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Published and handwritten music collected by Johann Kruse during his student years and professional life as a solo violinist, chamber music player, conductor and teacher. It includes violin technical studies, sonatas, concertos and other performance pieces with piano or orchestral accompaniment,piano works and vocal works. Some violin and piano pieces have been annotated with bow and/or fingering marks. A majority of the pieces are inscribed with Kruse's name and title, and a few have been signed by composers.

Calendars of prisoners and transportation documents 1782-83, 1805-47 held at Lancaster Castle and the Houses of Correction at Preston, Salford and Liverpool, giving details of names, ages, crimes, sentences and including a list of convicts under sentence of transportation.

General and personal correspondence, a diary and other papers relating to Beveridge's visit to Australia and New Zealand in 1948, and papers relating to his lectures and broadcasts, and the 'Crusade for world government'.

The collection is diverse, consisting of correspondence, poetry, autobiographical prose, articles, lectures, broadcasts, reviews and printed material.