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Empson Documents
Fonds
Reference code: 292
Scope and Contents
Material relating to Sir William Empson (1906-1984), poet, academic and critic and his wife, Hetta, Lady Empson (1915-1996), sculptor, political activist and socialite. The first part of the collection comprises papers (mainly letters) from William and Hetta Empson, to each other and to others, notably Walter Brown and David Jones. They include both domestic matters and also descriptions of world events such as their experiences in China during the Communist Revolution, and Hetta´s work in...
Dates:
1915 - 2000
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Literary remains of the writer Arthur Eaglestone aka Roger Dataller
Fonds
Reference code: 425
Scope and Contents
Papers from the life and works of Arthur Eaglestone (1892-1980), worker in the Yorkshire steel and mining industries, Oxford scholarship student, author, and adult educator with the WEA and the University of Sheffield’s Department of Extramural Studies. The material includes both manuscript and printed works, scripts for radio broadcasts, correspondence, and personal and family papers.For further details of this collection please see the finding aid in the External Documents...
Dates:
1920 - 1999
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Moore Smith Manuscripts
Collection
Reference code: 57
Scope and Contents
Family and other papers, working notes and annotated printed texts, including material relating to the life and works of Thomas Randolph, made by George Charles Moore Smith (1858-1940), Professor of English Language and Literature at the University of Sheffield.The collection is of a miscellaneous character, and has been acquired through several separate donations. It consists of a selection of early essays by Professor George Charles Moore Smith; papers and correspondence...
Dates:
1702 - 1950
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
Morris Papers
Fonds
Reference code: 288
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises the surviving personal and working papers, manuscripts and associated correspondence relating to the life and work of Brian Robert Morris, university teacher and professor of English Literature, University Principal, writer, broadcaster and public figure through his membership/chairmanship of many public and private cultural bodies and his appointment to the House of Lords.The papers consist of :Material collected from BRM´s home in Foolow...
Dates:
1912 - 2002
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives
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
Found in:
Special Collections and Archives