Printed Material, 1830s - 1840s

1) Poem, 'Why should we Pray' from the 'Shepherd', printed for the Rochdale Secular Society (1p) (1834)

2) Printed handbill for the newspaper 'The True Sun' (2pp) (undated)

3) Handwritten bill of money borrowed from William Jackson Snr. by Holyoake for his father and mother for the sum of seventeen pounds and sixteen shillings, Birmingham (30 June 1840), with receipt of payment from Thomas Van for the sum of one hundred pounds (24 December 1822)

4) Handwritten note explaining the money borrowed for his father and mother to start a small commercial enterprise (see iii above) (1p) (undated)

5) Handbill for two lectures on the progress of civilisation by J.L.Levison, organised as a monument to the late Charles Pemberton (18 and 20 May 1840)

6) Receipt for Mr Groves for payment for evening tuition for his grandson, Holyoake, annotated by Holyoake (1831)

7) Handwritten notes entitled 'The following 10 articles are all that I consider necessary to believe in Order to Salvation' by Holyoake (2pp) (30 March 1835)

8) Handdrawn circular diagram illustrating the 'Chaos of the Mind' (undated)

9). Handbill for a syllabus of lectures concerning ancient theatres and theatricals by Mr Southwell at the Paragon Coffee House (undated)

10) Order with W.H.Smith completed partially in Holyoake's mother's hand (undated)

11) Press cutting regarding the annual meeting of Birmingham Mechanics Institution from the Birmingham Advertiser (12 January 1835)

12). Article, 'Mechanics Institution' from the Birmingham Journal (28 July 1832)

13) Press cutting of letter by Holyoake to the Editor of Mona's Herald regarding Mechanics Institutions (24 September 1838)

14) Handbill entitled 'The Friends of Liberty of Conscience: More Religious Persecution' featuring copy of the warrant for the arrest of Charles Southwell for Blasphemy

15) Printed resolution of the Birmingham Mechanics Institution regarding C.R.Pemberton, with ink sketch of sea captain and copy of sonnet by William Watts in Holyoake's hand (19 March and 10 June 1840)

16) Handbill entitled 'Reply of the Board of Management of the Hall of Science to the unjust and libellous attack on them by the Editor of the Worcester Herald' (1p) (21 January 1841)

17) Memorial card for the death of Holyoake's daughter, Madeline, aged two and a half (17 October 1842)

18) Small poster advertisement entitled 'The God Delusion destroyed by "The Oracle of Reason"' (undated)

19) Handbill of letter entitled 'Brindley's Character' by Thomas Willey (29 May 1840)

20) Small printed advertisement for journal 'The Movement' (undated)

21) Press cutting of review of the book 'Lectures on the Philosophy of Mesmerism' by John B.Dodd of the United States (undated)

22) Press cutting of article, 'The Movement, Anti-Persecution Gazette and Register of Progress' edited by Holyoake and M.Q.Ryall, from the National Reformer and Manx Review (undated)

23) Press cutting of small advertisement for the journal 'The Movement' from The Penny Saturday (undated)

24) Press cutting of review of the journal 'The Movement, Anti-Persecution Gazette and Register of Progress', edited by Holyoake and M.Q.Ryall (undated)

25) Press cutting of article 'The Chartist and their Censors' from The Northern Star (24 February 1844)

26) Press cutting 'Popular Outbreaks in Germany' (undated)

27) Press cutting of review of the journal 'The Movement', edited by Holyoake and M.Q.Ryall from the Communist Chronicle, No.14, Vol.1 (undated)

28) Press cutting of article, 'Address to Robert Owen Esq., on his departure to America, from the Conductors of the "Movement"' by Holyoake and M.Q.Ryall from the People's Rights and Working Man's Advocate (14 September 1844)

29) Press cutting of small advertisement for 'The Movement, Anti-Persecution Gazette and Register of Progress' (undated)

30) Press cutting of article, 'Abusive Blasphemers' from the Northampton Herald (undated)

31) Press cutting of review of 'The Movement, Anti-Persecution Gazette and Register of Progress' from The Northern Star (18 January 1845)

32) Handbill entitled, 'Address to the Working Men of Sheffield, on the New Born Love of the Middle Classes' by 'A Looker On' (19 February 1842)

33) Handbill entitled, 'A Letter from Richard Carlile to the Inhabitants of Bristol' (19 September 1842)

34) Handbill for the Cheltenham Free Press concerning the imprisonment of Holyoake and George Adams for blasphemy (16 August 1842)

35) Handbill entitled, 'Wholesale Persecution!! Arrest and Committal of George Jacob Holyoake, George Adams, Harriet Adams (his wife) and Child - for Blasphemy' (undated)

36) Copy of Government Act to define the Jurisdiction of Justices in General and Quarter Sessions of the Peace (30 June 1842)

37) Booklet entitled, 'A Calendar of the Prisoners in the County Gaol for Trial at the Summer Assizes for the Said County to be held at the Shire Hall, Gloucester' (6 August 1842)

38) Edition of the Cheltenham Free Press and Stroud Intelligencer covering Holyoake's blasphemy trial (20 August 1842)

39) Handbill for a meeting of the National Anti-Corn Law League at the English Opera House featuring an address by Richard Cobden (13 May 1843)

40) Handbill for the periodical 'The Investigator', edited by Charles Southwell (1 April 1843)

41) Press cutting of small advertisement for the work, 'A Brief Account of the Death of Mr Richard Carlile' by Alfred Carlile (undated)

42) Press cutting of small advertisement for the work, 'A New Portrait of the Late Mr Richard Carlile' (undated)

43) Handbill for a course of lectures, hosted by the Theological Association at Bayley's Coffee House, New Compton Street, London, including lectures by C.J.Smith, M.Ryall and J.Skelton (April - May 1843)

44) Handbill advertisement for the London co-operative newspaper 'The Weekly Free Press' (undated)

45) Handbill entitled, 'Unjust Charge Against Goodwyn Barmby the Communist' featuring letter from Barmby to the public (undated)

46) Handbill for dramatic performances of 'The Merchant of Venice, 'Hamlet' and 'The Spitalfields Weaver', hosted by the Rational Society in celebration of the liberty of Charles Southwell at the Rotunda, Blackfriars Road (7 March 1843)

47) Prospectus for the work 'Practical Grammar, or Composition Divested of Difficulties' by Holyoake (1844)

48) Handbill for booksellers and printers Thomas Paterson's, 38 West Register Street, Edinburgh, mentioning the sale of the periodicals 'The Oracle of Reason', 'The Investigator' and others (undated)

49) Edition of Hunt's London Journal (16pp) (6 July 1844)

50) Handbill entitled, 'An Appeal to the Humane and Benevolent' concerning the case of Thomas Paterson (1p) (2 copies) (undated)

51) Printed copy of poem, 'The Last of the Martyrs' by Emma Martin (1p) (undated)

52) Handbill advertising the publication of the first edition of 'The Plebeian, or Poor Man's Advocate' (1p) (undated)

53) Handbill entitled, 'Manifesto of Matilda Roalfe, Bookseller, 105 Nicolson Street to the People of Edinburgh' (2pp) (undated)

54) Prospectus for the second edition of 'Practical Grammar, or, Composition Divested of Difficulties' by Holyoake (2pp) (1844)

55) Handbill for a series of lectures 'Belief in a God' by Charles Southwell at the South London Hall of Science, Rotunda, Blackfriar's Road (1p) (undated)

56) Prospectus for an improvement class, hosted by the Theological Class an conducted by Holyoake (1p) (undated)

57) Handbill for a course of lectures to be delivered by Holyoake at the Hall of Science, Manchester (June - July 1844)

58) Copy of preface to the book 'Practical Grammar, or, Composition Divested of Difficulties' by Holyoake (2pp) (1846)

59) Handbill regarding the death of soldier Frederick John White through flogging after a court martial (1p) (1846)

60) Prospectus for 'The Atheon', curated by Holyoake (1p) (1845)

61) Handbill for a course of Sunday evening lectures, hosted by the Utilitarian Society at the Hall of Science, City Road, featuring the lectures 'Public Institutions as Agents of Progress', 'Knowledge without Books' and 'Unseen Enemies' by Holyoake and others by 'Eugene', with advert for Holyoake's book 'Practical Grammar, or, Composition Divested of Difficulties' on reverse (2pp) (undated)

62) Small poster for a series of Sunday morning and evening eclectic lectures to be delivered by Holyoake at the Social Institution, 27 Great Hamilton Street (1p) (15 November 1845)

63) Small poster. Handbill for a series of lectures on science, literature and morality by Holyoake at the Hall of Science, Carden Street, Blockhouse, Worcester (1p) (undated)

64) Small poster for a series of Sunday morning and evening eclectic lectures by Holyoake at the Hall, Orr Street, Paisley (24 February 1846)

65) Small coloured poster advertisement for 'The Reasoner: Gazette of Secularism', edited by Holyoake (1p) (undated)

66) Handbill advertisement for 'The Reasoner' and the increase to 16 pages of the journal (1p) (undated)

67) Prospectus for a series of popular lectures on grammar, logic and rhetoric by Holyoake at the City Mechanics Institute, 3 Gould Square, Crutchedfriars (September 1847)

68) Edition of 'The Citizen: a monthly periodical devoted to the advocacy of political, religious and commercial freedom' (8pp) (1 June 1847)

69) Handbill for a series of Sunday evening lectures by Holyoake, hosted by the Utilitarian Society at the Hall of Science, City Road (1p) (undated)

70) Handbill for a series of Sunday evening lectures by Holyoake, hosted by the Utilitarian Society at the Hall of Science, City Road (1p) (November - December 1847)

71) Handbill for a series of Sunday evening lectures by Holyoake, hosted by the Utilitarian Society at the Hall of Science, City Road (1p) (December 1847 - January 1848)

72) Handbill for a series of Sunday evening lectures by Holyoake, hosted by the Utilitarian Society at the Hall of Science, City Road (1p) (undated)

73) Handbill for a series of Sunday evening lectures by Holyoake, hosted by the Utilitarian Society at the Hall of Science, City Road (1p) (undated)

74) Small poster for a lecture by H Ierson on the morals taught by Christ and the Apostles, in reply to lectures by Holyoake, at the Rooms, Dychurch Lane, Northampton (1p) (14 March 1847)

75) Small poster for a public meeting by the South London District Oddfellows Literary Institution at the Marquis of Granby, Union Street, Borough, featuring an address by Holyoake (1p) (24 September 1847)

76) Handbill for a series of Sunday morning lectures by Holyoake at the Literary Institution, John Street, Fitzroy Square (2pp) (December 1848 - January 1849)

77) Handbill for a series of Sunday morning lectures by Holyoake at the Literary Institution, John Street, Fitzroy Square (1p) (October - November 1849)

78) Prospectus for a course of lectures, hosted by the Gravesend and Milton Mechanics Institution at the National Free School, King Street, featuring a lecture 'On Popular Rhetoric' by Holyoake (January - March 1848)

79) Small poster for a select course of four lectures by Rev. Dr.West of Edinburgh with the intention of being 'an anecdote for the poison of infidelity so abundantly administered in these parts' at the Baptist Chapel, West Street, Rochdale (15 July 1848)

80) Printed page advertisement for a day school for boys at the National Hall School, 242 High Holborn (28 February 1848)

81) Printed small advertisement for a limited print of the work 'Public Speaking and Debate' by Holyoake, printed by T.Fisher Unwin (1849)

82) Ticket for evening lectures to Schoolmasters and Ushers at University College, London, made out for Holyoake (1849-1850)

83) Handwritten testimonial for Holyoake by Seth Raby on behalf of the Board of Management of the Worcester Branch of the Universal Community Society of Rational Religionists (1p) (1849)