Miscellaneous Manuscripts

This material is held atNewcastle University Special Collections and Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 186 MISC.MSS
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1400 - 1981
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 112 items.

Scope and Content

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.

Access Information

Open. Please follow this link for further information about how to access items from this collection: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/library/special-collections/collections/collection_details.php?id=81 .

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