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Total number of records: 17222

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Archives14461
Textiles1456
Art items819
Books and printed items441
Objects36
Coins5
Indexes1

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture5868
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive2784
University Archive2531
Student Newspapers1755
International Textile Collection1457
Liddle Collection1060
University Art Collection754
South Bank Show Production Archive668
Cookery Collection383
Brotherton Collection188

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occupations1359
nature1048
culture844
agriculture726
animals700
buildings668
community life587
implements, utensils etc547
english language - dialects464
food363

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England3364
Yorkshire371
United Kingdom328
Indonesia200
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Lancashire154
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Somerset140
Norfolk139

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1408
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)1123
Wright, John T555
Wright, Peter427
Marchini, Guido423
Sykes, Donald Richard340
Barry, Michael V (1935-)320
Brunk, Wille155
Francis, W Nelson (1910-2002)141
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)141

Count of Earliest date

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From 190014949
From 20002272

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Up to 199914420
Up to latest2795

Archive Collection

NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE CRAWSHAW FAMILY OF DEWSBURY AREA, YORK AREA, WOOLLEY, ROYSTON, SHEFFIELD, HALIFAX, NORTH LINCOLSHIRE AND HULL AREAS

c1970

With full references to relevant documents and printed sources including parish registers, wills, Wakefield court rolls, directories and Yorkshire fines.

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Archive Collection

Archive Collection

COLLECTION OF PRESS CUTTINGS, AND ARTICLES ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SUBJECTS COLLECTED BY B G CAMPBELL

20th century

Files, presscuttings, journal reviews, articles and private study notes relating to Europe, Africa, Far East, India, Anglo-Saxon Britain, pottery, querns, vikings

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Archive Collection

PEDIGREES AND GENEALOGICAL NOTES COMPILED BY MEMBERS OF THE YAS FAMILY HISTORY SECTION

20th century

Including pedigrees of Bentley, Dinsdale, Palmer. A list of Jackson entries in the Terrington N. Yorkshire parish registers (18-19th century), a list of early settlers in Whatcom County [Washington, U...

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Archive Collection

PAPERS OF W HORNSBY, SALTBURN, INCLUDING LETTERS AND PAMPHLETS ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOPICS

1902-1937

Including letters received from F Elgee, W Farrer, FG Simpson, F Villey and R E M Wheeler

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Archive Collection

HARTLEY THWAITE PAPERS

20th century

Consisting of notes, transcripts and photocopies of documents and correspondence relating to Yorkshire history, mainly to Abbotside and Wenleydale, and to the Thwaite(s), Metcalfe and other families ...

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Archive Collection

ARCHAEOLOGIAL PAPERS OF F G SIMPSON

1902-1921

Comprising notes and plan of the Leeds area by F Villy nd, traced plan of Castley and Wescoehill 1921, annotated Ordnance Survey maps for Rigton and Wothersome 1902, Alwoodley, Bramham and Newton Kym...

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Archive Collection

Archive Collection

GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND PEDIGREES

1970-1981

Including Beever, Burhouse, Busfield, Clapham, Ferrand, Grace, Hardwicke, Hobson, Jubb, Longhorn, Oates, Paley, Richmond, Stevenson and Talbot, notes relating to Hainsworth, Johnson, Pickles, Tebbet ...

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