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Great Britain -- History

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

English Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection

 Collection
Call Number: MS 753
Abstract:

An artificial collection of correspondence, financial, legal, and government documents, political memoirs, military records, literary manuscripts, and autographs relating to Great Britain, 1362-1945. An anonymous essay about Charlotte Corday, memoirs attributed to George Grenville, and writings by George Grote and Sir Henry Maine are included.

Dates: 1362-1945

Wallace Notestein papers

 Collection
Call Number: MS 544
Abstract:

The papers consist of correspondence, writings, printed material, notes, speeches, and other papers of Wallace Notestein, historian, teacher, author, and Sterling Professor of English History at Yale from 1928-1947. The bulk of the papers consist of letters received by Notestein from other historians, scholars, writers, students, and publishers and relate largely to academic and professional matters, to politics, and to his personal life.

Dates: 1899-1969

[Parliamentary speeches, debates, etc., and other miscellaneous manuscripts]

 Collection
Call Number: OSBORN FB138
Abstract: Collection of 46 manuscripts, in multiple secretary hands, of Parliamentary speeches and miscellaneous notes. Many of the Parliamentary speeches concern the power and influence of George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, including a remonstrance by the House of Commons against the Duke of Buckingham's influence on Charles I; John Digby, Earl of Bristol's response to charges of high treason for his opposition to the Duke of Buckingham; and a speech by Richard Weston, Earl of Portland, conveying...
Dates: [mostly 1620-29]

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