- IRO
- Archive Collection
- 1973 - [ongoing]
Consists of material relating to published and submitted works, marketing sales and publicity, funding applications and literary events hosted by IRON Press.
IRON Press, 1973 -
Consists of material relating to published and submitted works, marketing sales and publicity, funding applications and literary events hosted by IRON Press.
IRON Press, 1973 -
Hospital Archives of Newcastle Royal Infirmary (RVI)
The Hospital Archives are an administrative collection containing statutes and rules, catalogues of medical libraries, early annual reports from the Newcastle Infirmary (founded in 1751) and of the Royal Victoria Infirmary (opened 1906), eighteenth and early nineteenth century reports relating to the Newcastle Dispensary (founded in 1777) and nineteenth century minutes from the meetings of local medical societies.
Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne
Contains the personal archive of poet Vincenza Holland including notebooks; diaries; published and unpublished material; and correspondence with poets local to the North East. Includes drafts of her poetry collection 'Mrs Turnbull's Tree' which was published by Bloodaxe Books in 1990.
Between 1966-73 Holland lived abroad with her family. First in newly independent Lesotho - a country surrounded by apartheid South Africa - but also for 18 months on Corfu. Holland was politically and socially engaged in what was happening around her, and her archive contains many collected documents, cuttings and ephemera relating to her travels.
Holland, Vincenza, 1923-2018, poet
Hodgkin (Thomas) (Physician) Archive
The archive comprises some printed work by Thomas Hodgkin, letters to and from fellow physicians and a box of notes on medical cases, observations, sketches and various fragments.
Thomas Hodgkin (b.1798 - d.1866) was a British physician, considered one of the most prominent pathologists of his time and a pioneer in preventive medicine. He is now best known for the first account of Hodgkin's disease, a form of lymphoma and blood disease, in 1832. Hodgkin's work marked the beginning of the development of the role of the pathologist in being actively involved in the clinical process.
Hodgkin, Thomas, 1798-1866, physician and pathologist
Hodgkin (Thomas) (Historian) Archive
The personal archive of Thomas Hodgkin (b.1831 - d.1913), barrister and later a partner in the banking house 'Hodgkin, Barnett, Pease and Spence', Newcastle upon Tyne. Hodgkin also devoted much time to historical studies, specialising particularly in the history of the early middle ages, and published a number of historical texts during his lifetime. Much of the Hodgkin family papers are held in the Welcome Library in London. The archive held within Newcastle University Special Collections is the personal archive of Thomas Hodgkin and comprises of notes and draft editions relating to his historical research; travel journals, photographs and slides; diaries; a small number of letters; and other published and unpublished material relating to his historical research.
Hodgkin, Thomas, 1831-1913, historian
Consists of the working papers and correspondence of the poet Selima Hill.
Hill, Selima, 1945-, poet
Heslop Harrison (John) Notebooks and Albums
This is a small collection of notebooks and photograph albums which belonged to John William Heslop Harrison (1881-1967), at one time Professor of Botany at Newcastle University. The notebooks contain notes on plant biology, pollination and plant genetics while the albums include photographs of Iraq, dated 1938-1941. The collection also includes Proceedings of the University of Durham Philosophical Society 1955-1956 in various stages of editing.
Heslop Harrison, John, 1881-1967, Botanist.
Havelock (Professor Thomas) Archive
This is a small collection of papers, once belonging to Thomas Henry Havelock (1877-1968), Professor of Mathematics, Newcastle University.
Havelock, Thomas Henry, 1877-1968, Professor of Mathematics
This collection of illustrations by local artist Thomas Hair (c.1810-1875) depicts the mining industry and the coal trade in the North East in the nineteenth century. The illustrations are based on Hair's watercolours on the same topic. The illustrations in the collection highlight numerous aspects of the region's mining heritage, including collieries, machinery, and river trade scenes. Many of the illustrations also show the everyday workings of the industry and those involved in it.
Hair, Thomas Harrison, 1810-1875, Artist.
Consists of 42 prints made from James Gillray's original engravings and documents relating to Newcastle University's acquisition of the prints.
Gillray, James, 1757-1815, caricaturist