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Total number of records: 478299
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| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 94125 |
| Liddle Collection | 32998 |
| English Literature | 30841 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 23913 |
| Letters Database | 22959 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 16280 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 15146 |
| Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive | 12769 |
| Quaker Collection | 11478 |
| University Archive | 11407 |
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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...
Aztec Calendar or Sun Stone
1908-1910
Sculpted Aztec calendar in a frame. This type of calendar is a 'Cuauhxicalli' (eagle's bow), but it is more known commonly as an Aztec calendar.
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 ...
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...
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...
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).
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...
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...
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...
Yorkshire Land and Warping Company, Business Archive
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...
Lancashire Cotton Districts Relief Fund, Leeds, Archive
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...