| Description | Research notes, correspondence, reviews and articles collected by Alan Keen, relating to the annotated copy of Edward Halle's 'The union of two noble and illustrate famelies of Lancastre and Yorke', 1550. The copy contains over 400 marginal notes believed, by Keen, to be written by Shakespeare and evidence of Shakespeare's residence in Lancashire at the home of Alexander Houghton.
Material includes copies of published academic discussions on the subject including 'In the quick forge and working-house of thought': Lancashire and Shropshire and the young Shakespeare', by Alan Keen (reprint from the 'Bulletin of the John Rylands Library', Vol.33, No.2, March 1951), 'Shakespeare's hidden years: Lancashire Catholic families', by Hugh Dinwiddy, ('The Tablet', Vol. 203, 3 April 1954), and 'By Me: a report upon the apparent discovery of some working notes by William Shakespeare', by Moray McLaren, (London: John Redington, 1949). Also includes copies of reviews, press comments, black & white photographs of Lea Hall near Preston, home of Alexander Houghton of Lea, and various notes and extracts collected by Keen during his
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