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Great Britain

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, which comprises England, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and Wales, as well as works on the island of Great Britain. Works on the Republic of Ireland and on the island of the British Isles called Ireland are entered under Ireland. Works on the non-jurisdictional island group comprising the islands of Great Britain, Ireland, and smaller adjacent islands are entered under British Isles.

Found in 28 Collections and/or Records:

John Trumbull papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 506
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, legal and financial records, and writings which document the artistic career, business ventures, and personal life of John Trumbull. The papers also include correspondence, diaries, and financial and legal records of other Trumbull family members and of related Huntington, Lanman, Silliman, and Wadsworth family members. Files of Theodore Sizer containing his research material and writings on John Trumbull are also in the papers.

Dates: 1750-1961

Thomas Turner papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 509
Abstract:

The papers consist of the 111 volume diary, dating 1754-1765, of Thomas Turner, shopkeeper, school-master, and church warden in the village of East Hoathly in Sussex, England. There is also additional historical material relating to both Turner and his diary including some papers related to its proposed publication in the later 1940s.

Dates: 1707-1949, bulk 1754-1765

David Underdown papers

 Collection
Call Number: OSB MSS 214
Scope and Contents:

The David Underdown papers, which span from 1930-2010, contain correspondence, lectures, teaching materials, personal papers, electronic files, and other materials created by or relating to David Underdown's life and work.

Dates: 1930-2010

Andrew Watt Warden papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1224
Abstract:

Diaries, correspondence, writings, clippings and approximately fifty photographs of family and friends of Andrew Watt Warden. Warden's correspondence with family and friends centers on his interest in social issues and on their responses to both world wars, particularly World War II.

Dates: 1886-1943

Joseph Washburn family papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 1053
Abstract:

Chiefly the sermons of Joseph Washburn, together with a collection of the sayings of others, written down from memory. Also included are a sheet of maxims written out to display fine penmanship and a Yale College song book (1790). Five letters from his son, Elizur T. Washburn to various members of the family were written during 1829 to describe his trip from New York to London.

Dates: 1783-1829

Samuel C. G. Watkins autograph collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 698
Abstract:

Autograph collection of Dr. S. C. G. Watkins of Montclair, N.J. The collection consists mainly of letters (typed and holograph) to Watkins from various important persons in politics, industry, government, and the arts in the early 20th century.

Dates: 1890-1931

Edwin Dean Worcester papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 563
Abstract:

Diaries recording principal events in Worcester's professional and personal life and trips to Europe and to England.

Dates: 1881-1929

William Paul Wreden Collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 564
Abstract:

The collection consists of approximately two hundred letters and several other documents, most signed by English political figures and authors of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Dates: 1772-1918