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Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47864
Title:: MEYERSTEIN BEQUEST. Vol. XXV (ff. iii+ 117). William Wordsworth''s Poems, in Two Volumes, 1807: the printer''s manuscript, conveyed in packets from Coleorton to the publishers Longman, Hurst, Rees and Orme between 14 Nov. 1806 (postmark on f. 2b) and circ. early Apr. 1807. Partly autograph, with revisions and annotations throughout by the poet.
Scope & Content:: © Dove Cottage - Wordsworth Trust. Most of the texts are revised from an earlier collection of shorter poems transcribed circ. Jan.- Mar. 1806 by Dorothy Wordsworth and Sara Hutchinson, of which sixtyeight octavo leaves or fragments of leaves survive here. Poems from the same and other sources w...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1807
Extent:: 1 volume (ff. iii + 117)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47903
Title:: Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 7
Scope & Content:: Sketches for op. 39-47. As follows:- ff. 1-46. Pomp and Circumstance Marches, op. 39, nos. 1, 2, 3 and 5:- (a) No. 1 in D. Completed in 1901. Published by Boosey, 1902. Sketch of the whole march dated 'Jan 3/01' (ff. 2-3v), and further drafts of the Trio (ff. 4, 5). ;- (b) No. 2 in A minor. Co...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1901-1905
Extent:: 1 volume (137 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 47908
Title:: Edward Elgar: Manuscript sketches and drafts, Vol. 15
Scope & Content:: Op. 69-op. 80 passim and works without opus number. As follows:- ff. 1-104. 'The Music Makers', op. 69, setting of an ode by A. O'Shaughnessy for contralto solo, chorus and orchestra. Composed 1902-21 August 1912. Published by Novello, 1912. As follows:- (a) Sketches, mostly marked 'K' indicat...
Collection Area:: Music Collections
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1899-1932
Extent:: 1 volume (232 folios)

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48018
Title:: Formulary for a Clerk of the Privy Council, compiled by Robert Beale
Scope & Content:: Robert Beale (1541-1601), administrator and diplomat, was a Clerk of the Privy Council from 1572 until his death in 1601. This was the second of two formularies for his office that he compiled: the first (dated 1572) is now Add MS 48150. A note by Beale on f. i recto states that 'This Booke of ...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English and Latin
Date Range:: c 1575-c 1586
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48027
Title:: Papers and correspondence relating chiefly to Mary, Queen of Scots, 1559-1594
Scope & Content:: Papers and correspondence relating to Mary, Queen of Scots: the conspiracies and plots involving her and her trial and execution and its aftermath, 1559-1594, n.d. Mostly contemporary copies. Further official copies of many of the items are in Cotton MS Caligula C IX. This volume was compiled b...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, French, Latin, Scots, and Spanish
Date Range:: 1559-1626
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48049
Title:: Papers relating to Scotland and Mary, Queen of Scots, 1565-c. 1600
Scope & Content:: This volume is made up of copies and drafts relating to Mary Queen of Scots and more broadly to Scottish politics in the reign of King James VI (up to c. 1600). The volume forms part of the papers collected by Robert Beale, Clerk of the Council, and there are many endorsements, memoranda and dra...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: Cipher, English, French, Greek, Ancient, Latin, and Scots
Date Range:: 1560-1605
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48085
Title:: Papers relating to the German Protestant states, 1563-1580
Scope & Content:: Copies of papers concerning foreign affairs, chiefly with reference to the German Protestant states between 1563 and 1580. Alarmed by divisions between Lutherans and Calvinists in Germany, Queen Elizabeth I sent three missions to that country in 1577, with the aim of establishing a Protestant Le...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English, German, and Latin
Date Range:: 1563-1580
Extent:: 1 volume

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48204 B
Title:: SHAW SPARROW PAPERS. Vol. 11 B. Accounts of service with the 50th Division by Captain F. B Parker, compiled by him from an original diary and from his letters, entitled 'The Somme Offensive, March-April 1918' (ff. 1-55) and (ff. 56-82) 'Battle of the River Lys, 9, 10, 11 April 1918'; 1918.
Scope & Content:: Captain F. B. Parker, Yorkshire Regt.; son of R B Parker: Accounts of operations of 50th Division: 1918.: Copies.
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 1918
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48355
Title:: HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Official War Diary of the 11th Infantry Brigade in the 4th Division. Vol. I. France and Flanders. 18 Aug. 1914-14 Feb. 1915.
Scope & Content:: Vol. I (ff. i + 106). 18 Aug. 1914-14 Feb. 1915. British Army-issued War Diary completed by Hunter-Weston as a handwritten daily record of events, operations and information. Additional information includes notes, recommendations, instructions and names of soldiers sick, wounded or killed in ac...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: 18 Aug 1914-14 Feb 1915
Extent:: 1 item

Reference (shelfmark):: Add MS 48356
Title:: HUNTER-WESTON PAPERS. Official War Diaries of the 29th Division and the 8th Army Corps [VIII Corps]. Vol. II. Gallipoli. Jan.-July 1915.
Scope & Content:: Vol. II (ff. i+386). Jan.-July 1915. includes: f. 360 Colonel Sir Thomas Andrew Alexander Montgomery Cuninghame, 10th Baronet: Letter to Lt.-Gen. Sir A. Hunter-Weston: 1915. British Army-issued War Diary completed by Hunter-Weston as a typewritten daily record of events, operations and inform...
Collection Area:: Western Manuscripts
Languages:: English
Date Range:: Jan 1915-Jul 1915
Extent:: 1 item

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