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1. Add MS 37168-37174

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Add MS 37168-37174
Title:
The following Nos., 37168-37174, form the manuscript part of a collection of MSS. and Printed Books relating to the Romany language and people, written or collected by Charles Godfrey Leland (d. 1903). Presented by his niece, Mrs. Joseph Pennell, with the condition that they shall be reserved from public use for twenty-five years. The printed books, to which no such condition attaches, are kept together in the Department of Printed Books.
Scope & Content:
Romany Language: C. G. Leland's collection relating to: 19th cent. Charles Godfrey Leland: Rommany collections: 19th cent. Gypsies: Collections by C. G. Leland relating to: 19th cent.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, German, Italian, and Romany
Date Range:
19th century
Extent:
7 items

2. Add MS 71006

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Add MS 71006
Title:
JOSETTE JONES CORRESPONDENCE: letters and related material from Augustus Edwin John (b.1878, d.1961), artist, and Sir Sacheverell Sitwell (b.1897, d.1988), poet and writer, to Violet Madeline Josette Jones ('Josette Jones') (b.1894, d.1989), artist, together with letters from Sitwell to Dr. George Tee, publisher; 1914-1985, n.d. Partly signed, partly typewritten, partly printed. The letters from John and Sitwell to Jones include discussion of their own work as well as hers; essays by all thr...
Scope & Content:
includes: ff. 1-115 Violet Madeline Josette Jones, painter: Augustus Edwin John, painter: Letters to Violet Madeline Josette Jones from Augustus Edwin John: 1914-1962, n.d.: Partly printed.f. 54 Dora Esther Yates, writer and Honorary Secretary to the Gypsy Lore Society: Augustus Edwin John,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and Romany
Date Range:
1914-1985
Extent:
1 item