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Total number of records: 474818
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| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 94159 |
| Liddle Collection | 33079 |
| English Literature | 30842 |
| Letters Database | 22959 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 21991 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 16283 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 15163 |
| Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive | 12770 |
| University Archive | 11664 |
| Quaker Collection | 11528 |
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Archive Art Collection:
ART 090
ART 090
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...
Archive Collection:
MS/DEP/1979/1
MS/DEP/1979/1
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 ...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD476 (Add1)
YAS/MD476 (Add1)
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...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1
YAS/MS1
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).
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1277/1-2
YAS/MS1277/1-2
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...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1785/add1
YAS/MS1785/add1
20th century
Archive Collection:
FAN/1 in 4
FAN/1 in 4
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...
Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1952/1
MS Dep. 1952/1
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...
Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1956/1
MS Dep. 1956/1
1875-1947
Comprises: (1) Many bundles of legal documents drawn up between the Warping Company and various other companies and individuals during the late nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentiet...
Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1973/1
MS Dep. 1973/1
1862-1866
Papers relating to the fund raised in Leeds for relief of distress in the Lancashire cotton districts caused by the American civil war
In the autumn of 1862, the American Civil War began to affect t...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Abercrombie (1)
BC MS 20c Abercrombie (1)
1928-1969
Contains: (1) Letters of condolence to Catherine and Ralph Abercrombie on the death of Lascelles Abercrombie, Oct./Nov. 1938; (2) Abercrombie family letters, from various correspondents chiefly to Ral...
Archive Object Collection:
OBJ 1
OBJ 1
2000 BCE-1940
This collection includes jewellery, beads, ornaments, seals, coins, pottery, cuneiform tablets, facsimilie objects and glass slides. Many items are said to be from Ur, ancient Mesopotamian (now Iraq)...