Items (599 total)

Title page from a manuscript laying out the words and form of the ceremonies for receiving the habit and profession. Includes a colourfully illustrated title page, and a colourful illustration of the altar at the end of the manuscript.

Two pages from a transcription of the Stations of the Cross by Sister Kitty [Catherine] Witham.

Detail from the Office of the Dead, with a prayer for 'King Henry, our founder', on folio 168v of a Book of Hours for the use of a Syon Abbey nun.

Part of a manuscript draft of the epic poem 'Man'.

Sepia toned photographic postcard showing a man standing on a rocky promontary in South Africa. Written on reverse, 'These Rocks are hot. What a thirst have I! RD'. It is addressed to Mrs Duncan, 9, Chelsham Rd., London, SW4.

University of Exeter: site of Main Library prior to construction.

General exterior photograph of the Main Library

Black and white photograph showing Mahatma Gandhi in semi-profile. The reverse bears crop marks in pencil. [This photo was used in 'The Selected Writings of Mahatma Gandhi, Faber 1951]

Photograph of students in Lopes Hall common room

General exterior view.

Photograph of exterior of Lopes Hall. Lopes Hall ,originally named Highlands, was named after Sir Henry Lopes, Deputy President and benefactor. It opened in 1930 as halls for 70 women and was extended in 1933.

Transcript of a letter from Sister Kitty Witham to her mother, in which she describes the Great Earthquake in Lisbon of 1755 and its impact on the community at Syon Abbey. A paragraph at the end of the letter is addressed to 'Aunt Ashmall'.

Manuscript letter from Sister Kitty Witham to her mother, in which she describes the Great Earthquake in Lisbon of 1755 and its impact on the community at Syon Abbey. A paragraph at the end of the letter is addressed to 'Aunt Ashmall'.

Manuscript letter written after the battle of Al Alamein including a draft of the poem 'Orchids/Song in the Desert' and references to the battle and the retreat of the Germans and Italians.

Manuscript letter including references to the battle of El Alamein, the life in the desert, birds, his finances, banks, hotels and Cairo. Also discussing good books including mentions of James Elroy Flecker, Thomas Hardy, Virginia Woolf, 'A…

Manuscript letter.

Manuscript letter from Tripoli including the story of an Italian family, from Sicily, who had moved in Libya in 1912, after the Italo-Turkish war. The narration provides an insight in the recent history of the Libyan colony and in the current war as…

Manuscript letter mentioning every day life in Sicily and his having started another poem. Also including references to Messina, Castel Mola, his visit to Taormina and a Greek Theatre, Castiglione di Sicilia, Etna and the landscape.

Manuscript letter mentioning the structure of the poem 'Soldier's Prayer', the desert, Suez and the river Nile.