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Cadbury Research Library : Special Collections regularly acquires rare books, archives and manuscripts, and University Archives, by purchase, gift, deposit, bequest or – in the case of University archives – transfer.

We are committed to publishing information about all these new accessions, on a quarterly basis.

January-March 2012

October-December 2011

July-September 2011

April-June 2011


New accession January-March 2012

Archives and manuscripts

Personal and family papers

Lena Ashwell (1872-1957), actress and theatre manager: Letters of appreciation concerning Lena Ashwell's concert party work during the First World War, c 1915-1916. Finding No: LAdd/6376-6384

Philip Callow (1924-2007), novelist, poet and biographer: Literary and personal papers, including watercolours and artwork in other media by Philip Callow, c 1951-2004. Finding No: MS840

Alice Vera Knight: Correspondence and photographs relating to her experiences living in France whilst working for the American Expeditionary Force in the aftermath of the First World War, 1919. Finding No: MS843

Gladys Bronwyn Stern (1890-1973), writer: revised typescript of the play, 'The Matriarch'. Finding No: MS842

Henry Wyndham (Westminster Chambers): Letters from Frederick Nettlefold (1833-1913) and his son, Frederick J. Nettlefold, 1902-1913. Finding No: LAdd/6374-6375

Records of organisations, societies and businesses

British Association for American Studies (additional deposit): BAAS newsletter, 'American Studies In Britain', issue 106, Spring 2012. Finding No: BAAS

Church Pastoral Aid Society: Additional deposit of records 44 boxes and 1 volume (Acc2012/13)

Liverpool YMCA: Compilation volumes of Liverpool YMCA annual reports 1897-1904 and monthly journal October 1888-September 1889. Finding No: YMCA/ACC54

Artificial collections

Joseph Chamberlain Postcard Collection (additional deposit): 'Chocolat Guerin-Boutron' advertising card featuring a head and shoulders portrait of Joseph Chamberlain, c 1900. Finding No: MS821

Warwickshire pageants and Gwendolen Lally, pageant master, play producer and lecturer: Photographs, printed material and a letter from Lally dated July 1953, c 1906-c 1953. Finding No: MS844

University Archives

Governing Bodies

Senate Committees: Academic Board minutes 1997-2005 (9 vols); Academic Board Chair’s Action papers 1995-2004 (1 vol); Quality Assurance and Enhancement Committee minutes 2005-2009 (5 volumes); External and Collaborative Programmes Committee minutes 2000-2004 (1 vol); Sub-committee for Externally Provided Programmes minutes 1994-1999 (2 volumes); MBA Committee papers 2004-2008 (2 vols); Accreditation Committee, Birmingham College of Food and Tourism minutes 1994-2009 (11 vols). (Acc.2012/16)

Administrative Offices

Academic Office

Degree Congregation programmes, December 2011. (Acc.2012/17)

Records of Academic Faculties, Schools and Departments

Centre for Computing and Computer Science: Papers and photographs generated by or used by information and publicity officers at the Centre for Computing and Computer Science and Academic Computing Service relating to their history, 1973-1994. (Acc.2012/3)

Staff Papers

John Humphreys (1850-1937), Lecturer in Dental Anatomy and Physiology: Personal papers consisting of notebooks on various aspects of local history and archaeology relating to Worcestershire, Warwickshire and Shropshire, and reprints of papers given to local antiquarian and archaeological societies, 1905-1925. Finding No: US130

Edward Adolf Sonnenschein (1851-1929), classical scholar, Professor of Greek and Latin: Research papers largely consisting of offprints of articles published in 'The Classical Review' but also including correspondence between Sonnenchein and other classical scholars, a letter from Oliver Lodge to Sonnenschein following the publication of his book 'The Soul of Grammar', and a volume of press cuttings compiled by Sonnenschein on subjects that interested him, 1887-1928. Finding No: US98

Student (Alumni) Papers

Archibald Dougall: Essay on the geology of the Birmingham district, written for Professor Lapworth’s geology class at Mason Science College, 1896. Finding No: USS65

John Adams Hatfield: Answers to questions on the subject of local geology, written for Professor Lapworth at Mason Science College, 1890. Finding No: USS64

Arthur Woodroffe Manton: Essay on the geology of the Birmingham district, written for Professor Lapworth’s geology class at Mason Science College, 1884. Finding No: USS63

Albert Edward Tooth (b.1905), librarian: Examination, degree and diploma certificates, and Constance Naden memorial prize medal, 1926-1933. Finding No: USS61

Elinor Twigg: Essay on the geology of the Birmingham district, written for Professor Lapworth’s geology class at Mason Science College, 1894. Finding No: USS62


New accessions October-December 2011

Archives and manuscripts

Personal and family papers

Fecitt, Harry (b 1942), soldier and security consultant: photographs of First World War graves of two YMCA workers [serving with the British forces in East Africa], 2011. Finding No: YMCA/ACC53

Williams, (Benjamin) Gordon (1885-1966), Membership Secretary, later Assistant Secretary, YMCA Birmingham: additional items comprising B. Gordon Williams' British war medal, and a badge and Sep 1966 issue of the journal of the Salonika Reunion Association, 20th cent. Finding No: YMCA/ACC51

Chandler, Edmund (fl 1940): school essay by Edmund Chandler on the subject of T. S. Eliot's poem, 'East Coker' with annotations and a signed letter of response by T. S. Eliot, 1940. Finding No: MS839

Chamberlain, (Arthur) Neville (1869-1940), statesman: signed photograph of Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) and National Government Whips, July 1938. Finding No: NCLAdd/177

Records of organisations, societies and businesses

British Association for American Studies: additional issue of BAAS newsletter: 'American Studies in Britain', no. 105, Autumn 2011. Finding No: BAAS

St Andrew's Hall Missionary College, Selly Oak: additional records comprising St Andrew's Hall Council Minutes 1975-1983; St Andrew's Hall staffing sub-committee papers 1988-1993. Finding No: SAH

Young Men's Christian Association: additional records received from South West regional office 1886-2010 (Acc No 2011/80); records dated 1881-2002 (Acc No 2011/84); and additional records of Leicester YMCA, 1951-1964 and Nottingham YMCA, 1962 (Acc No 2011/91) Finding No: YMCA

Zambesi Mission: additional records, [mid 20th cent]-2008. Finding No: ZM

Artificial collections

Joseph Chamberlain Postcard Collection: additional deposit of six postcards relating to Chamberlain, 1900-[c 1906]. Finding No: MS821

University Archives

Administrative Offices

Estates Office: Property deeds for land and premises in Acocks Green formerly in the possession of the University of Birmingham, 1766-1995 (Acc No: 2011/88)

Academic Faculties, Schools and Departments

Faculty of Commerce
Bound examination papers 1904-1910 (Acc No: 2011/89)

Faculty of Science
Bound examination papers 1904-1908 (Acc No: 2011/89)

Department of Chemistry
Album compiled by the Chemistry Department containing paper copies of photographs taken around the university campus and the Vale halls of residence, 1972-1973 (Acc No: 2011/76)

Medical School
Registers recording specimens donated to the pathological museum, 1900-1996 (Acc No: 2011/77)

Halls of Residence

University House
Group photographs of students at University House, pre 1914 and 1944; photograph of the exterior of University House; mounted photographs of the exterior of 215 Hagley Road, the first site of University House before its move to Edgbaston Park Road, with a plan of the site (Acc No: 2011/76)

Staff Papers

Green, Michael (1942-2010), cultural theorist: Papers relating to Green's teaching activities in the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies and the Department of Cultural Studies and Sociology, together with some personal papers relating to his academic career and his involvement in the women's liberation playgroup in Calthorpe Park in the 1970s, 1970s-2000s. Finding No: US129

Student (Alumni) Papers

Cargill, James Donald (b.1940), chemical engineer: Black and white photographs of University Carnival floats in Birmingham city centre, and one photograph of the 'stage staff' float being built, 1959. Finding No: USS60

Rare Books

Louis Charles Bernacchi, 1876-1942
A very gallant gentleman
London: Butterworth, 1933
r G 875.O28B47

Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1833-1898
Letters to Katie, with an introductory note by W Graham Robertson
London: Macmillan, 1925
r ND 497.B8A3-1925

Elkington & Co
Cooking utensils for the up-to-date kitchen
Birmingham: Elkington, 1932
r p q TX 656.E45

Joseph Sampson Gamgee, 1828-1886
On absorbent and antiseptic surgical dressings: a clinical lecture
London: Churchill, 1880
r p RD 113

J & G Archibald Ltd
Builders' ironmongery
Durham: Archibald, 195-
r p HD 9745.G7J36

David Wooster King
LM 8046: the war-diary of a le'gionnaire
London: Arrowsmith, 1929
r D 640.K56

Maple leaf: the magazine of the overseas military forces of Canada
Vol 3, No8, September 1917
London: Maple Leaf Magazine, 1917
r p D 501.M37  

Mentor: Conquest of the poles
Vol 1, No 37, 1913
New York: Mentor Association, 1913

[Individual portraits of explorers with accompanying text: Fridtjof Nansen; the Duke of the Abruzzi; Robert E Peary; Ernest Henry Shackleton; Roald Amundsen; Robert Falcon Scott]
r p G 575.M46

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans, 1880-1957
South with Scott
London: Collins, 1921
r G 850.S4M6

Constance Naden, 1858-1889
Further reliques of Constance Naden: being essays and tracts for our times
London: Bickers, 1891
r PR 5102.N2F87

Constance Naden, 1858-1889
Selections from the philosophical and poetical works of Constance CW Naden
London: Bickers; Birmingham: Cornish Brothers, 1893
r PR 5102.N2A6-1893

Max Plowman, 1883-1941
A subaltern on the Somme in 1916  by Mark VII [ie Max Plowman]
London: Dent, 1927
r D 640.M37

Herbert George Ponting
The great white south: being an account of experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole expedition and of the nature life of the Antarctic, with an introduction by Lady Scott
London: Duckworth, 1921
r G 875.P66

Moritz Retzsch, 1779-1857
Gallerie zu Shakspeare's dramatischen Werken
3 Lieferung: Romeo und Julia
Leipzig; London: Fleischer, 1836
r f PR 2883.R48

Robert Falcon Scott, 1868-1912
Captain Scott's message to England
London: St Catherine's, 1913
r p G 850-1910.S3

Three famous polar explorers: Commander Robert E. Peary; Ernest H Shackleton; Robert F Scott
London: Charles & Dible, 1912
r p G 584.T47

Thrilling experiences in discovering the poles
Chicago: Walter, 1913
r G 590.T47

William Watts
A lecture on the nature and government of the health, delivered at the Philosophical Institution, Cannon-Street, Birmingham, on December the 10th, 1839, to the members of the Lodges of United Brothers
Birmingham: Stone, 1840
r p RA 775.W38

Thomas White
Account of the many and great loans, benefactions, and charities belonging to the city of Coventry
Coventry: Ratten, 1733
r HV 260.C6A33

Maria Lafont
Soviet posters: the Sergo Grigorian collection
Munich; London: Prestel, 2007
Ref NC 1807.S65L34

Rules
Birmingham: Birmingham and Midlands Districts Medical and Surgical
Assoc, 1845

Noel Coward
V kotorom my sluzhim: konostsenarii
Moskva: Goskinoizdat, 1944

Andy Croft
Comrade heart: a life of Randall Swingler
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003
r PR 6037.W83Z63

Cedric Dover
Half-caste: with a preface on prejudices by Lancelot Hogben
London: Secker and Warburg, 1937

J. H. Poynting
Sir Oliver Lodge: a biographical sketch
Birmingham: Cornish Brothers, 1906
r p QC 16.L6P6

Le Brasseur Surgical Manufacturing Co Ltd
Catalogue D: revised list of surgical rubber specialities and pro-race goods
Birmingham: Le Brasseur, 1949

Oliver Lodge
Six Englishmen
Birmingham: Cornish Brothers, 1915

Steven Paas
Johannes Rebmann: a servant of God in Africa before the rise of western colonialism
Nurnberg: VTR, 2011
r BV 3625.K42R43

Ernest Temple Thurston
The cost: a comedy in four acts
London: Chapman & Hall, 1914


New accessions July-September 2011

Archives and manuscripts

Personal and family papers

Barber, Lady Martha Constance Hattie (1869-1933), benefactress and founder of the Barber Institute of Fine Arts: letters from Joane M. B. Stevens, The White House, Eynsham, Oxfordshire concerning the history of Culham Court, with associated research notes. Finding No: LAdd/6366-6370

Butler, Elizabeth (b c 1848) nee Baber: illuminated address, 1881. Finding No: MS836

Carr, Edward Hallett (1892-1982), historian: additional papers comprising unpublished incomplete typescript draft of Carr's second volume on the Comintern, notes, and correspondence, 1940s-1970s. Finding No: EHC

Dunkerley, William Arthur (1852-1941), journalist, novelist and poet: letter, written under the pen name, John Oxenham, to Mrs Colpays Ward June 1925. Finding No: LAdd/6373

Francis, Rev Canon E. W. 'Rufus' (1908-2004), missionary with the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society: missionary journal 1939-1965 and Bible School hostel journal 1963-1965. Finding No: MS837

Holding, Richard (fl 1963): letter from [Dr] Robert J. Hetherington (b c1924), [Birmingham physician] concerning the Upper Saltway, Droitwich to Birmingham Roman road. Finding No: LAdd/6372

Jewell, J. C. (fl 1955): letter to Ealing to Documentary Programmes, Associated Rediffusion Ltd concerning film for a British Andean Expedition. Finding No: LAdd/6371

Tadema, Lawrence Alm:a- (1836-1912), painter: letter from Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt (1811-1888), naval officer and hydrographer. Finding No: ATLAdd/187

Thomson, James C. B. (fl 1975-), YMCA Secretary: additional papers comprising a typescript history on the work of YMCA National Movements and the World Alliance of YMCAs with refugees and rehabilitation 1945-1995 written by J. Thomson 2011. Finding No: YMCA/ACC19

Williams, (Benjamin) Gordon (1885-1966), Membership Secretary, later Assistant Secretary, YMCA Birmingham: records relating to B. Gordon Williams' experiences serving with the British forces in Egypt and the Mediterranean during the First World War; the death of Sir George Williams (1821-1905) and a small selection of YMCA printed material. Finding No: YMCA/ACC51

Johnson, P. T. (fl 1968-), UK Athletics (UKA) and South of England Athletic Association Ltd (SEAA): papers, correspondence and ephemera. Accession No: Acc2011/74

Records of organisations, societies and businesses

YMCA Unofficial Papers:  Exeter Hall printed appeal leaflet. Finding No: YMCA/ACC52

Artificial collections

Scrapbook relating to the Gough-Calthorpe family of Elvetham, Hampshire: newscuttings, programmes and other printed items, much relating to the family's Birmingham interests 1879-1908. Finding No. MS838

Soviet posters: additional deposit of 2 posters, dated 1972. Accession No. Acc2011/79

University Archives

Staff Papers

Barker, Geoffrey Russell (1923-1977), economic historian: Tables of Soviet social statistics, intended for an uncompleted handbook, together with copies of CREES reports, 1970s. Finding No: US128

Davies, Robert William (b.1925), Professor of Soviet Economic Studies, 1965-1990: research papers and correspondence largely relating to work on the Soviet economy, and including research undertaken with E.H.Carr and correspondence between Davies and Carr, 1930s-2000s. Finding No: US125

Grenville, John Ashley Soames (1928-2011), Professor of Modern History, 1969-1994: research papers largely relating to 'The Jews of Hamburg: The Death of a Civilization from 1790 to the Holocaust' including notes, chapter drafts, and supporting papers including photocopies of records from German state archives, 1930s-2011. Finding No: US126

O'Shea, Alan (b.1940), cultural theorist: research papers generated by O'Shea and other members of the Media Group at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, 1977-1978. Finding No: US127


New accessions April-June 2011

Archives and manuscripts

Personal and family papers

Ashley, William James (1860-1927), economic historian and Professor of Commerce, University of Birmingham: copy letter from B. Pickard, 1902. Finding No: LAdd/6360

Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), politician and statesman: letter from James Ward (1843-1925), philosopher and psychologist, 1916. Finding No: LAdd/6361

Cowgill, Anthony Wilson (1915-2009), soldier and engineer: papers relating to the Cowgill inquiry into the repatriation of Cossacks and Yugoslavs at the end of the Second World War by the allies and related material, 1945-1994. Finding No: MS834

Jebb, Eglantyne (1876-1928) philanthropist: correspondence and papers principally as Secretary to the Fund, 1920-1930. Finding No: SCF

Keay, Frank Ernest (1879-1974), Anglican clergyman, missionary and author: personal and family material principally relating to his missionary and clerical career, 1879-c 2010. Finding No: CMS/ACC926

Lodge, Sir Oliver (Joseph) (1851-1940), physicist: letter from Charles Drayton Thomas, 1922. Finding No: OLLAdd/216

Stanton, William (Bill) Graham (1917-1999), author and radio playwright: script of radio documentary drama entitled 'Young Joey', 1968. Finding No: JCLAdd/623

Swingler, Randall (1909-1967) poet and communist: personal, literary and family papers, 1890s-2005. Finding No: MS835

Tadema, Lawrence Alma- (1836-1912), painter: letter from John Fulleylove (1845-1908) landscape painter, 1906. Finding No: ATLAdd/186

Ward, James (1843-1925), philosopher and psychologist:
letters from Henry Jamyn Brooks about his publication 'The Elements of Mind' published 1902, 1902-1904. Finding No: LAdd/6362-6365;
letter from Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour (1848-1930), politician and statesman, 1916. Finding No: LAdd/6361

Records of organisations, societies and businesses

British Association of American Studies: additional records, 1973-2011. Finding No: BAAS

Church Mission Society: Souvenir of the 'Africa and the East' exhibition. Finding No:  CMS/ACC927

Halifax YMCA Amateur Operatic and Pantomime Society: programmes of shows, 1967-1976. Finding No: YMCA/ACC46

Save the Children Fund: minutes, publications, records of its administration and officers including Director General, Finance Department, Publicity Department Overseas Relief and Welfare Department, Commonwealth and Foreign Department and Home Welfare Department; papers relating to its overseas programmes; papers of Eglantyne Jebb as its Honorary Secretary and some personal papers of fieldworkers, 1919-2006. Finding No: SCF

Young Men's Christian Association: Souvenir of the Eagle Hut, London, published by the American YMCA [c 1916]. Finding No: YMCA/ACC38 Z3

University Archives

Academic Faculties, Schools and Departments

Medical School: Registration forms containing personal details of individual students enrolled on courses at the Medical School, 1942-1966. Finding No: UA27/J

Administrative Offices

Marketing and Communications Office: Photographs primarily of members of staff at the University of Birmingham but also of events and visits by politicians or members of the royal family used for promotional purposes and to illustrate news articles in university publications including Buzz, 1980s-2004. (Acc.2011/43)

Media Centre: Production files created by or stored by Paul Morby in his role as producer for the Television and Film Unit, including file relating to filming of the installation of Sir Peter Scott as Chancellor, May 1974, 1969-1975. (Acc.2011/38)

Staff Papers

Gray, Ann, cultural theorist: Papers relating to the work of the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, collected by Ann Gray during her time as a member of staff at the Centre, 1959-1989. Finding No: US120

Hall, Stuart (b.1932), cultural theorist: Papers relating to Hall's research activities at the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies at the University of Birmingham, 1968-1975. Finding No: US121

Hancock, Sir William Keith (1898-1988), historian: Typescript survey of the mixed farming of Bomo village area, Nigeria, with associated correspondence, 1940. Finding No: US124

Pardoe, William John (1909-1968), artist and photographer: Correspondence, photographs, ephemeral material, and copies of books, reprints of articles, and issues of journals containing illustrations by Pardoe, 1927-1974. Finding No: US123

Sparks, Colin, cultural theorist: Papers relating to and generated by the Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies, collected by Colin Sparks during his time there, 1968-1974. Finding No: US122

Turner, Harold (1911-2002), Presbyterian minister, missionary scholar: research papers comprising correspondence, lecture notes, and files relating to various research projects, particularly to new religious movements in Africa, 1900-2007. Finding No: US114

Wade, Owen Lyndon (1921-2008), Professor of Therapeutics and Clinical Pharmacology: Papers comprising autobiographical reminiscences, personal and professional correspondence, diaries, medical notebooks, research notes and papers, papers relating to Wade's role as Dean of the Medical School during the smallpox infection crisis in 1978, and family papers including material of Wade's wife, Margaret, 1930s-2008. Finding No: US83

Student (Alumni) Papers

Oram, Augustus Clive (b.1907), brewer: Photographs, printed material and ephemera relating to Oram's time studying Biochemistry and Malting and Brewing at the university and to his involvement with the Guild of Undergraduates, on the Carnival committee and as President of the Guild, 1924-1930. Finding No: USS58

Smith, Alfred Percy (1890-1916), Captain, RAMC: Sporting medals awarded by the University of Birmingham for athletics, together with badges of the Royal Army Medical Corps, 1912-1916. Finding No: USS57

Rare Books

William R Dickinson
Cumbriana: or fragments of Cumbrian life
London: Whittaker, 1876
r DA 670.C93D53

Elijah Walton
English lake scenery with descriptive text by T G Bonney
London: Thompson, 1876
r q QC 921.W3

Christopher Marlowe
Dramatic works
London: Simpkin & Marshall, 1820
r PR 2661.O93

Charles Henry Timperley (1795-1861)
Encyclopaedia of literary and typographical anecdote
London: Bohn, 1842
r Z 116.T56

Harriet Martineau (1802-1876)
A description of the English lakes
London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1858
r q DA 670.L1M37

George Newby
Henllywarc: or, "The Druids' temple," near Keswick: a poem
London: Longman, 1854
r PR 5103.N45H46

John Pagen White (d. 1868)
Lays and legends of the English lake country: with copious notes
London: JR Smith, 1873
r PN 6110.P7L35

Ednah Robinson Aiken (1872-)
The hate breeders: a drama of war and peace in one act and five scenes
Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1916
r PS 3501.I55H3

Dora Sigerson Shorter (Mrs Clement Shorter, d 1918)
The sad years
London: Constable, 1918
r PR 5450.S7S23

John Still
Poems in captivity
London: John Lane, 1919
r PR 6037.T55P64

Otto Dix (1891-1969)
Der Krieg: 24 Offsetdrucke nach Originalen aus dem Radierwerk von Otto Dix
Berlin: Nierendorf, 1924
r p ND 588.D4A4

Will Grohmann (1887-1968)
Willi Baumeister par Will Grohmann; portrait grave' sur bois par G. Auber
Paris: Gallimard, 1931
r p ND 588.B29A4

Carl Hofer (1878-1955)
Karl Hofer: das gesammelte Werk: AusstellungSta"dtische Kunsthalle Mannheim
Mannheim: Sta"dtische Kunsthalle, 1928
r p ND 588.H643A4

Sittengeschichte des Proletariats: der Weg vom Leibes- zum Maschinensklave
Wien: Verlag fu"r Kulturforschung, 1926
r HQ 23.S58

Reinhold von Walter (b. 1882)
Ernst Barlach: eine Einfu"hrung in sein plastisches und graphisches Werk
Berlin: Furche-Kunstverlag, 192-
r p NB 588.B2W35

Eric J Bradley
A voice from the far away : poems
Great Britain: Bradley, 1915
r PR 6003.R158A6

John Drinkwater, 1882-1937
June dance
[S.l.]: Privately printed for the author, 1916
r p PR 6007.R5J86

Harold C Lings
Musketry lectures for officers & non-commissioned officers
2d ed
London: Gale & Polden, 1915
r p UD 155.G7L56

Phil Piratin, 1907
Our flag stays red with a foreword by William Gallacher
London: Thames, 1948
r p DA 685.S77P57

Whispers from Wendover ward
Edited by "Staff"
Hull: St John VAD Hospital, 1918
r p D 629.G7W45

Whizz-bang!
February 1918
Bicester: W.E. Pankhurst, printer, 1918
r p D 629.G7W45

John Brandane [pseud ie, John MacIntyre]
Rory aforesaid, and The happy war
Two plays
London: Constable, 1930
r p PR 6003.R214A6

C Haddon Chambers
Saving grace: a comedy in three acts
New York: Brentano's, 1918
r p PR 6005.H25S28

Joe Corrie
And so to war: a satirical comedy
Glasgow: Bone & Hulley, 1936
r p PR 6005.O68A53

Joe Corrie
A Man o' war: a comedy in one act
[Scottish Plays No. 12]
Glasgow: Brown & Ferguson, 1929
r p PR 6005.O68M36

Maurice Dalton
Sable and gold: a play in three acts
Dublin: Maunsel and Roberts, 1922
r p PR 6007.A468S23

Monckton Hoffe, b 1881
The faithful heart: an original play
London: Heinemann, 1922
r p PR 6015.O1702F35

Gertrude E Jennings
Waiting for the 'bus: a play in one act
London: French, 1919
r p PR 6019.E52W35

Fryniwyd Tennyson Jesse (1888-1958)
Billeted; a comedy in three acts
London: French, 1920
r p PR 6019.E7B55

Mowll
Photograph of Richard Cadbury
Birmingham

Louis Charles Bernacchi, 1876-1942
A very gallant gentleman
London: Butterworth, 1933
r G 875.O28B47

Edward Coley Burne-Jones, 1833-1898
Letters to Katie, with an introductory note by W Graham Robertson
London: Macmillan, 1925
r ND 497.B8A3-1925

Elkington & Co
Cooking utensils for the up-to-date kitchen
Birmingham: Elkington, 1932
r p q TX 656.E45

David Wooster King
LM 8046: the war-diary of a le'gionnaire
London: Arrowsmith, 1929
r D 640.K56

Edward Ratcliffe Garth Russell Evans, Baron Mountevans, 1880-1957
South with Scott
London: Collins, 1921
r G 850.S4M6

Constance Naden, 1858-1889
Further reliques of Constance Naden: being essays and tracts for our times
London: Bickers, 1891
r PR 5102.N2F87

Constance Naden, 1858-1889
Selections from the philosophical and poetical works of Constance CW Naden
London: Bickers; Birmingham: Cornish Brothers, 1893
r PR 5102.N2A6-1893

Max Plowman, 1883-1941
A subaltern on the Somme in 1916  by Mark VII  ie Max Plowman
London: Dent, 1927
r D 640.M37

Herbert George Ponting
The great white south: being an account of experiences with Captain Scott's South Pole expedition and of the nature life of the Antarctic, with an introduction by Lady Scott
London: Duckworth, 1921
r G 875.P66

Moritz Retzsch, 1779-1857
Gallerie zu Shakspeare's dramatischen Werken
3 Lieferung: Romeo und Julia
Leipzig; London: Fleischer, 1836
r p f PR 2883.R48

Thrilling experiences in discovering the poles
Chicago: Walter, 1913
r G 590.T47

Thomas White
Account of the many and great loans, benefactions, and charities belonging to the city of Coventry
Coventry: Ratten, 1733
r HV 260.C6A33

Maria Lafont
Soviet posters: the Sergo Grigorian collection
Munich; London: Prestel, 2007
r Ref. NC 1807.S65L34

Birmingham and Midland Districts Medical and Surgical Association
Rules
Birmingham: [Birmingham and Midlands Districts Medical and Surgical
Assoc, 1845

Andy Croft
Comrade heart: a life of Randall Swingler
Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2003
r PR 6037.W83Z63

Cedric Dover
Half-caste with a preface on prejudices by Lancelot Hogben
London: Secker and Warburg, 1937

J. H. P.
Sir Oliver Lodge: a biographical sketch
Birmingham: Cornish Brothers, 1906
r p QC 16.L6P6

Catalogue D: revised list of surgical rubber specialities and pro-race goods
Birmingham: Le Brasseur, 1949

Oliver Lodge
Six Englishmen
Birmingham: Cornish Brothers, 1915

Steven Paas
Johannes Rebmann: a servant of God in Africa before the rise of western colonialism
Nurnberg: VTR, 2011
r BV 3625.K42R43

Ernest Temple Thurston
The cost: a comedy in four acts
London: Chapman & Hall, 1914