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1. Add MS 63079-63141

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Add MS 63079-63141
Title:
Manuscripts, transcripts, personal papers and photographs from the collection of Thomas Sydney Blakeney (1903-1976), Honorary Secretary of the Friends of the National Libraries, collector, traveller and mountaineer; circa 15th cent.-1976. See also Add. 48979-48982. Bequeathed, with Add. Ch. 76153-76383 and Facs *938-*957, by T. S. Blakeney, Dec. 1976. Paper, except where otherwise stated. Sixty-three volumes, arranged as follows: A. Collected Manuscripts: 63079-63129 B. Personal Papers...
Scope & Content:
Thomas Sydney Blakeney, Secretary, Friends of the National Libraries: Correspondence and papers of and collected by Thomas Sydney Blakeney: circa 12th cent.-1976: Partly photographs.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 15th century-1976
Extent:
63 items

2. Add MS 63135-63141

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Title:
C. PHOTOGRAPHS
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1894-1971]
Extent:
7 items

3. Add MS 63130-63134

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Add MS 63130-63134
Title:
B. PERSONAL PAPERS
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
[1903-1976]
Extent:
5 items

4. Add MS 63079-63129

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Add MS 63079-63129
Title:
A. COLLECTED MANUSCRIPTS 63079-63129. BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. I-LI. Collections of historical manuscripts acquired by Blakeney; circa 15th cent.-1975. The provenances are various, the largest single group being portions of the archive of the Townshend family of Raynham, co. Norf.; see further under Add. 63079-63082 below. The arrangement by Blakeney in a series of bound volumes (TSB 1-51) has been retained, even though it does not consistently reflect the archival origin of the various c...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English, French, Italian, and Latin
Date Range:
c 15th century-1975
Extent:
51 items

5. Add MS 63135-63140

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Add MS 63135-63140
Title:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. LVII-LXII. Albums; 1906-1971. Six volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1906-1971
Extent:
6 items

6. Add MS 63130-63132

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Add MS 63130-63132
Title:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. LII-LIV. Memoirs of T. S. Blakeney, 'One Foot in the Grave'; 1903-1953. Three volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1903-1953
Extent:
3 items

7. Add MS 63133

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Add MS 63133
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Scope & Content:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. LV (ff. 222). Correspondence and papers relating to India, especially to Blakeney's military service and travels, 1936-1965, followed by supplementary correspondence, 1971-1976; 1936-1976. Partly typewritten and printed. Voyages and Travels: India: Correspondence and p...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1936-1976
Extent:
1 item

8. Add MS 63104-63105

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Add MS 63104-63105
Title:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. XXVI, XXVII. Miscellaneous letters, receipts, etc., including some Townshend papers (Add. 63105, ff. 1-86), and some letters of Warren Hastings (Add. 63104, ff. 202-220v, 225); 1528-1959. Partly printed and copies, some typewritten. Partly Latin, French and German. (TSB 32, parts 1 and 2). Partly vellum. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1528-1959
Extent:
2 items

9. Add MS 63113

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Add MS 63113
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Scope & Content:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vol. XXXV. Miscellaneous letters, chiefly from royalty; 1791-1902, n.d. Partly French. (TSB 51). ff. i+50. 272 x 234mm.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1791-1902
Extent:
1 item

10. Add MS 63116-63117

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Add MS 63116-63117
Title:
BLAKENEY COLLECTION. Vols. XXXVIII, XXXIX. Correspondence, etc., of Lord Charles William de la Poer Beresford, 1st Baron Beresford, and his wife, Mina; 1879-1896, n.d. Partly printed. Two volumes.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1879-1896
Extent:
2 items