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The collection comprise research notes, correspondence, press cuttings and publications, photographs, etc., together with copies of national and local newspapers and journals (which include references to tennis and rackets), which Lord Aberdare assembled in the course of his lifelong research into the history of (real) tennis and rackets, on which he has published the two standard works, The Story of Tennis (1959) and The Willis Faber Book of Tennis and Rackets (1980). Some of the papers were assembled by his father, the 3rd Baron Aberdare (1885-1957), the distinguished athlete, who, with E.B. Noel, was author of First Steps to Rackets (1926) and was editor of the Lonsdale Library volume on Rackets, Squash Rackets, Tennis, Fives and Badminton (1933). The papers were principally assembled over the period since 1932.
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Subjects: '; ...Liverpool UniversityFaculty of ArtsHistory...
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Subjects: '; ...Maritime history...
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Subjects: '; ...LibrariesHistory...
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Photocopy of typescript draft chapter of David Jones' "A study of the foundations of civic Universities: Manchester, Leeds, Liverpool"
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The Aleyn Lyell Reade collection, held at the Special Collections and Archives at the University of Liverpool, contains all the work-related papers bequeathed to the university in 1951. Although some personal documents survive, the majority of the material held here relates to Reade's researches into the origins and early life of Dr Johnson, the Reade family and its associated families, and various other works of a similar nature, as well as contributions to newspapers on these and other topics, including aspects of Liverpool life and culture. The collection contains a vast number of letters, pedigrees and manuscript and typescript notes; printed and bound volumes, newspaper cuttings and articles, maps and portraits. Further details are given in the lower series, including details of families discusses in various sections and the correspondents who have letters featured in particular parts of the collection.
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Subjects: '; ...Science fiction -- History and criticism...
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Subjects: '; ...Science fiction -- History and criticism...
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Subjects: '; ...Science fiction -- History and criticism...
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Subjects: '; ...Science fiction -- History and criticism...
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Subjects: '; ...Roman History...
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Subjects: '; ...EducationHistory...
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The Thomas Mellard Reade papers held in the University of Liverpool Special Collections and Archives Department, contain 1958 letters comprising his scientific correspondence, 28 letters comprising copies of his own letters to correspondents, 42 letters returned from Philip Holland and 1 printed book. All mainly concern aspects of geology and related sciences.
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Subjects: '; ...Maritime history...
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The Blanco White Papers contain correspondence, manuscripts, notebooks and pamphlets relating to the life and works of the Reverend Joseph Blanco White.
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Subjects: '; ...Liverpool UniversityFaculty of ArtsHistory...
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Subjects: '; ...Plant collectingHistory...
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Subjects: '; ...Liverpool University History...
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Subjects: '; ...Liverpool UniversityFaculty of ArtsHistory...
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