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Richard Hoggart Collection

 Collection
Reference code: HOG1
Scope and Contents

A collection of books from the personal library of Richard Hoggart, university teacher and professor of English literature and cultural studies, academic administrator, writer, broadcaster, literary critic, cultural analyst and international civil servant, whose work spanned the second half of the twentieth century and continued into the early years of the twenty-first.

Dates: 1718 - 2012

Richard Hoggart Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 247
Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence of Richard Hoggart, academic, broadcaster and writer on cultural matters. The papers were transferred to the Library in two separate accessions and are currently catalogued separately. The main part of the collection (Section 1) comprises a substantial part of the personal and working papers, manuscripts and associated correspondence relating to the life and work of Richard Hoggart, university teacher and professor of English literature and cultural...
Dates: 1919 - 2007

R.M. Wilson Memorial Collection

 Collection
Reference code: RMW1
Scope and Contents

The R.M. Wilson Memorial Collection comprises around 180 books on the subject of place names, personal names, family history and genealogy.

For further details of this collection please see the listings in the External Documents section below.

Dates: 1865 - 1967

Robert Dearling Archive

 Fonds
Reference code: 424
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of thematic catalogues of the works of largely eighteenth-century musical composers, compiled, collected and developed by Robert Dearling, along with further supporting material.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid in the external documents section below.

Dates: c1951 - c1999

Robert Innes Smith Archive

 Fonds
Reference code: 498
Scope and Contents Robert Innes Smith’s archive mainly comprises of his letters. Correspondents are predominantly British aristocrats and from aristocratic families (including the Queen, and the Duke of Norfolk) as well as politicians (such as Oswald Mosely) and historians. They also include other notable individuals such as the poet Sir John Betjeman, script writers Jimmy Perry/David Croft (Dad's Army, Are You Being Served?, 'Allo 'Allo!) and actors including Nyree Dawn Porter, (The Forsyte Saga). ...
Dates: 1910s - 2020

Robert Saunders Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 119
Scope and Contents The administrative files of the Dorset West District of the British Union of Fascists and of the Dorchester Constituency of Union Movement, and other correspondence of Robert Saunders, mainly 1935 to 1952; together with some books and pamphlets.In the extent of its coverage this collection appears to be a unique survival: it includes the almost complete administrative files (at least for the period 1935 to 1952) of a District of Sir Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists (BUF)...
Dates: 1933 - 1970

Royal Commission on the National Health Service Archive

 Fonds
Reference code: 143
Scope and Contents

Papers relating to the 1976 Royal Commission on the National Health Service, presented to the University of Sheffield Library by Professor Sir Paul Bramley, a member of the Commission.

For further details of this collection, see the finding aid in the External documents section below.

Dates: 1976

Royden Harrison Positivism Collection

 Collection
Reference code: ROY1
Scope and Contents

This collection consists of around 150 volumes relating to the Positivist movement, including works by Auguste Comte, Richard Congreve, and Frederic Harrison, as well as pamphlets and volumes of key journals. It was assembled by the late Professor Royden Harrison.

For a full listing of this collection, see the External Document Section below.

Dates: 1825 - 1995

Rudmose Brown Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: 252
Scope and Contents The collection consists of correspondence and other material of Robert Neal Rudmose Brown, Professor of Geography at Sheffield University, and relates to his writings on, and interest in, Polar exploration in the period 1922-1937. The letters are mainly written to Rudmose Brown by others, including fellow Polar scientists and explorers, about his books on Polar exploration: 'A Naturalist at the Poles: the Life, Work and Voyages of Dr. W.S. Bruce the Polar Explorer' (1923); and...
Dates: 1922 - 1937

Seemann Slide Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: SLI 4
Scope and Contents

A collection of glass-mounted slides relating to German history, literature, theatre and landscape. Ernest Arthur Seemann was a printer and publisher of art and history books, and these slides likely contain the images that were used in E. A. Seeman's publications.

Dates: [1858 - 1948]

Shaw Manuscripts

 Fonds
Reference code: 427
Scope and Contents

A collection of manuscript musical works composed by John William Shaw (1927-2008). The majority of this collection is undated, but dated material ranges from 1973 to 1999.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid/box list in the External Documents section below.

Dates: c1973 - 1999

Sheffield Bach Society Records

 Fonds
Reference code: 270
Scope and Contents

Records of the Sheffield Bach Society, 1950-2010. The collection consists of the records of the Sheffield Bach Society during its first half-century, from its founding in 1950 up to the year 2010.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid in the External Documents section below.

Dates: 1950 - 2010

Sheffield Committee on Munitions of War Archive

 Fonds
Reference code: 76
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...
Dates: 1915 - 1924

Sheffield Concerts Collection

 Collection
Reference code: PE 20
Scope and Contents A collection of programmes, souvenirs, etc. for concerts held mostly in Sheffield between 1896 and 1984.The collection came to the Library from an unknown source, but it may have been put together by Arthur S. Burrows, conductor and chorus master, as it contains two letters written to him and many of the programmes include his name. The collection consists of programmes, prospectuses, fliers and other material relating to the Sheffield Musical Festival, the Sheffield Musical...
Dates: 1896 - 1984

Sheffield Ecclesall Division Conservative and Constitutional Association Manuscripts

 Fonds
Reference code: 147
Scope and Contents

Documents relating to the Sheffield Ecclesall Division Conservative and Constitutional Association, 1885 to 1929.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid/box list in the External Documents section below.

Dates: 1885 - 1929

Sheffield Educational Settlement Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 91
Scope and Contents

Papers from the Sheffield Educational Settlement during the period of Arnold Freeman’s wardenship (1918-55). The records are incomplete, particularly for the 1930s, but include correspondence, minute books, account books, some published material, play files and information about lectures, classes and activities at the Settlement.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid/box list in the External Documents section below.

Dates: 1918 - 1955

Sheffield Medical Portrait Collection

 Fonds
Reference code: SLI 11
Scope and Contents

Photographs and other portraits of medical personnel and institutions associated with Sheffield and its University, along with a small number of related documents.

The collection has been formed from material already held by the Library, both from University records and from donated material.

For further details of this collection please see the box list in the External Documents section below.

Dates: c1800 - 1980

Sheffield Medico-Chirurgical Society Records

 Fonds
Reference code: 310
Scope and Contents

Papers of the Sheffield Medico-Chirurgical Society and its predecessors, 1841-1972. The collection consists of the extant records of the Sheffield Medico-Chirurgical Society and of some of the various predecessor medical institutions, including book societies, of the early 19th century.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid/box list in the External Documents section below.

Dates: 1841 - 1972

Sheffield Newspapers Collection

 Collection
Reference code: SNC
Scope and Contents The titles below are available in the Special Collections Department of the University of Sheffield´s Western Bank Library. Please note that holdings are incomplete, and that volumes and titles not included in this list may be held elsewhere in the local area.Iris (Sheffield): 1794-1806; 1812-1824; 1831-1832.Sheffield Courant: 1827-1832.Sheffield & Rotherham Independent: 1842-1863 - 2 copies of: 1845, 1846, 1847, 1851.Sheffield Mercury and...
Dates: 1790 - 1851

Sheffield Playhouse Programmes

 Collection
Reference code: PE 28
Scope and Contents

A collection of programmes for productions at the Sheffield Playhouse, 1956-1971. The programmes cover a variety of productions, from Shakespeare to Agatha Christie, John Osborne to fairy tales, and date from January 1956 to May 1971, the year in which the Playhouse closed and the Crucible Theatre opened.

Dates: January 1956 - May 1971

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Batley, Morley and Ossett Labour Party Representative Committee 1
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Beckerlegge, Oliver A., 1913 - 2003 1
Beckett, Francis, Born 1945 1
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Beecham, Thomas, 1879 - 1961 1
Beet, Arthur Edgar, [?] - 1968 1
Bennett, Joseph John, Active 1970s 1
Biggs, Howard (Thomas Howard Ashford), 1917 - 1994 1
Birks, Norman Arthur, 1892 - 1989 1
Blaess, Madeleine, 1918 - 2003 1
Blakeborough, Richard, 1850 - 1918 1
Blundell Jones, Peter, 1949 - 2016 1
Blunkett, David, Born 1947 1
Bonett, Emery, 1906 - 1995 1
Bonett, John, 1906 - 1989 1
Boulton, Christopher Francis, 1927 - 1972 1
Bownas, Geoffrey, 1923 - 2011 1
Bramley, Paul A., 1923 - 2020 1
British Coke Research Association (1944 - 1983) 1
British Orienteering Federation (Established 1967) 1
Brotherston, Gordon, Born 1939 1
Brown, Robert Neal Rudmose, 1879 - 1957 1
Bullough, Geoffrey, 1901 - 1982 1
Burke-Haviland Family, Active c1700s -1850s 1
Burley, George William , 1885 - [1967] 1
Campbell, Ken, Born 1939 1
Campbell, Ruth, Born 1944 1
Carr, William, 1921 - 1991 1
Carver, Catharine DeFrance, 1921 - 1997 1
Champernowne, Irene, 1901 - 1976 1
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Clapham, Arthur Roy, 1905 - 1990 (Botanist) 1
Cooper, F.T., Active 1930s 1
Croft, Susan, Born 1958 1
Crowther, David, [?] - Died 1963 1
Curtis, Mavis, Born 1936 1
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809 - 1882 1
Daykin, Alec, 1918 - 2010 1
Denny, Alfred, 1847 - 1960 1
Denny, Henry, 1803 - 1871 1
Desch, Cecil Henry, 1874 - 1958 1
Devey, George, 1820 - 1886 1
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Fairfax-Blakeborough, John, 1883 - 1976 1
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