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Collection of nineteenth-century British geological maps.

01/02/MSS00117 R. Toole Stott collection of W. Somerset Maugham letters, 1940-1950

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This collection contains 25 letters sent by W. Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) to his friend and bibliographer, R. Toole Stott (1910-1982). Topics include various works by Maugham, issues with American publishers, and personal health, among others. The letters are accompanied by manuscript notes on a sheet of paper and two cards, ...

01/02/POST-1650 MS 0573 Repertory Theatre performance license and receipt, 1921

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License granted to the Repertory Theatre, Nottingham by the Lord Chamberlain allowing them to perform the play "A Tale of Young Lovers." Also included is the receipt for purchasing the license. Dated November 24, 1921.

01/02/POST-1650 MS 0603 Photo of the Rhetor Stone, circa 1965

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Photograph of the Rhetor Stone, currently preserved in the National Epigraphical Museum at Athens. This photograph of the Stone was first published in the December (1965) issue of The Quarterly Journal of Speech.

01/01/MSS00007 Richard Bentley records, 1806-1915

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The files of Richard Bentley and Son, a London publishing house, 1829-1898: Richard Bentley, 1794-1871; George Bentley, 1828-1895 and Richard Bentley II, 1854-1936. Includes literary and business correspondence; ledgers, minutes of company meetings and legal agreements; personal and business diaries; authors' manuscripts; clippings and advertisements relating to literary, legal and ...

02/Aron Richard Aron Collection of European education

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The files of Richard Bentley and Son, a London publishing house, 1829-1898: Richard Bentley, 1794-1871; George Bentley, 1828-1895 and Richard Bentley II, 1854-1936. Includes literary and business correspondence; ledgers, minutes of company meetings and legal agreements; personal and business diaries; authors' manuscripts; clippings and advertisements relating to literary, legal and ...

01/02/POST-1650 MS 0599 Grant and Madeleine Richards correspondence, 1834-1946

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Collection of literary, business, and family papers of writer and publisher, Grant Richards and his wife, Madeleine Richards. Collection consists mostly of correspondence to Grant and Madeleine Richards. Other items in the collection include photographs, clippings, and several manuscript drafts of novels, short stories, and articles written by Grant Richards.

01/02/POST-1650 MS 0594 Daniel Ricketson poems, 1870-1887

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Two MS poems "Old Tom and I" and "Robert Burns" dated August 1887, and 1870.

01/02/POST-1650 MS 0438 James Whitcomb Riley letters to James Newton Matthews, 1878-1915

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Papers of James Whitcomb Riley, including letters to James Newton Matthews.

01/02/POST-1650 MS 0662 Rainer Maria Rilke letters to Karl and Elisabeth von der Heydt, 1905-1921

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This collection contains letters and postcards that author Rainer Maria Rilke sent to Berlin banker Karl von der Heydt and his wife Elisabeth in the early 1900s. In his letters, Rilke discusses art and artists, his family, financial matters, travel plans, and other topics.

02/Shimizu Roberto Shimizu Movie Poster collection

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This collection contains letters and postcards that author Rainer Maria Rilke sent to Berlin banker Karl von der Heydt and his wife Elisabeth in the early 1900s. In his letters, Rilke discusses art and artists, his family, financial matters, travel plans, and other topics.

01/02/POST-1650 MS 0591 Royal and historical autographs, 1700s-1900s

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Collection of autographs from European Royalty and other historical figures. Former Shelfmark: uncat 66 460

01/01/MSS00046 Arnold Rudnick script collection

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Collection of film and television scripts by the screenwriter Arnold Rudnick.

01/02/POST-1650 MS 0009 John Ruskin letters to Joan Severn, 1866, 1888

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This collection consists primarily of letters that John Ruskin wrote to his cousin, Joan Severn, while traveling in France, Italy, and Switzerland in the fall of 1888.