Scrapbooks

Scope and Content

This file contains the following, all compiled by Tom Taylor:

  • Scrapbook containing political press cuttings, as well as written work in Greek, dated 1845.
  • Scrapbook labelled on cover: St Albans Bribery Commission October 28th 1851 containing press cuttings.
  • Large scrapbook of political press cuttings titled 1859.
  • Large scrapbook of political press cuttings titled 1860.
  • Large scrapbook of political press cuttings titled Manchester Guardian, dated Nov 1860 to Jul 1861.
  • Scrapbook labelled on cover: Leeds Fine Art Exhibition from the Manchester Guardian, May - Aug 1868, containing press cuttings.
  • Scrapbook containing press cuttings on the poet John Milton, dated 1868.
  • Scrapbook of press cuttings from The Christian World, English Independent, Examiner, Daily Telegram and Daily News, which have been pasted over handwritten notes in German. All cuttings date from 1872.

Physical Characteristics and/or Technical Requirements

One item is stored separately with outsize items due to its size: Large scrapbook of general current affairs press cuttings under such titles as Sanitary & Social, Legal and Irish, dated 1846 - 1847.