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British Library, Manuscript Collections: 2016 Accessions

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  • Robert Fordyce Aickman (1913-1981), author and founder of Inland Waterways Association: papers 1849-2015 (Add MS 89209)
  • Edith Allen (fl 1932-1933): corresp about Major General Charles Gordon (1833-1885) 1932-1933 (Add MS 89193)
  • Eleanor Marian Dundas Allen (1892-1953), poet: autograph bound copy of 'The Wind on the Downs' 1917 (Add MS 89200)
  • Beryl Bainbridge (1934-2010), actress and writer: draft pages of the 'Dressmaker' and 'The Bottle Factory Outing' c1972-2010 (Add MS 89195)
  • Dame Joan Dawson Bakewell (b 1933), broadcaster and writer: personal, professional and literary papers c1900-2014 (Add MS 89161)
  • James Graham Ballard (1930-2009), author: two typescripts: 'Dream Cargoes' and 'The Kindness of Women' 1990-1991 (Add MS 89191)
  • John Berger (1926-2017), author and art critic: papers relating to 'A Fortunate Man' by John Berger and Jean Mohr and corresp with Kirstine Williams 1954-1981 (Add MS 89205, Add MS 89187)
  • Carmen Callil (b 1938), publisher, writer and critic: records c1960-2000 (Add MS 89178)
  • William Wilkie Collins (1824-1889), novelist and playwright: playscript for 'The New Magdalen' 1871 (Add MS 89175)
  • Lt Colonel William Gordon Gordon Cumming (1848-1930), 4th Baronet of Altyre: letters about the Royal Baccarat Scandal 1890-1891 (Add MS 89201)
  • Keith Douglas (1920-1944), poet: autograph MS of 'Landscape With Figures' 1943 (Add MS 89216)
  • John Drinkwater (1882-1937), playwright, poet and actor: autograph MS poems 1909-1918 (Add MS 89215)
  • Dorothy Mary Flemming (1896-1996), autobiographist: papers 1981-2003 (Add MS 89210)
  • Hugh Oakeley Arnold-Forster (1855-1909), author and politician: personal and political papers 1858-1979 (Add MS 89170)
  • John Furse (b 1947), artist and film maker: records rel to Bryan Stanley Johnson c1965-2004 (Add MS 89185)
  • Sir Arthur John Gielgud (1904-2000), actor and theatre director: corresp with Mr Scott about 'Hamlet' 1945 (Add MS 89196)
  • Sir John Goodricke (1708-1789), 5th Baronet, diplomat and politician: diplomatic papers 1701-1800 (Add MS 89156)
  • Edward Hardwicke (1932-2011), actor: albums 1935-2004 (Add MS 89206)
  • Travers Rafe Lee Harwood (1939-2015), poet: papers 1962-2015 (Add MS 89192)
  • Elizabeth Hicklin (fl 1954-1956), nurse: letters with Ted Hughes 1954-1956 (Add MS 89198)
  • Elizabeth Johnson (1721-1800), pamphleteer, author: illustrated fair copy of 'Poor Cecile and her Little Chicken' c1800 (Add MS 89212)
  • Patrick Joseph Gregory Kavanagh (1931-2015), writer, poet and actor: records 1948-2008 (Add MS 89172)
  • Sheena Lillian Grant Kendall, composer (1883-1974): First World War diaries 1914-1918 (Add MS 89176)
  • Francis Henry King (1923-2011), author: letters to John Croft c1940-2011 (Add MS 89207)
  • Joan Maud Littlewood (1914-2002), theatre director: records 1931-2002 (Add MS 89164)
  • Pauline Mayne (fl 1947-1997), teacher: records rel to Ted Hughes c1947-1997 (Add MS 89211)
  • Anne Laura McLaren (1927-2007), geneticist: papers c1920-2007 (Add MS 89202)
  • Barry Miles (fl 1943-1997), author: papers 1960-2013 (Add MS 89160)
  • Jean Mohr (b 1925), documentary photographer: papers rel to 'A Fortunate Man' by John Berger and Jean Mohr 1967-1981 (Add MS 89205)
  • Marilyn Monk (fl 1960-2011), developmental biologist: papers 1960-2011 (Add MS 89158)
  • Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808-1877), poet and campaigner for women's rights: letters c1852 (Add MS 89219)
  • Thomas Pickstock (1792-1864), merchant: travel journal 1843-1844 (Add MS 89188)
  • Harold Pinter (1930-2008), actor and playwright: corresp with Jimmy Law, Richard Seaver and Alan Wilkinson c1950-2016 (Add MS 89182, Add MS 89181, Add MS 89222)
  • George Robert Price (1922-1975), evolutionary biologist: mathematical papers c1960 (Add MS 89220)
  • George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950), author and playwright: letter to William Wetenhall 1901 (Add MS 89199)
  • Susan Priscilla Tarleton (fl 1819-1824): journal with associated papers 1812-1980 (Add MS 89190)
  • Bernard John Taupin (b 1950), songwriter: original draft lyrics of 'Candle in the Wind' 1997 (Add MS 89163)
  • Eva Germaine Rimington Taylor (1879-1966), geographer and historian of science: additional papers 1878-1982 (Add MS 89224)
  • William Woodard Self (b 1961), author, journalist, and broadcaster: papers 20th cent (Add MS 89203)
  • Vernon Phillips Watkins (1906-1967), poet and writer: autograph and typescript drafts of poems 1936-1960 (Add MS 89223)
  • Herbert George Wells (1866-1946), novelist: corresp with Dr Henry Hick, physician 1897-1949 (Add MS 89225)
  • Kenneth Charles Williams (1926-1988), actor: diaries, correspondence and general papers 1942-1988 (Add MS 89208)
  • Michael Young (fl 1960-2009), designer: papers rel to Harold Pinter 1960-2009 (Add MS 89180)
  • Lascelles and Maxwell, commission agents, London: letter book 1743-1745 (Add MS 89165)
  • Alan Gradon Thomas, bookseller: papers 1893-1993 (Add MS 89159)
  • Grant of arms to Jean Belmain, French tutor to Edward VI and Elizabeth I 1552 (Add MS 89166)
  • Chantry roll rel to Northamptonshire 1548 (Add MS 89167)
  • Burton Abbey: cartulary c1250-1400 (Add MS 89169)
  • First World War aerial reconnaissance reports and map belonging to Samuel Pepys Cockerell c1914 (Add MS 89194)
  • Combermere Abbey: cartulary 1524-1529 (Add MS 89168)