The Miscellaneous Manuscripts include some local history material, particularly relating to nineteenth-century bonds and deeds and to the coal trade as well as A collection of recipes, compiled in the years 1684-5; agriculturalist Robert Bakewell's Letters to George Culley, 1786-1792; eighteenth-century household account books; manuscript letters from Henry Liddell on the 1715 Jacobite Rebellion; early twentieth-century National Service League memoranda; An alphabetical list of members of the Northumberland Militia enrolled between 1809 and 1813, giving their full names, places of residence, trades, ages, dates of enrolment, and parishes for which installed; a fair copy of poems by Mary Coleridge, bound in vellum, which she made for a friend in 1891 and which was later published as Fancy's Following; worksheets, correspondence, typescripts and a postcard relating to Tony Harrison's Newcastle is Peru and letters from Sean O'Casey to the People's Theatre, Newcastle.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts
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- ReferenceGB 186 MISC.MSS
- Dates of Creation1400 - 1981
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description112 items.
- Digital Content
Recipes for Plague remedies from Jane Loraine's Recipe Book, Misc. MSS. 5, Miscellaneous Manuscripts, Newcastle University Library
Scope and Content
Access Information
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Acquisition Information
Incrementally curated and augmented by library staff.
Archivist's Note
This EAD description created 10/12/2018.
Conditions Governing Use
Yes
Accruals
Further material is expected to be added to this collection