Manchester City Council

Gleave Brontë collection

  1. The Brontës sisters, Charlotte (1816–1855), Emily (1818–1848), and Anne (1820–1849), were all well-known poets and novelists in the 19th century.

    This is part of the Moss Side collection which is made up of: Gaskell, De Quincey, Gleave Bronte collections. John Albert Green, the librarian from 1895 of the then independent Moss Side Library, persuaded several local and international collectors as well as relatives of famous authors to donate their collections to our library. The Coleridge collections also belonged to him.

  2. What's available

    We hold:

    • the books and pamphlets collected by Joseph James Gleave of Whalley Range relating to the Bronte sisters, that were donated to Moss Side library at the turn of the century
    • early editions of the sisters' books
    • numerous newspaper cuttings from the early part of the 20th century

  3. How to access

    Ask a member of staff in the Central Library search room for a printed bibliography which shows a list of items.

    You can also look at items from the collection in the search room, please make an appointment (with at least one day notice). Or see what we have online:

  4. Go to the collection

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