Manuscripts and Special Collections
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Featured Topic for Friday: A Literary Miscellany.
The spotlight falls on a variety of literature, from fugitive Broadsheets and ballads to the variety of works featuring Nottingham's local hero Robin Hood and examples of the literary genre of history writing for children. Drama and the staging of plays are illustrated through both playwrights at work and amateur actors. Advertising ephemera demonstrates the influence that lies in the very name of Shakespeare, while poems of the 17th century show the power of political satire. 
We see the lives and works of individual writers, through a glimpse of Nottingham's extensive D.H. Lawrence collections and in items from the papers of Henry Kirke White, the local poet. |
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The collections contain many items that show the changes in healthcare and medicine from the past several hundred years. |
Maps, illustrations and travellers' accounts describe early explorations, the experience of visiting foreign countries, and the beginnings of tourism. |
Changing experiences of birth and death, childhood and adult life, work and leisure, are illustrated in letters, images, and printed ephemera. |
Famous wars, and the personal experiences of fighting men, are described in original manuscript accounts, photographs, posters and published records. |
Local authors, including D H Lawrence, join literary figures of earlier centuries in a compilation featuring satire, drama, and ballad literature. |
Memorable events in the history of the University of Nottingham are illustrated, from its civic college origins to current international activities. |
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