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Fonds
Reference code: 407
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Papers from the life and works of miner Tom Hague (1915-1998), also known as Totley Tom. The majority of the papers date from the 1970s to the 1990s, but also includes later recordings of interviews with family members.
Dates:
1970s - 2011
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The collection consists of documents relating to the work of George Henry Turnbull on the educational activities of Samuel Hartlib and his circle.
The papers include transcripts from the Hartlib Papers; transcripts relating to John Dury and John Milton; papers relating to Dury´s educational theory; Henry More´s letters to Hartlib; Comeniana; preparatory publications for the Massachusetts Historical Society, and other miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1922 - 1961
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Documents relating to Emily Gertrude Turner, graduate of, and Lecturer in Chemistry at the University of Sheffield, and to Professor William Palmer Wynne of the Department of Chemistry, dating from circa 1890 to 2002.The collection consists of two series of documents relating to Gertrude Turner: a set of papers, including some photographs, originally presented in 1969 (ref. 78), which relates mainly to the scientific work of her Department, and which also includes some of the...
Dates:
c1890 - 2002
Fonds
Reference code: 395
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A collection of CDs and DVDs recording interviews with those involved with the alternative theatre movement in the late 1960s, 1970s and early 1980s, along with related material.
Dates:
2007 - 2017
Fonds
Reference code: 260
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Documents, books and offprints on the history of the development of Radar from 1921.In February 2001 Donald Tomlin presented his collection of documents, including some which he had himself written, relating to the early development of Radar and his own work within the field, to the University Library, a donation which complemented his earlier presentation of books and offprints when he stated: "The collection of books and papers is being presented to Sheffield University in...
Dates:
1921 - 2023
Collection
Reference code: PE 30
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38 Valentine's Day cards, mostly dating from the 1940s, and originating from the United States. One card dates from around 1830.
Dates:
c1830 - 1949
Collection
Reference code: WAE1
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A collection of articles, offprints, magazines, photographs and site reports from the personal collections of archaeologists John Waechter and Eric Higgs. The collection is mainly concerned with Palaeolithic archaeology, but this broadens to include zoology, botany, ethnography, palaeoanthropology and African archaeology. The collection is composed of two formerly separate archives, one curated by John Waechter, and the other by E.S. Higgs.The collection is precious on two...
Dates:
1848 - 1976
Collection
Reference code: WAR1
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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...
Dates:
1914 - 1947
Fonds
Reference code: 137
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The collection consists of documents relating to the work of Howard Warrender, largely relating to his Latin and English editions of Hobbes´ "De Cive", 1983, which were his major publications. They include proofs, correspondence, articles and copies of various editions of "De Cive" and other works of Hobbes.
Dates:
1972 - 1985
Collection
Reference code: WHE1
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A collection of 245 volumes on law from the Wheat family of Sheffield solicitors. The majority were printed in the 18th century, although 35 date from the 17th century, and 21 from the early 19th century.The Wheats were a family of Sheffield solicitors, active from around 1766 until the 1930s. The first James Wheat was a solicitor whose business was based in Paradise Square in Sheffield. He built a library of books on the law dating back to the sixteenth century. Many of the...
Dates:
c1600 - c1850
Collection
Reference code: CAR1
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The collection comprises 338 books and pamphlets relating to the modern history of Germany.
For further details of this collection please see the listing in the External Docouments Section below.
Dates:
1891 - 1988
Fonds
Reference code: 391
Scope and Contents
The working papers of Arthur Willis (1922-2006), Professor of Botany at the University of Sheffield.
Dates:
1899 - 2006
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Papers of Henry Joseph Wilson, Sheffield Radical politician and Liberal MP, for the period 1859 to 1910.The collection consists of the following sections:1. Correspondence, papers and related press cuttings received by Wilson
2. Wilsons letters to members of his family
3. Printed election material, newspapers and press cuttings
4. Sheffield Nonconformist Committee papers
5. A collection by Gertrude Lenwood, one of Wilson's daughters, of newspaper cartoons and copies...
Dates:
1859 - 1955
Fonds
Reference code: 327
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Notebooks, reports (published and unpublished), correspondence, photographs, manuscripts and personal documents created by the journalist and author Alan Winnington. The material is mainly focussed on his professional career as a foreign correspondent for the Daily Worker in China, Korea and Berlin between 1949 and 1980. It also contains material relating to his later activities as an author of fictional works.
Dates:
1910 - 2004
Collection
Reference code: WOO1
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A collection of 70 books dating from the sixteenth to mid-twentieth centuries, mostly relating to medical matters. Among the titles: Robert Boyle’s 'Medicinal Experiments' (1692), John Ray’s 'Catalogus Plantarum Circa Cantabrigiam' (1660), and Nicholas Culpepper’s 'A Directory for Midwives' (1777).
Dates:
1516 - 1952
Collection
Reference code: ZAI1
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The personal library of Lazar Zaidman, reflecting his interests in anti-Fascism, Jewish matters, politics and economics before, during and after World War II.
For further details of this collection please see the listing in the External Documents Section below.
Dates:
1872 - 1978
Fonds
Reference code: 118
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The collection consists of printed ephemera and manuscript documents relating to the Anti-Fascist movement in London and to the Communist Party of Great Britain during the period 1930s to 1950s. There is also material on Jewish affairs during this period, including the origins of the state of Israel. A collection of pamphlets is included.
For further details of this collection please see the finding aid in the External Documents section below.
Dates:
1911 - 1961
