University Archives
Letters, diaries and autobiographical writings
The Archives hold a wide variety of letters, diaries, autobiographies and memoirs, with examples from the 18th to the 20th centuries, composed by men and women from all walks of life, including members of the landed gentry, politicians, business people, members of the armed forces, writers, political activists and travellers. Most of this material is unpublished, but there are a few cases, such as John Courtney’s diaries, where material has been edited for publication and comparisons can therefore be made between manuscript and published versions.
A-G
Charles George Ammon | Robin Page Arnot | Baines family of Bell Hall | Chichester family | Constable-Maxwell family of Everingham | John Courtney | Hetta Empson | Forbes-Adam family of Escrick | John Good |
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William Hay | Hotham family of South Dalton | Howard family of Melbourne and Sutton-on-Derwent | John Conyers Hudson | Sydney Larkin | Harold Laski | Conrad Noel | Ogle family of Flamborough | Sykes family of Sledmere | Frank and Myfanwy Westrope | Edgar P Young |