Manuscripts - R-Z

A revealing manuscript letter by Ronald Reagan written on his personalised Warner Bros notepaper. In it Reagan discusses the origin of his poor handwriting with his correspondent, Jean Murgatroyd, rem...

An autograph letter from the Buddhist High Priest Weligama Sri Sumangala Thera to his friend of longstanding, the English poet Sir Edwin Arnold. Writing from an address in Kalutara on 21st Feb 1901 Su...

An unpublished manuscript of sermon notes written in Welsh by the Bardic poet William Rees also known as Gwilym Hiraethog. The volume is a small octavo in size and bound in its original worn but intac...

A single page note in blue ink by Willy Coppens which discusses the varied and contrasting means of controlling an aircraft, 'Je considere le "manche a balai" comme un organe de commande par...

A collection of two dozen letters dating from the 1860s written to the company of Samuel Cunliffe Lister. Lister was a leading British industrialist based in the Yorkshire town of Bradford. Thanks to ...

A delightful collection of about twenty letters from the great and the good of late Victorian England to the acclaimed poet Sir Edwin Arnold. The poet's diverse experience is apparent in his range of ...

3 Reporter Notebooks; One photograph and an invitation to the 40th Anniversary celebrations of the Siege of Tobruk. A candid and detailed three volume diary written by a serviceman from Hull describin...

A single sided typed letter from Vita Sackville West discussing the art of poetry. The author writes in November 1946 to Raymond Fieldhouse using 'Sissinghurst Castle' headed note paper. Sackville Wes...