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Handwritten diaries recording the travel experiences of the Reverend Alfred Plummer in Germany and England. The earlier diaries cover his visits to Germany and Austria in 1869 and 1889 and include some photographs and newspaper cuttings, while the later diaries document his travels in England between 1916 and 1919, notably in Shropshire, Hertfordshire and Devon. Again they include many newspaper cuttings and photographs, and also some of Plummer’s reflections on World War 1.

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Textbooks, offprints, newspaper cuttings, degree certificates, etc. of George William Burley, Lecturer in Mechanical Engineering at the University of Sheffield.

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Scope and Contents Research papers and other material on several topics: English language and literature, theatrical history, nursery rhymes, World War One battles in 1918, and Anglo-Saxon cross fragments of the Sheffield area.The archive is in several distinct sections, and consists of research material in manuscript, with some printed material, often with ms. annotations. The sections include:Hamer Research Collections on English language and literature (MS 62); Manuscript notes on...

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A collection of documents relating to the life and career of John Lewis Anderton Grout (1889-1963).

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A collection of papers and sound recordings relating to Nick Howard’s research on the blockade of Germany after World War I and the influenza pandemic, and his contributions to a series of radio programmes for BBC Radio Sheffield on the history of the labour movement in the Sheffield region.

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Scope and Contents Personal papers and documents of Sir Cyril Norwood (1875-1956), educationalist.The collection consists of personal papers, letters, notebooks, diaries, memorabilia, news-cuttings and other documents of Sir Cyril Norwood, Kt., (1875-1956), throughout his career as a prominent and distinguished figure in English education.Also included are the personal papers, letters, journals and other memorabilia of Cyril Norwood's wife, Catherine Margaret Norwood née Kilner...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and other documents relating to the Sheffield Committee on Munitions of War during World War I, 1915-1919. Includes some later records to 1924.The collection consists of the records of the Sheffield Committee on Munitions of War, a body which existed during the First World War, consisting of correspondence with the Ministry of Munitions relating to contracts for armaments, together with copies of contracts placed, stock records, minutes, and various ledgers...

Scope and Contents The collection consists of issues of three illustrated magazines, which were published during the First and Second World Wars. The issues describe and comment on events at home, in Europe and in the wider world, with lavish use of illustration and photographs.The War Illustrated (1914-1919) 1-208, 22nd August 1914-10th August 1918. Missing no. 3The War Illustrated (1939-1947) 1-255, 16th September 1939-11th April 1947War Weekly 2-85, 3rd November 1939-5th...