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  • AEH

    Arthur Eaglefield Hull Collection Fonds

    20th century
    Three scores/songbooks of the work of Arthur Eaglefield Hull: 'Hail, Festival Day!' (1907), Russian Organ Album (1915) and Mussorgsky: Sunless (n.d.).

    His cantata 'Hail, festal day!' (VS), is signed by his wife, Bertha Constance Hull, and is slightly annotated. (Former Music Library Stock Shelfmark: 783.4 H-887)

    Russian Organ studies, edited by Arthur Eaglegield Hull, is signed by him and was probably from his own collection. It is also annotated. (Former Music Library Stock Shelfmark: 786.804 RUS)

    Most importantly, his translation of Mussorgsky's songs, Sunless, which is also annotated, possibly by him, and contains (pasted onto the title page) a programme of Russian song recitals given by Vladimir Rosing during World War I to raise money for Russian and Siberian prisoners and casualties. (Former Music Library Stock Shelfmark: 784.3 M-93).

    There is also one file of correspondence related to Dr. Hull, who is mentioned in the Technical College Principal's Report 1915/1916, which stated: 'To celebrate the Shakespreare Tercentenary, a committee, representing the staff and students of the Technical College, organised a celebration at the Town Hall, the programme including a lecture by Dr. A Eaglefield Hull, entitles 'Will Shakspere and his Musicke' with Madrigals and other musical illustrations by members of the Huddersfield Glee and Madrigal Society. The proceeds were devoted to the YMCA Huts Fund.'
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  • AGD

    Arthur Gardiner Personal Papers and Library Fonds

    1841-1987
    Personal papers of Arthur Gardiner, notable conscientious objector during the First World War and later Mayor of Huddersfield.

    Papers include letters and diary, photographs, Conscientious Objection Tribunal and newspaper cuttings. The Library is of works (by other authors) chiefly on socialism, politics, local and national history, science, social history.

    The collections also features an exhibition board of Arthur Gardiner produced for a Local History Exhibition at the University of Huddersfield, 2006.
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  • AIR

    The Future In/Of the Past Fonds

    2017
    This collection derived from a Leverhulme funded 'Artist in Residence' project where Poulomi Desai spent time embedded in the University Archives.

    The collection contains: stainless steel archive box
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  • AJK

    Ashley Jackson Archive Fonds

    1970s
    Rushes and film footage of documentary made by ITV on Ashley Jackson in the 1970s and a digital copy of the documentary (19 film reels, 1 DVD)

    Ashley Jackson's book Yorkshire Moors: A Love Affair, signed and deposited by the author (1 volume)
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  • ALB

    Alberto and Roy Fonds

    1964
    Fabric sample trend books
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  • ALP

    Arnold Leslie Pacey Sermons Archive Fonds

    1939-1990s
    This collection contains the sermons and registers of Arnold Pacey, a Methodist preacher. He preached across a number of circuits in Lancashire and Yorkshire and also went to China to preach there. The collection also includes a biography and diary extracts from his wife Mildred's experiences in China when she was a missionary nurse.
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  • ASC

    Richard Ascough Archive Fonds

    1969-2023
    An annotated list of Richard Ascough compositions with 157 pdfs of musical scores.

    This collection is awaiting detailed cataloguing, please contact archives@hud.ac.uk for further information.
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  • ASV

    Asian Voices Oral History Project Archive Fonds

    2007-2010
    Asian Voices resulted from a £50,000 Heritage Lottery Fund grant awarded in 2008 for the University of Huddersfield to document the experiences of first generation South Asian settlers through a groundbreaking oral history project. West Yorkshire has the highest concentration of South Asian origin residents outside London with particularly large communities in Bradford, Kirklees and Calderdale. Many of the first settlers migrated over fifty years ago and their experiences are largely overlooked in conventional historical records.

    The Asian Voices project aimed to record oral testimonies of first generation settlers from South Asian communities across West Yorkshire in order to preserve their memories for current and future generations. The project consists of a collection of interviews which focus on two main themes, ‘migration and settlement’, and give an insight into issues such as work, worship and leisure. The research offers a window into the experience of settling into Britain and adjusting to life in a foreign environment and celebrates the role first generation South Asian settlers have played in helping to shape multi-cultural Britain.
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  • AWI

    Alistair Wilson Library Fonds

    1865-1986
    Part of the library of Dr Alistair Wilson, Aberdare GP and active member of the Communist Party. Includes photograph of Alistair Wilson circa 1980.

    Part of his library is in the South Wales Miners' Library.
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  • BAM

    Bamforth and Company Limited Collection Fonds

    20th century
    Material relating to all aspects of the output of Bamforth and Co Limited of Holmfirth, including published products and production materials. Products include postcards, greeting cards, lantern slides, photographs and calendars. Production materials include original artwork, printed proofs and photographic negatives. Also publicity material and general business archive papers. In addition there is an archive of research by Jack Sammons, paperwork from Holmfirth Postcard Museum, paperwork from Major Scherer, collection documentation, paperwork and general correspondence.

    Please note that only the original artwork in the collection (reference no. BAM/1) has been listed so far from catalogue data provided by Kirklees Museums and Galleries.

    This collection is owned by Kirklees Museums and Galleries. Heritage Quay provides storage and public access to the collection. Public access to uncatalogued parts of the collection may be restricted, although Heritage Quay will make reasonable endeavours to assist those who want to use the collection.

    Disclaimer: The primary artworks reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. Some of the designs of this period, including those created by black, Asian and minority ethnic or female artists, feature words, phrases, "dialect", portrayals and artistic depictions that can be considered offensive and demeaning. The University of Huddersfield does not endorse the views expressed in such designs, but is presenting this aspect of UK history in order to enable hidden narratives to be uncovered and to strengthen the coverage of under-represented or hidden narratives or unheard/disregarded voices.
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  • BBA

    Brass Bands Archive Fonds

    1835-2022
    The Brass Bands Archive (BBA) records over a century of brass band history in Britain and internationally. The collection includes a vast array of material relating to several aspects of brass band history; including material recording the relationship between banding and industry; records relating to the history of brass band contests; photographs, uniforms, scrapbooks and other ephemera relating to a number of bands and banding individuals; a wealth of brass band publications; and an extensive collection of sheet music.

    There are over 9,000 sets of paper sheet music including manuscripts and typescripts of original arrangements as well as popular songs, themes from television and films, and what is believed to be the only full collection of music as set works at the British Open Championships, the world’s longest continuously running music competition; in excess of 5,500 brass band journals which provide an invaluable history of brass bands in the UK as well as a social history of the period; more than 1,000 vinyl records; over 180 textile stand banners; six original uniforms including a first purpose-made performing jacket from the award-winning Black Dyke Mills band; approximately 80 trophies, medals and commemorative items including the Silver Challenge cup, sponsored by Sir Oswald Moseley to promote his New Party (later subsumed into the British Union of Fascists); 13 boxes of photographs; 10 boxes of books including a book of remembrance for bandspeople who died in the First World War; 19 boxes of contest programmes; and four instruments, including an unusual echo cornet which created a muted effect believed to have been owned by the well-known brass band player Harry Mortimer.

    The Brass Bands Archive was born out of one family’s personal collection of brass band material. Bandsman Walter Ainscough, inspired by his uncle’s passion for collecting programmes and other material from the British Open Brass Band Championship, began his own collection of banding ephemera, which he stored in his garage. The collection was formally established in the 1970s as the National Brass Band Archive. Bandsmen Alan Marsh and Walter Ainscough took responsibility for managing and caring for the collection. In 2018 the lease on the premises in which the archive was stored expired; at which point, the archive’s trustees triggered a clause in the archive’s constitution which transferred sole ownership of the collection to Brass Bands England.

    The National Brass Band Archive was originally separated into an music library and archive collection. The music collection is maintained in a separate series in the Brass Bands Archive arrangement. The rest of the material was arranged by professional archivists employed by Brass Bands England. In the original arrangement, material such as contest programmes, books and trophies were catalogued to item level. However, materials such as photographs weren't catalogued to the same level of detail. Archivists have worked to provide more detail, to item level where possible, to these sections of the collection. The archive material has been rearranged based on the context of the material; such as material relating to contests; relating to banding history; or relating to individual bands and bandsmen.

    The Brass Bands Archive is broken down into the following sections:

    BBA/PB - Publications
    BBA/CM - Contest Material
    BBA/AV - Archive and Heritage Materials
    BBA/MK - Marketing Materials
    BBA/P - Photographs
    BBA/RE - Audio-Visual Recordings
    BBA/SC - Sheet Music

    More information on the contents and arrangement of each section can be found in the corresponding catalogue entries.

    A number of additional donations have been made to the archive since ownership of the archive was transferred to Brass Bands England, including sheet music, programmes, publications and research papers. Some but not all of these donations have been catalogued in the relevant series.

    DISCLAIMER: Some offensive language is found in the collection, particularly in some of the titles of pieces in the sheet music collection. Some of this language has been repeated in the catalogue in cases where this is part of a song title, so as not to prevent these pieces being located if searched for by users. The University of Huddersfield, collector and owners of the archive do not endorse the use of this language, and makes this material accessible with the aim to highlight and deconstruct prejudices.
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  • BCT

    Barnsley College of Technology Archive Fonds

    1920-2012
    This archive contains material relating to Barnsley Mining and Technical College, later the Barnsley College of Technology. In addition to a set of prospectuses covering the years around the 1950s, it also contains supplementary material, including officially published reports on the mining sector, training materials, a sector journal, and some sales material relating to mining equipment. It also contains a 2005 era graduation photograph from when the college became affiliated with Huddersfield as University College Barnsley.
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  • BDB

    Charles Hippisley-Cox: British Dance Band Collection Fonds

    1911-1949
    A collection of approximately 12,000 shellac 78 RPM and vinyl records containing at least 17,000 audio recordings of British Dance Band music from the 1910s to the 1940s. The collection has been assembled by Charles Hippisley-Cox, This collection is the personal record collection of Charles Hippisley-Cox, a Semi-Retired and Occasional Associate Senior Lecturer in Architectural Studies at the University of Huddersfield, who first started collecting the recordings in the early 1970s. The main focus of the collection is British recordings of dance band music from the inter-war period (the "Golden Age" of the British dance bands is widely believed to have been between 1928 and 1935), however there are some early examples of ragtime recordings from the 1910s and many recordings that were released throughout the 1940s. The vast majority of the records in the collection were commercially published 10-inch 78 rpm shellac discs with an A-side and B-side that both contain one track of up to three minutes, however there are also many rare and unreleased recordings that were never commercially distributed, and records that were made of other materials such as vinyl, card, glass, celluloid, aluminium and casein.


    The collection is arranged by the name of the band or surname of the band leader that created the recording. This is the original order in which Charles Hippisley-Cox arranged and accessed the collection. The collection includes the recordingss of many famous dance band leaders such as Bert Ambrose, Roy Fox, Jack Hylton and Debroy Somers, and many famous dance bands such as the Savoy Orpheans, the Savoy Havana Band and the New Mayfair Dance Orchestra, but there are also thousands of recordings of less well-known bands.

    To ensure the long-term preservation of these audio recordings the full collection has been digitised to current audio archival standards and access to the audio recordings is provided by these digital surrogates (copies), the physical records are accessible for researchers to consult alongside the digital audio.

    The collection also includes a copy of the discography British Dance Bands On Record, 1911 To 1945, by Brian Rust and Sandy Forbes. This discography contains information about many of the recordings within this collection.

    Disclaimer: These primary historical recordings reflect the attitudes, perspectives, and beliefs of different times. Some of the music of this period, including that composed by black, Asian and minority ethnic composers, features words, phrases, and "dialect" portrayals that can be considered offensive and demeaning. The University of Huddersfield and the collector do not endorse the views expressed in these collections, but is presenting this aspect of UK history in order to enable hidden narratives to be uncovered and to strengthen the coverage of under-represented or unheard/disregarded voices.

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  • BER

    ERNEST BERK COLLECTION Fonds

    1953-1984
    The physical and digital collection of Ernest Berk. Includes 365 files of audio recordings of the electronic music of Ernest Berk
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  • BGP

    Bow Group Publications Library Fonds

    1905-1985
    Bow Group Publications Library concerning political and social issues. Donated to Heritage Quay by Miss Rachel Elizabeth Whittaker via Professor Brendan Evans.
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  • BIB

    Bilbille and Company Fabric Sample Books Fonds

    20th century
    The Bilbille fabric sample trend books comprise an extensive range of woven, knitted and printed qualities for use in men's and women's fashion. Many samples usefully include the fabric composition, yarn qualities, fabric weight and quality type (dobby, jacquard, print, knit etc) and on occasion the type of machinery used to produce the design. This collection provides a fascinating record of Parisian trends from the 1880s to the mid 1900s as well as a rare resource for anyone wishing to recreate historic fabric qualities.
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  • BLA

    Robert Blatchford Archive Fonds

    1895-1951
    This collection contains the personal and professional papers of Robert Blatchford, socialist campaigner and journalist collected first by his immediate family and then passed into the care of Baron Lord David Clark of Windemere. It contains handwritten and bound and published copies of his poems, articles and other writings, including a matching bound set of his publications from Lord Clark's library. The collection also includes a large amount of correspondence written by Blatchford to his daughters, his personal accounts, records of his war service, newspaper cuttings and scrapbooks of his career.

    Box 1: Personal papers, accounts, correspondence and articles written by Blatchford.
    Box 2: Books by Blatchford from Lord Clark's library, mostly in English.
    Box 3: Bound matching set of Blatchford's books.
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  • BMC

    British Music Collection Fonds

    c1900-2014
    The music library and administrative records of the British Music Information Centre (BMIC).
    In addition to the 255 boxes of administrative records, the music library contains 40,000 scores and over 23,000 sound recordings of 20th and 21st Century British composition (defined by the BMIC as music that has been composed by an individual born or living in the UK). The majority of the collection relates to post-1960 and contemporary music, but also encompasses works from the late 19th century onwards. The collection of scores and recordings contains both published and unpublished works, and includes high-profile composers, such as Britten, Tippett, Birtwistle, Maxwell Davies, Cardew, Harvey, Weir, MacMillan, Turnage, Tate and Adès, as well as emerging composers and less well-known musicians.

    The scores in the collection were catalogued and arranged by BMIC staff into the following self-designed categories with the aim of best assisting users' (particularly would-be performers) access the collection: A - Symphony; B - Orchestra; C - Solo & Orchestra; D - Solo & Strings; E - String Orchestra; F - Music Theatre & Opera; G - Accompanied Choral; H - Classical Chamber (3-6 players); Ha - Chamber Miscellaneous; Hb - Chamber Brass; Hv - Chamber Vocal; Hw - Chamber Woodwind; I - Solo; Id - Duo; J - Piano & Soloist; Ko - Organ; Kp - Piano; L - Piano Duo; M - Song; N - Unaccompanied Choral; O - Band; P - Collections/Anthologies; T - Experimental. This arrangement has been maintained in the catalogue and the physical collection.

    The scores within the collection have a Reference Number that begins BMC/SC/... The recordings within the collection have a Reference Number that begins BMC/RE/...

    To search the online catalogue for a particular score category, type the category name into the 'Term' field. To search for a specific composer's works then type all or part of the composer's name into the 'Person's name' field. To search for the title of a piece then type all or part of the title into the 'Title or description contains' field.

    The sound recordings in the collection include both commercial and private recordings donated by publishers and composers, recordings of concerts and events that took place at the BMIC and other related music organisations (e.g. the Society for the Promotion of New Music), and recordings of BBC Radio 3 broadcasts. The recordings are stored on a variety of formats, including VHS tapes, Betamax tapes, vinyl records, audio cassettes, CDs and DVDs. There is also a very small number of reel to reel audio tapes and DAT tapes. Live concerts promoted by the BMIC and recorded onto Betamax, VHS, DAT and cassette tapes have been digitised and may be available online - digital files will be linked from the individual catalogue records. These concerts were never professionally recorded or commercially distributed, so the sound quality may vary.

    The collection also contains administrative records of the British Music Information Centre. These records concern the management and administration of the BMIC, including its premises, corporate development and finances, as well as records that document the activities, events and projects that the BMIC was involved in. These records also include additional library resources that were available to the Centre's users, including music journals, magazines, newsletters, concert and festival programmes and composer information files. The composer files were compiled by the BMIC and contain varying amounts of information concerning the biographies and works of British composers.
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  • BOH

    Buildings of Huddersfield Project Archive Fonds

    1780-2012
    The Buildings of Huddersfield project was initiated by the Local Architecture Research Group, to research and make available historical information about the architecture of buildings in the town. The Group was made possible by an HLF grant, which funded the creation of the steering group, the research project, and funds to disseminate the information, both through a website and through public events. The project ran from 2008-2012. Also includes a CD ROM.

    Subsequently the project was taken forward by the Civic Society and Local History Society supported by Huddersfield Exposed. A website including information generated by the 2008-2012 project and subsequently greatly expanded can be seen at https://buildings.huddersfieldhistory.org.uk/info.html
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  • BOO

    Albert Booth Photographic Collection Fonds

    1928-2006
    The professional photographic collection and library of Albert Booth, notable Huddersfield photographer.
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  • BPA

    Beryl Price Archive Fonds

    1928-1993
    Manuscript music (mostly unpublished works)
    Published music
    Folder of contracts for publishers
    Folder of programmes, radio broadcasts

    The archive consists of many compositions, mainly part-songs and teaching pieces published by Stainer and Bell, Curwen, OUP and Robertson. There are various choral pieces and arrangements which were not published.

    This collection is awaiting detailed cataloguing, please contact archives@hud.ac.uk for further information.
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  • BSS

    Brearley Baptist Sunday School Library Fonds

    1794-1893
    Books taken from the library of the Brearley Baptist Sunday School.
    The Church was established in March 1846 by a number of the congregation of Ebenezer Baptish Church in Hebden Bridge, who wanted to establish a local Baptist cause. It replaced an earlier Bethel chapel. They raised £3000 to build a new chapel, which open on the 15th July 1875 and was designed by Horsfall, Wardle and Patchett. The Sunday School was also established in this year, and the church continued into the 1890s, when two of the three local mills closed down and people left the district in search of work. The Church was later demolished and houses built on the site.
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  • BTM

    J. Bottomley Home Economics Library Fonds

    1914-1965
    Collection of students school/study books belonging to Miss J Bottomley on the subject of home economics, including cooking, needlework, laundry, housekeeping, food and nutrition.
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  • BUC

    Andrew Buck Archive Fonds

    c.1970
    This collection is currently uncatalogued, please contact the archive team for further assistance.

    3 boxes containing architectural diagrams, photographs and plans.
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  • CAV

    Centre for Visual and Oral History Research Fonds

    2007-Present
    The Centre undertook a number of oral history projects including communities and social groups whose experiences had previously been excluded from traditional sources. This included projects on the history of leisure and commemoration, and work that has offered new perspectives on various immigrant and ethnic minority groups and aspects of women’s history, as well as the labour movement and working class communities. The projects resulted in a number of books, articles, conference papers and project websites.

    The archive includes
    - Greenhead Stories Oral History Project
    - Two Minute Silence Oral History Project
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  • CHL

    John Lancaster Christadelphians Library Fonds

    1847-2008
    Research library on the Christadelphian sect accumulated for MPhil thesis and deposited by Professor John Lancaster (Director of Computing and Library Services, University of Huddersfield).
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  • CHN

    Colin Challen (MP) Archive Fonds

    1910s-2015
    Material relating to Colin Challen's issues of interest, work as a local Labour councillor and regional organiser for Labour, and as MP for Morley and Rothwell.
    Includes many left-wing publications, documents from the central Labour Party and other material.

    The archive is comprised of 8 series as follows:
    CHN/1 issues of interest, particularly the environment and the radical press
    CHN/2 Kingston upon Hull City Councillor
    CHN/3 Labour party regional organiser
    CHN/4 MP for Morley and Rothwell
    CHN/5 Scarborough Borough Councillor
    CHN/6 left-wing publications
    CHN/7 central Labour party
    CHN/8 Yorkshire Consituency Labour Parties
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  • CKL

    Chickens' Lib Archive Fonds

    1970s-2017
    A substantial collection of letters and campaigning material gathered over fifty years, dating from the early 1970s to 2017, and representing the active years of a small voluntary pressure group co-founded by Clare Druce and her mother Violet Spalding.

    The letters, fact sheets, leaflets, posters, videos and press cuttings highlight the gradual development in society towards a recognition that so-called 'food animals' are sentient beings and as such deserve to be given what the late Professor Christopher Wathes described as 'a life worth living'. In the post WW2 drive for cheap and plentiful food, after the years of austerity, the convenient assumption by food advisors and the commercial world of food production was that animals could be treated like machines. There had been no regard for their inherent needs to exhibit natural behaviour patterns, still intact within their ancestral memory.

    Another grave error, was made when the repeated warnings from enlightened members of the medical profession and others, were ignored: don't worry! was the message. Diseases (mostly caused by deprivation and gross overcrowding) would be treatable with the routine administration of antibiotics – usually the very same ones used in human medicine. This gross error of judgement has contributed significantly to the widespread antibiotic-resistance that poses such a real threat to human health today.
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  • CKN

    Catherine Kiernan Papers Fonds

    1967-2007
    23 works composed by Catherine Kiernan, with a recording of 3 works by Nadia Myserscough, Vi McLean and the Rogeri Trio.
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  • CRI

    Cricket Research Centre Collection Fonds

    1897-2014
    Printed sources relating to the sport of cricket chiefly relating to West Yorkshire but including other counties. Includes yearbooks and some VHS.

    Also includes some examples of cricket equipment donated to the University's archive service following The Cricket History of Calderdale and Kirklees Project, cricketheritage.org.uk, from 2008

    Five large framed items returned from Huddersfield Local Studies Library which had been on long term loan.
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  • CRP

    Christopher Reid Papers Fonds

    2003-2008
    Broad description of gift to the Ted Hughes Network, University of Huddersfield, of documents relating to the book Letters of Ted Hughes, edited by Christopher Reid (2007)

    1. Paper Documents:
    Three large ring files of letters, cards, notes, etc, to the editor from TH's correspondents, arranged alphabetically
    One large ring file of correspondence to and from institutions holding TH's papers
    One box file containing editor's working papers, ms jottings, etc, plus post-publication items of correspondence and reviews

    2. SanDisk Memory Stick containing the following:

    Correspondence:
    Copies of letters and emails to and from the editor: 780 pages
    A few brief email exchanges with Faber and Faber editor, Paul Keegan
    Querries to various contributors of letters

    Emory Files
    Miscellaneous material relating to Ted Hughes holdings at Emory University

    Finishing Touches
    Documents relating to copy editing, production, illustrations and photographs, applications for permissions, etc.

    Hughes by chapter
    Early draft of the book, arranged into chapters, prior to final editing

    Hughes Letters
    Draft of book arranged year by year, prior to final editing

    Permissions
    Requests, mainly to libraries and universities

    Post-publication
    Miscellaneous correspondence, reviews, corrections, etc.

    Transcriptions
    Editor's transcriptions, a number done on the spot in various archives
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  • CRS

    Donald Crossley Archive Fonds

    1930s-2011
    Papers collected and/or created by Donald Crossley relating to the poet Ted Hughes. Includes letters, published books of Hughes' work, mss notes, maps, photographs, (including reprographics of photographs from 1937-2008) and scrapbooks of notes and photographs relating to/depicting individual poems.
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  • CRT

    J. Carruthers Collection Fonds

    20th century
    2 photographs, one of Yehudi Menuhin and the other of an unknown person.
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  • CUE

    Continuum Ensemble Archive Fonds

    1993-2016
    This collection contains the working papers of The Continuum Ensemble. This includes records relating to the planning and putting on of performances, the financial side of the running the ensemble, and records of their outputs. This is mainly in the form of media recordings (both in photographic and audio formats) and reviews of performances.
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  • CULL

    Cedric and Eric Cullingford Library Fonds

    1908-2007
    Formerly a Professor in the University of Huddersfield's School of Education and Professional Development, Cedric Cullingford's library consists of two main sections: his library on education, and his father's library (Eric Cullingford) on Anglo-German attitudes and attitudes toward Germany around the time of the Second World War and after. Eric Cullingford was a Ministry of Labour employee and advocate for the reserved occupations system which ensured the supply of goods to the front during the Second World War. A life long fascination with Germany led him after the war to work for the Control Commission in Germany, assisting in the restarting of German industry, and he set up the German Trades Union Federation to encourage good employer/employee relations. He also worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and a number of European embassies. He died in 2009.

    Cedric Cullingford was Professor of Education at the University of Huddersfield. He was also Chair of the Huddersfield Civic Society 2008, chairing a series of events on "A vision for the future of Huddersfield" in June of that year.
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  • CVL

    Colne Valley Labour Party Archive Fonds

    1891-1994
    Records created by the Colne Valley Labour Party in the course of its activities in promoting the support and election of Labour Party candidates for local and parliamentary elections in the Colne Valley parliamentary constituency.

    The collection includes the core administrative records of meeting minutes, annual reports, constitution and rules records, financial accounts, membership records, marketing records, correspondence and working papers. There is also a large amount of material that relates specifically to the Party's work and activities while contesting elections (particularly General Elections) in the Colne Valley.

    There is also a small but significant section of records that relate to the Colne Valley Labour Party creating, collecting and preserving records that reflect its history, these records include souvenir histories and other significant records that the Party believed were important to preserve. Also included in this material are records that relate to Victor Grayson who was a labour candidate for the Party, 1907-1915, and MP for the Colne Valley constituency, 1907-1910. Also two exhibition boards, one of Harlod Wilson supporting David Clark in the 1970s General Election and one of William Hall[local history exhibition at the University of Huddersfield, 2006]

    The Colne Valley Labour Party existed under a number of names and been affiliated to a number of different organisations since it was formed in 1891 as the Colne Valley Division Labour Union. Details of the Party's history can be found below in the Administrative History.
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  • DBY

    Derek Bailey Archive Fonds

    1930s-c 2012
    This archive contains the legacy of guitarist and free improviser Derek Bailey (1930-2005). The collection includes materials of different types, relating to various aspects of the performer’s life. A substantial part of the collection is formed by music recordings both by Bailey and other artists (published by Bailey’s record label Incus Records, by other publishers, or unpublished recordings of various gigs and performances) which appear in a wide range of musical formats (reels, cassettes, CDs, VHSs and others). The archive also contains documents mapping the activity of Incus Records. There is also rich material related to specific events Bailey organized (esp. Company Weeks) or performed at, which contains promotional materials (posters, programmes, brochures) as well as documents related to Bailey’s media presence (reviews, articles, interviews).

    The collection includes manuscripts of Bailey’s guitar arrangements of various musical pieces, as well as scores by various other composers of classical (Debussy, Stockhausen, Bryars) or popular music. There are also notes and sketches pertaining to Bailey’s planned book on guitar performance.

    The archive contains correspondence between Derek Bailey and various other subjects (artists, art institutions, personal relations). There is a collection of photographs from Bailey’s performances and other life events, which includes promotional pictures. The collection also contains materials related to Bailey’s other activities (such as writing of the book Improvisation: Its Nature and Practice in Music), and interests (books from his library, collections of art works and various other visual objects).

    The collection is completed with a selection of objects which Derek Bailey used in his musical practice and guitar play.

    This collection is currently awaiting detailed listing, please contact the archive team at archives@hud.ac.uk for further assistance.
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  • DCB

    David Canter Environmental Psychology Library Fonds

    1892-2007
    The library of works on the discipline of environmental psychology, collected by Professor David Canter and deposited with the University in 2011.
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  • DDC

    Duncan Druce Archive Fonds

    1950s-2015
    7 Boxes containing 62 compositions by Duncan Druce. The collection includes a mixture of handwritten and printed scores, notes and programmes.
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  • DDL

    Denby Dale Labour Party Archive Fonds

    1948-2009
    The archives of the Denby Dale Labour Party which includes minute books, financial records, photographs, promotional fliers and election campaign materials, and a brief history of the Party.
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  • DH

    Hodgson Cricket Collection Archive Fonds

    1938-2010
    This collection contains correspondence and books on Cricket in Yorkshire collected by him.
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  • EMC

    The Robin Adams Early Music Collection Fonds

    1946-2016
    Collection of commercially published vinyl LP records that relate to Early Music and particularly viol music. The collection was assembled by Robin Adams, a trustee of The Viola da Gamba Society.
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  • EN

    England Netball Archive Fonds

    1900-Present
    Records of the start of netball in England and of England Netball and its predecessors from the foundation of the The All England Women's Net Ball Association in 1926 with material up to the present day.

    Main series of records include:
    Annual reports 1927-2021 (EN/CP/1)
    Annual General Meeting minutes 1929- 2001 (EN/CP/4)
    Council minutes 1929-1999 (EN/CP/2/11)
    Committee minutes at EN/CP/2

    Rules of the game, training for umpires and player development 1919-2011 (EN/RU)

    Netball Magazine 1933-2022 (EN/CR/2)

    Records of competitions, domestic and international 1949-2017 (EN/CM)

    Scoresheets for domestic and international matches and tournaments 1949- c.2013 (EN/CM)

    Press cuttings 1938-2012 (EN/MD/3)

    Photographs 1977-2000 (EN/P)

    Audio visual recordings of games 1902-2000s (EN/RE)

    These records were collated and catalogued as part of a Heritage Lottery Fund project in 2016 celebrating 90 years of netball: http://www.ournetballhistory.org.uk/ led by Project Officer Helen Carter with assistance from Tasmine Castle and volunteer Elizabeth Sartori.
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  • FBS

    Friends Book Society Fonds

    1834-Present
    These records reflect the history of the Friends Book Society, founded in 1834. It consists of minute books and two histories of the society. It also includes a small amount of modern material taking the history of the society up to the present day. The minutes reflect the rules of the society and how these have changed over time, the changing membership, the proposal of books, their flow around the membership and their eventual sale.
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  • FHP

    Folly Hall Mill Project Archive Fonds

    c 2009
    This collection contains the research outputs of the community led project into investigating the working life of the Folly Hall Mill, its owners, the Lumbs, and its employees. It contains records of the administrative side of the project, including reports for the Heritage Lottery fund (HLF), records of meetings to plan the project, steering report and other administrative papers. It also includes the outputs of research, including edited and unedited video interviews and copies of photographs. It also includes a copy of the project photographic exhibition boards, and a copy of the project website, which can be located at www.follyhall.hud.ac.uk.
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  • FPP

    Fine Art Poetry Press Fonds

    21st century
    A fine art press producing books and broadsides of well-known poets, including Carol Ann Duffy, Simon Armitage and Michael Longley.
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  • FRO

    Frobisher Family Archive Fonds

    1719-2001
    Family papers, photograph albums and scrapbooks. Records inherited and created by George Frobisher (1911-1997) in the course of researching and publicising his family history. Includes two day books used by members of the family in the late 18th and early 19th centuries and several 19th century photographs. The archive contains material about the explorer, Sir Martin Frobisher.

    The collection is stored in an antique wooden box belonging to the Frobisher family and is arranged as follows:
    FRO/1 Wooden Box
    FRO/2 Day Books
    FRO/3 Photographs and Photograph Albums
    FRO/4 Family History Research Papers
    FRO/5 Family History Scrapbooks
    FRO/6 Correspondence with archivists
    FRO/7 Handwritten family tree
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  • GAS

    Gas Collection Fonds

    1900-1968
    Items relating to Clapham Brothers Ltd., of Keighley (makers of gasworks, ironfounders and general engineers) - 5 boxes.

    Also a collection of 155 books relating to gas and the gas industry accumulated by Mr W. Barwick-Nicholson, employee of Clapham Brothers ltd.
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  • GER

    Roberto Gerhard Digital Collection Fonds

    1954-1981
    This archive is a digital collection of audio, text and images. The archive materials are arranged by tape, with each tape entry comprising edited audio, original audio, transcriptions (where appropriate), and images of the tapes, boxes and other ephemera contained within them.

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  • GGW

    George Glew Archive Fonds

    1956 - 1990
    Published papers and articles either authored or co-authored by George Glew along with approximately 1000 of his 35mm slides, undated but catalogued by subject, that were probably used for lecture demonstrations. Other material features work carried out by members of Leeds University and Huddersfield Polytechnic's food science and catering research teams.
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