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16 Letter from W. W. Skeat to W. Aldis Wright Item 9 Mar. (late 19th or early 20th c.)
18 Letter from W. W. Skeat to W. Aldis Wright Item late 19th or early 20th c.
3 The Educational Times and Journal of the College of Preceptors, containing a paper by Alexander J. Ellis entitled ‘The English Spelling Difficulty and its Remedy’ Item 1 May 1870
5 Proof of a pamphlet entitled Glossic, by Alexander J. Ellis, annotated by the author Item c. 5 May 1870
6 Proof of a pamphlet entitled Glossic, by Alexander J. Ellis Item c. 5 May 1870
8 Printed pamphlet entitled Varieties of English Pronunciation, by Alexander J. Ellis Item c. 2 Mar. 1870
10 Proof of the beginning of Book VII of The Letters and the Life of Francis Bacon, ed. James Spedding Item 26 Nov. 1873
12 The Yorkshireman, including an article in Yorkshire dialect by Ben Preston entitled ‘Pauper Papers’ Item 2 June 1877
14 Part of of a plan showing lands proposed to be reclaimed by the Clare Slob Land Reclamation Company, in which the word ‘slob’ has been marked in pencil Item c. 1878
18 Printed prospectus for the English Dialect Dictionary Item 1894
21 Printed prospectus of A Facsimile and Transcript of an Elizabethan Manuscript preserved at Alnwick Castle, transcribed and edited by Frank J. Burgoyne, with a printed order form Item 1904
3 Transcripts by W. W. Skeat of inscriptions in Redgrave church, Suffolk, relating to Sir Nicholas and Lady Bacon, 1609 and 1616 Item late 19th c.
10 Rough notes on Scandinavian words, in an unidentified hand Item late 19th or early 20th c.
11 Notes by W. Aldis Wright on the licensing of plays and playhouses, from Collier’s Annals of the Stage Item late 19th or early 20th c.
12 Note by W. Aldis Wright of two passages in the book of Proverbs echoed in King John and Hamlet Item late 19th or early 20th c.
14 Transcript by W. Aldis Wright of entries in the Stationers’ Register, 2 May-19 Sept. 1605, relating to The Life and Death of Gamaliel Ratsey and Bacon’s Advancement of Learning Item late 19th or early 20th c.
1 Journal of the Society of Arts, containing a paper by Alexander J. Ellis entitled ‘On a Practical Method of Meeting the Spelling Difficulty in School and in Life’ Item 22 Apr. 1870
2 Copies of the Times Literary Supplement with article by D. S. Robertson on Milton's Eikonoklastes Item 15, 22 June 1951
6-7 Letters from Donald L. Clark Item July, Aug. 1951
8-14 Letters from Helen Darbishire Item 1951-1954
15 Letter from Harris Fletcher Item 8 Apr. 1952
21 Letter from Bernard Halliday Item 9 Jan. 1951
34 Letter from Hugh [Macdonald] to D. S. Robertson Item 1 Feb. 1951
38 D. S. Robertson's note about a copy of Milton's Eikonoklastes in Cambridge University Library Item 6 Dec. 1956
39-40 Letter and card from Hugh Thorp of Thomas Thorp, Antiquarian Bookseller Item 1950-1951
44 Letter from E. H. Blakeney enclosing "The Hymn of Cleanthes the Stoic" Item 1947-1948
4 Record of books sent to Rev. Blomfield by James Henry Monk Item 26 Feb. 1811
9 Poem in the hand of J. W. Clark Item [19th cent.]
1-2 Two notebooks containing lecture notes Item [19th cent.?]
6 Notebook containing lecture notes Item [19th cent.?]