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9861. Add MS 89510/16/19

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Title:
Loose press cuttings about Meriel Forbes
Scope & Content:
Loose press cuttings reporting the stage and screen career of Meriel Forbes. These press cuttings include: a cutting from the Evening Despatch, dated 9 Nov 1931, announcing Meriel’s membership of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre company a cutting reviewing Porcupine Pointa cutting from 7 Sep 19...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1931-1950
Extent:
1 folder

9862. Add MS 89542

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Title:
Giovanni Battista Gargha, Orationes
Scope & Content:
A presentation copy of the Orationes of Giovanni Battista Gargha of Siena, envoy of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem (Hospitallers), made for Fabrizio del Carretto (b. 1455, d. 1521), Italian nobleman and the 43rd Grand Master of the Knights Hospitaller from 1513 to 1521. Followed by the c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French and Latin
Date Range:
1514-c 1522
Extent:
1 volume

9863. Add MS 89587

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Title:
Facsimile of a 1799 letter from Napoleon Bonaparte to Joseph Bonaparte
Scope & Content:
Contains a facsimile of Bonaparte's letter to his brother, Joseph, deputy to the Council of the 500, dated Cairo, 7 Thermidor [27 Jul 1799], with a translation. Bonaparte refers to the conquest of Egypt, adding 'a page to the military glory of this army.' However, he notes there is no money to pa...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
1 file

9864. Add MS 89618

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Title:
Recueil de diverses pieces curieuses
Scope & Content:
'Recueil de diverses pieces curieuses' containing a collection of miscellaneous literary texts. The contents are listed as: Lettre du Duc de Vendosme au Roy – 9; Peroraison d’un sermon prêché devant Le Roy par le Reverend Pere De La Rue, Le jour de La Touissaint 1709 – 10; Sermon Suisse – verso 1...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1710
Extent:
1 folder

9865. Add MS 89622

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Add MS 89622
Title:
Naval log books and journals
Scope & Content:
The collection comprises one folder of official naval correspondence, 1703-1914, and seven illustrated log books and journals, pertaining to British naval officers Francis Gerald St John (1869-1947) and Stratford Allan Gerald St John (1911-2001) on service in the China Seas, the Caribbean, the Me...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
1703-1931
Extent:
1 folder and 7 volumes

9866. Add MS 89622/6

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Title:
Francis Gerald St John's diary
Scope & Content:
Francis Gerald St John's diary kept when with the Mediterranean training squadron on HMS Arethusa, illustrated throughout with drawings, memorabilia and photographs. The diary contains some items written in French and Greek.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, and Greek, Modern
Date Range:
20 Oct 1893-27 Jul 1896
Extent:
1 volume

9867. Add MS 89626

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Title:
Letters and Photographs of Nancy Mitford
Scope & Content:
Letters and photographs sent by the novelist and biographer, Nancy Mitford, to her former governess, Vanda Stern (called "Zella"). The letters, written in French, date from the 1960s and 70s and relate primarily to Mitford's efforts to diagnose and treat the Hodgkin's lymphoma that would event...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
c 1907-1972
Extent:
1 folder (13 sheets, 6 photographs)

9868. Add MS 89630

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Title:
Letters to Laurence Hodson and Constance Bellis regarding their art collection
Scope & Content:
Letters to Laurence W Hodson and Constance Belliss regarding the artwork of Alphonse Legros. These letters include: a letter from Sir William Harcourt, dated 9 Aug 1887, regarding European politics; a letter to L W Hodson from L A Legros, dated 20 May 1892, conveying his thanks for sending exhibi...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and French
Date Range:
1887-1912
Extent:
1 folder

9869. Add MS 89637

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Title:
Letter from Eugène Delacroix to Monsiour Soulier
Scope & Content:
A handwritten, personal letter in French from the painter, Eugène Delacroix, to his friend, Monsieur Soulier of Saint-Mammès, France, dated Nov 1862. The letter conveys personal news and is accompanied by the original envelope.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
French
Date Range:
1862
Extent:
1 folder

9870. Add MS 89644

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Add MS 89644
Title:
Robert Browning Settlement Visitors Book
Scope & Content:
Leather-bound book, embossed with the title "Robert Browning Hall Visitors Book", used as the visitors book for the chapel of the Robert Browning Settlement of Walworth, London between 1895 and 1994. The book is signed throughout by a variety of individuals, beginning with Herbert Henry Asquit...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, English, Finnish, French, Japanese, and Malayalam
Date Range:
21 Nov 1895-7 May 1994
Extent:
1 volume, 2 sheets

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