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1. Add MS 32444

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Add MS 32444
Title:
JOURNAL of Professor Christen Smith on an exploring expedition to the River Congo; 22 Feb.-17 Aug. 1816. Danish. A translation (including a continuation of the Narrative to 9th Sept., which is here wanting) was printed in the Narrative of an Expedition to explore the River. Zaire, usually called the Congo, in South Africa, in 1816, under the direction of Captain J. K. Tuckey, R.N., London, 1818. Paper; ff. 26. Octavo. Presented by Mrs. A. Bennett.
Scope & Content:
Voyages and Travels: Journal of C. Smith on an expedition to the Congo: 1816. Professor Christen Smith: Journal of an expedition to the Congo: 1816.: Danish. Diaries and Memoranda: C. Smith: on an expedition to the Congo: 1816. River Congo, Africa: Journal of C. Smith on an expedition to: 1816.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Norwegian
Date Range:
22 Feb 1816-17 Aug 1816
Extent:
1 item

2. Add MS 43039-43358

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Add MS 43039-43358
Title:
THE ABERDEEN PAPERS. Correspondence and papers, official and private, of George Gordon, afterwards (1818) Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen, K.G., K.T., Prime Minister (b. 1784, d. 1860). From the death of his father in 1791 until he succeeded his grandfather as Earl in 1801 he was styled Lord Haddo. Full details of his career will be found in The Earl of Aberdeen, 1893, by his youngest son, the Hon. Sir Arthur Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Baron Stanmore 1893, the Colonial Governor, and also in...
Scope & Content:
George Hamilton-Gordon, 4th Earl of Aberdeen; formerly Gordon; Prime Minister: Correspondence and papers: 1796-1860.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, and Turkish
Date Range:
[1600-1914]
Extent:
322 items

3. Add MS 44086-44835

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Add MS 44086-44835
Title:
A SELECTION from the correspondence, official and private, literary manuscripts and other papers of William Ewart Gladstone (b. 1809, d. 1898)
Scope & Content:
Entering Parliament in 1832 as Member for Newark, he held a succession of offices, serving as Prime Minister four times, viz. :-1868-1874, 1880-1885, 1886, 1892-1894. Full details of his career will be found in the Life by Lord Morley, in which many extracts from these papers are printed. Cf. al...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic, Bulgarian, Burmese, English, French, Gaelic, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, and Welsh
Date Range:
19th century-20th century
Extent:
787 items

4. Add MS 45290-45297

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Add MS 45290-45297
Title:
ARCHER CORRESPONDENCE. Correspondence and papers of William Archer (b. 1856, d. 1924), literary and dramatic critic, with or relating to persons of celebrity in the worlds of letters and of the stage; 1877-1924, n.d. The names of correspondents will be found in the Index to the present Catalogue. Apart from those referred to below, the principal are W. E. Henley (Add. MS. 45292, ff. 38-155), E. V. Lucas (Add. MS. 45293, ff. 30-133), George Moore (Add. MS. 45293, ff. 221-309), and R. L. Steve...
Scope & Content:
William Archer, drama critic and author: Correspondence and papers: 1877-1924. Drama: W. Archer, correspondence and papers: 1877-1924.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, Italian, and Norwegian
Date Range:
1877-1924
Extent:
8 items

5. Add MS 70948-70951

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Add MS 70948-70951
Title:
CHARNWOOD AUTOGRAPHS: collection of autograph letters and documents, etc., formed by Dorothea Mary Roby Benson (d. 1942), wife of Godfrey Rathbone, 1st Baron Charnwood; circa 16th-20th cent. Partly French, German, Italian, Russian. Partly printed. Many of the letters were printed, and a few reproduced, in Lady Charnwood's An Autograph Collection (1930), and in Call Back Yesterday (1937). Purchased from the heirs of Baroness Charnwood, and from the British Museum, March 1992. Paper. Folio. ...
Scope & Content:
Dorothea Mary Roby Benson, née Thorpe; wife of Godfrey, 1st Baron Charnwood: Autograph letters and documents collected by Dorothea Mary Roby Benson: 16th-20th cent: Partly Fr., Germ., Ital. and Russ: Partly printed.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, Norwegian, and Russian
Date Range:
c 16th century-20th century
Extent:
4 items

6. Add MS 83729-83829

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Add MS 83729-83829
Title:
Beryl Bainbridge Papers
Scope & Content:
Correspondence and papers of Beryl Bainbridge (b.1934), DBE, author. Partly copies, drafts and autograph. Includes drafts and research notes for both her published and unpublished works. Items throughout her papers have been annotated with notes connecting Bainbridge's acquaintances and the eve...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Norwegian, and Swedish
Date Range:
c 1925-2004
Extent:
101 volumes

7. Add MS 88964

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Add MS 88964
Title:
John Berger Archive
Scope & Content:
Archive of the writer and artist John Peter Berger (b 1926), including literary manuscripts, drafts, research notes and unpublished material, correspondence, press cuttings and professional papers. The archive contains some early and marginal examples of Berger’s graphic work, but is chiefly lite...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Date Range:
1948-2009
Extent:
379 files, boxes and books

8. Add MS 89010

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Add MS 89010
Title:
Papers of Sir Frank Francis
Scope & Content:
Contains the personal papers and correspondence of Sir Frank Francis, including papers relating to: speeches, writings and research; committee, club, and association membership; consultancies; social occasions, events, and openings; conferences and symposia; and national and international librari...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, Farsi, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Ancient, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Norwegian, Russian, and Swedish
Date Range:
1920-2005
Extent:
192 files

9. Ashley MS A17-5768

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Ashley MS A17-5768
Title:
Ashley Manuscripts
Scope & Content:
Manuscripts, chiefly literary, collected by Thomas James Wise (1859-1937). Includes poetry manuscripts and the literary correspondence of poets, novelists and critics, c. 1700-1936 (predominantly 1780-1936). The collection was named after the street in which Wise lived when he started acquirin...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, German, Greek, Modern, Italian, Latin, and Norwegian
Date Range:
1700-1936
Extent:

c. 1,971 volumes

10. LIC

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LIC
Title:
Library Information Centre Tolworth 2003 Closure collection
Scope & Content:
A collection of geodetic and other technical publications and reports arranged into 56 country or regional blocks.
Collection Area:
Map Collections
Languages:
Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, Flemish, French, German, Greek, Modern, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbo-Croatian, Spanish, Swedish, and Turkish
Date Range:
1856-2001
Extent:

161 boxes and 2 volumes