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Collapse MS 1575 - Lempriere Collection - [early 18th cent. - 1973]

MS 1575 - Lempriere Collection - [early 18th cent. - 1973]

Expand 1 - Family Papers - n.d. . c. 1791 - 1962

1 - Family Papers - n.d. . c. 1791 - 1962

Expand 2 - Political Papers - n.d. [c. 1887 - mid 20th cent.]

2 - Political Papers - n.d. [c. 1887 - mid 20th cent.]

Collapse 3 - Records Relating To Aeronautical Pursuits - 1891 - [mid 20th cent]

3 - Records Relating To Aeronautical Pursuits - 1891 - [mid 20th cent]

Expand 1 - Records of business - 1889 - 1921

1 - Records of business - 1889 - 1921

Expand 2 - Records relating to clubs and societies - n.d. [early 20th cent.] - 1948

2 - Records relating to clubs and societies - n.d. [early 20th cent.] - 1948

Expand 3 - Biographical - n.d. [early 20th cent]

3 - Biographical - n.d. [early 20th cent]

Expand 4 - Correspondence - n.d. [late 19th cent.] - 1945

4 - Correspondence - n.d. [late 19th cent.] - 1945

Expand 5 - Printed material - 1886 - 1939

5 - Printed material - 1886 - 1939

Collapse 6 - Records of balloon trips and events - n.d. [late 19th cent - c. 1950]

6 - Records of balloon trips and events - n.d. [late 19th cent - c. 1950]

Collapse 1 - Notes recording balloon ascents - 1894 - c. 1950

1 - Notes recording balloon ascents - 1894 - c. 1950

1 - Hand written notes by W. E. Adams, "From the ‘Chronicle' office, Newcastle on Tyne" describing Lempriére's ascents in the Bull Park, Newcastle. - September 1894

2 - Small book that appears to have been used for recording balloon trips, with several inserts including an account of air trip from Cork to Dublin, a "Schedule of requirements for Hot air Balloon", various notes [and lecture notes] re ballooning, memos, calculations, a newspaper cutting [from the Birmingham mail 12 Dec 1941]. - n.d. [late 19th cent - early 20th cent]

3 - Some notes describing a balloon trip. - n.d. [early 20th cent]

4 - Note written by Lempriére and identified by Lempriére as being the original note he left on his Fraserburg Hotel dressing table upon making a parachute descent there. - 1 August 1911

5 - Note [by Lempriére] on the back of Handswoth Horticultural Society stationery re the arrangement of his basket. - n.d. [early 20th cent]

6 - Envelope, the stationery of "Hotel De L'Europe – Anvers", which has locations in Germany written on the front, together with what appears to be times of arrival. - n.d. [early 20th cent]

7 - Envelope, "York Gala 1921, also Tit Bits Feb 19th 1916, Record of Parachute descent" [empty]. - n.d. [c1950]

Expand 2 - Photographs - c. 1890s - c. 1920s

2 - Photographs - c. 1890s - c. 1920s

Expand 3 - Fragmented notes re ballooning - [early 20th cent.]

3 - Fragmented notes re ballooning - [early 20th cent.]

Expand 7 - Marketing and public relations - n.d. [c. 1890s - early 20th cent.]

7 - Marketing and public relations - n.d. [c. 1890s - early 20th cent.]

Expand 8 - Lecture notes and public speaking - 1886 - [1940s]

8 - Lecture notes and public speaking - 1886 - [1940s]

Expand 9 - Newspaper cuttings and articles - 1741 - 1960

9 - Newspaper cuttings and articles - 1741 - 1960

Expand 10 - Miscellaneous - 1891 -

10 - Miscellaneous - 1891 -

Expand 4 - Non Aeronautical Pursuits - 1877 - [early 20th cent.]

4 - Non Aeronautical Pursuits - 1877 - [early 20th cent.]

Expand 5 - Other - [early 18th cent.] - [20th cent.]

5 - Other - [early 18th cent.] - [20th cent.]

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