPONDENCE. Vol. II (ff. 106). Sept. 1916-June 1917. includes: f. 15 General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, 1st Baronet: Letter to Gen. Sir A. J. Murray: 1916. f. 16 General Sir Francis Reginald Wingate, 1st Baronet: Letter to Sir A. H. McMahon: 1916: Copy. f. 16 Sir Arthur...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1916-Jun 1917
Extent:
1 item

6. Add MS 52463

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Title:
Correspondence of General Sir Archibald James Murray with General Sir William Robert Robertson. Vol. III
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MURRAY-ROBERTSON CORRESPONDENCE. Vol. III (ff. i+124). Egypt 1916-1917, 1932. Printed, with MS. additions on ff. i, 87b. includes: f. 122 Edward George Villiers Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby; Lord Stanley: Telegram to Gen. Sir A. J. Murray: 1917: Printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1932
Extent:
1 item

7. Add MS 52464 A

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Scope & Content:
SOLO SONGS. Vol. I A (ff. i+5). (1) 'Tears, idle tears', by William Jackson of Masham; 'Feb. 22 1849' (f. 3). Autograph fair copy. Words by Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson. Publisher's annotations in red crayon. ff. 1-3;- (2) 'The fallen oak', by Reynaldo Hahn; 1898. Autograph. Words by Mme ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849-1898
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 52464 A-C

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Title:
SOLO SONGS; 1849-1963, n.d.
Scope & Content:
With piano accompaniment, except as noted. Folio, bound together.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1849-1963
Extent:
3 items

9. Add MS 52464 B

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Scope & Content:
SOLO SONGS. Vol. I B (ff. 15). (1) 'Beauty dwells uncertain' and 'Cradle Song for an unwanted child' by Alan Bush (b. 1900); n.d. Autograph fair copies. Words by F. C. Boden and R. Swingler. ff. 1-7b;- (2) 'Entry Song' beg. 'Many other songs you know', 'Weaving Song' beg. 'Should I know him' and...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1941
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 52464 C

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Scope & Content:
SOLO SONGS. Vol. I C (ff. 18). 'Counting the Beats', set by Sir Lennox Berkeley (ff. 1-5b), Nicholas Maw (ff. 6-14) and Humphrey Searle (ff. 15-18) for the Poetry Book Society Festival, 1963; June 1963 (f. 5b), 7 June 1963 (f. 14), 8 June 1963 (f. 18b). Autograph fair copies. Words by Robert G...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Jun 1963
Extent:
1 item