ALR - The Works and Papers of Aleyn Lyell Reade

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.

Peet - The Henry Peet Collection

The collection contains the following material: maps, plans, process blocks, correspondence, transcriptions of original documents, electrotypes, woodblocks, prints, glass negatives and photographs of Liverpool that Henry Peet had acquired or prepared for his research on Liverpool Local History.