Search

036-004343968

1. Add MS 89510/3

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89510/3
Title:
Family Papers and Juvenilia
Scope & Content:
Sketchbooks, diaries, short publications and official certificates relating to the Richardson family, and a selection of Ralph Richardson's early writings and sketches.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1819-1953
Extent:
12 folders and 2 volumes

2. Add MS 89510/3/9

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89510/3/9
Title:
Unidentified family sketchbooks
Scope & Content:
Three small sketchbooks belonged to unidentified members of the Richardson family. These contain mostly drawings and watercolour paintings of landscapes, with some figure work. The volume labelled 'Bookbinding Accounts' contains some lists of furniture with values. The small black volume includes...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
20th century
Extent:
1 folder

3. Add MS 89510/3/11

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89510/3/11
Title:
Family newspapers by Ralph Richardson
Scope & Content:
Issues of family newspapers, as well as other flyers and short stories, created by Ralph Richardson as a teenager. This folder includes: several issues of The Scribe, the new name for The One Man Show, a typed newspaper containing poems and a short story entitled On the Recordone issue of the We...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1919
Extent:
1 folder

4. Add MS 89510/3/13

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89510/3/13
Title:
Loose sketches by Ralph Richardson
Scope & Content:
A collection of loose pen and pencil sketches drawn by Ralph Richardson as a teenager. These sketches mostly depict figures, some of which seem to be characters from plays.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
fl 1919
Extent:
1 folder

5. Add MS 89510/3/5

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89510/3/5
Title:
Arthur Richardson's sketchbook
Scope & Content:
A green leather-bound sketchbook belonging to Arthur Richardson, Ralph's father. This volume includes a number of sketches in pen, pencil and watercolour, mostly depicting landscapes, plants and animals.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1880
Extent:
1 volume

6. Add MS 89510/3/1

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89510/3/1
Title:
Sketchbook of landscape drawings
Scope & Content:
Sketchbook containing drawings of landscapes and buildings in charcoal and pencil. This volume includes very little writing, with only a few notes on the inside of one of the covers, including the date 'May 1819'. This volume may have belonged to Ralph Richardson's grandfather, David Richardson.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1819
Extent:
1 folder

7. Add MS 89510/3/12

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89510/3/12
Title:
Flyers collected by Ralph Richardson
Scope & Content:
Flyers and postcards collected by Ralph Richardson. This file includes: a flyer of the dates and venues for the 1922 spring tour of Mr Charles Doran and his Shakespearean Company, with a sketch in pen of a face on the reverse a flyer of the dates and venues for the 1925 spring tour of The Farme...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1922-1925
Extent:
1 folder

8. Add MS 89510/3/6

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89510/3/6
Title:
Lydia Richardson's diary
Scope & Content:
Pocket diary of Lydia Susie Richardson, mother of Ralph, recording a stay in Fürstenwalde, Germany. The diary records Lydia education as a boarder at a school in Fürstenwalde and details her lessons, relationships with other students, and diet. The second half of the diary is written in German. ...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English and German
Date Range:
1886
Extent:
1 folder

9. Add MS 89510/3/2

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89510/3/2
Title:
David Richardson's travel journals
Scope & Content:
Two sketchbook journals belonging to David Richardson, Ralph's grandfather, recording trips and holidays with writing and sketches. The smaller volume dates from around 1854 and mostly contains sketches; it describes a trip around County Wicklow, Ireland, and another trip to the Scottish Highlan...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
c 1854-1858
Extent:
1 folder (2 volumes)

10. Add MS 89510/3/10

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 89510/3/10
Title:
Issues of 'The One Man Show' family newspaper edited by Ralph Richardson
Scope & Content:
Several copies of the first three issues of the family newspaper The One Man Show compiled, written and edited by Ralph Richardson as a teenager. Each volume contains content contributed by Ralph, his mother and other family members and friends, consisting of short stories, poems, jokes, and some...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1919
Extent:
1 folder