This collection comprises a small amount of papers of and relating to William Lisle Blenkinsopp Coulson (1841-1911), army officer and campaigner for animal rights. It includes correspondence, published material relating to Blenkinsopp Coulson, and a number of family items namely a General Pardon granted by Edward IV, an Eighteenth Century recipe book and collections of stamps and postcards.

Bundle of press cuttings concerning William B. Coulson, on the subjects of a memorial to him in Newcastle, and the Newcastle Cat and Dog shelter which he founded.

Comprises two letters concerning William Blenkinsopp Coulson's service as an Aide du Camp in Ottawa, Cananda.

Programme for events at the Tidworth Hippodrome in August 1926.

General Pardon granted by Edward IV to Elizabeth Blenkinsopp in the County of Northumberland for general transgressions, seemingly relating to events linked with the Siege of Harlech Castle (1461-1468) which was a key event in The Wars of the Roses. The document bears the Great Seal of Edward IV [damaged and incomplete].

A manuscript recipe book compiled by Jane Coulson, containing culinary and medicinal recipes. The title page bears the inscription: Choice and Experienced Receipts of Cookery, Preserves, Conserves, Pickles, etc. together with a Collection of Valuable Receipts for Physick collected from Mr John Spearman of Hetton and other able and Eminent Physicians . 186 pages. With a table of contents at the end of the volume. Also with an edition of The London Packet or New Lloyd's Evening Post interleaved in page 143 (now removed to a separate folder but kept alongside the volume).

Letter from Lord Dufferin to William B. Coulson concerning William B. Coulson's service as an Aide du Camp in Ottawa, Canada.

Letter from Major General A. Macdonell to William B. Coulson concerning William B. Coulson's service as an Aide du Camp and an evaluation of his character. [Copy]

Newspaper clipping concerning the wedding of Sophie Dixon [later Blenkinsopp Coulson] to Richard Grahame. This was Sophie Dixon's first wedding.

A collection of 133 unmarked postcards depicting scenes from Europe and an uncut book of postcards from France. Presumed from the early twentieth century.