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Total number of records: 520695

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items238310
Archives187800
Indexes46460
People and organisations40231
Textiles3533
Art items1843
Coins1335
Objects1178

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection97969
Liddle Collection33460
English Literature33002
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society23961
Letters Database22964
Leeds Russian Archive16868
Herbert Read Collection16429
University Archive13799
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770
Quaker Collection11999

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-19185895
culture3280
occupations2592
english poetry2582
english language - dialects1988
society of friends1848
community life1845
agriculture1722
nature1689
jews1681

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain8519
England6047
France3606
Soviet Union1647
London, United Kingdom1351
Rome1205
Europe1114
Russia1011
United Kingdom907
Greece872

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)4834
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)4527
Anonymous2647
Great Britain2377
Church of England2123
National Women'S Aid Federation1769
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1701
Women'S Aid1697
Women'S Aid Federation of England1697
Women'S Aid Federation England1697

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From 15007814
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From 1800127359
From 1900268577
From 200017876

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Up to 1899109644
Up to 1999274634
Up to latest43322

Archive Art Collection

Japanese prints

1735-1873

Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Two sets depicting Kabuki plays: 'Chushingura' by Utagawa Hiroshige and 'The Sugawara Tragedy' by Utagawa Sadahide. Also a singular print: 'View of a Dramatic Perfor...

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Archive Collection

Carlton Hill Collection

17th-20th century

The Carlton Hill collection of archives contains records of meetings of the Society of Friends for the mid-part of the old West Riding of Yorkshire (now divided between West and North Yorkshire), and ...

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Archive Collection

CARTULARIUM ACASTRENSE VOLUME 1

1282-1518

A collection of charters bound together in a case. They relate principally to lands, etc., in Acaster Malbis, but there is a deed relating to Chevermunt, and another to Bishopthorpe. Four of the chart...

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Archive Collection

PAPERS RELATING TO ELLAND AND HALIFAX, MOSTLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CROSSLEY AND WHEELWRIGHT FAMILIES

19th-20th century

Includes family papers relating to the Crossley family including correspondence, valuations, insurance, wills etc. Papers relating to the Wheelwright Family. Papers relating to Mearclough Mill. Pap...

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Archive Collection

COPY LETTERS FROM RALPH THORESBY TO VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS

1695-1724

Also includes a list of books, and a copy of the "Answer to Priestcraft" written by Thoresby's friend Richard Thornton (see Ducatus Leodiensis p536).

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Archive Collection

Stone heads index

1960s-1970s

Card index of approximately 1000 individual photographic recordings of stone heads, mainly from the West Riding of Yorkshire. Each recording generally consists of the event date (eg of finding or reco...

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Archive Collection

1 in 4 Collection

c1986 - 1998

The collection contains organisational papers including journals, minute books, correspondence, training information, legal guidelines and associated material. Files also include extensive reference m...

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Archive Collection

Association of Engineers, Leeds, Archive

1865-1999

Comprises: 1) Minutes of the various council, open, special and annual general meetings of the Association, 1865-1997, with printed notices of these forthcoming meetings pasted into the volumes at the...

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