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Total number of records: 437

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Archives262
Books and printed items175

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture221
Brotherton Collection71
Herbert Read Collection21
Leeds Russian Archive15
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman14
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection8
English Literature8
Quaker Collection7
Ripon Cathedral5
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2

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religion437
manners and customs221
culture165
community life140
occupations98
social life and customs95
english language - dialects79
buildings78
nature74
food68

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Voitl, Herbert16
Frazer, Sir James George (1854-1941)14
Sullivan, Keith Frederick11
Dunn, Ginette10
Tammivaara, Irmeli10
Fry, Caroline (1787-1846)9
Hey, John (1734-1815)7
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
Browne, Sir Thomas (1605-1682)7
Panheinen, Ossi6

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Archive Collection

Gilbert Clive Binyon correspondence and papers

Binyon, Gilbert Clive

19--

Papers, sermons and reports dealing largely with historical and social questions, and including correspondence concerning the proposed SPCK encyclopaedia of the Christian religion. Additional donation...

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Ernest John Tinsley papers

Tinsley, Ernest John (1919-1992)

c.1920-1992

Contains material concerning the Bible, Christology and other Christian doctrines, moral theology, other faiths, education, religion and the arts, broadcasts, publications, sermons, and miscellaneous ...

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Society for the Study of Theology Archive

Society for the Study of Theology

1952-2017

Includes conference and plenary papers, a minute book, correspondence, administrative papers and documents relating to the Colin Gunton Centenary Prize.

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Arabic, Middle Eastern and Asian Manuscripts

500-2000

The Department of Arabic, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies has deposited its collection of Middle Eastern and Asian manuscripts in Special Collections. There are over 370 manuscripts in primarily in...

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Papers of Professor John Wilfred Harvey on philosophy and religion

Harvey, John Wilfred (1889-1967)

19--

These papers were received in February 1975 from Mrs Sarah G Graham, a member of the Harvey family acting under the will. In the main, they consist of manuscripts (or typescripts with manuscript emend...

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NOVELLO, Mary Sabilla (née HEHL)

1789-1860

Mary Sabilla Novello's pocket watch, Will, drafts of letters and songs, thoughts on Christianity and the working classes, scrapbooks and commonplace books, family accounts, prose manuscripts, portrait...

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Manuscripts in Arabic languages

802-1852

This series mainly contains works in Arabic languages. The works which have been catalogued so far are mainly on the subject of Islamic Law.

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National & International Missions to Gypsies, Travellers & Roma; the papers of William Webb

c.1948 - 1958

Papers relating to the work and establishment of national and international religious missions working with [Gypsy, Travellers & Roma] communities. These include but are not limited to; The Church of ...

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Box (I) Reference, research and Papers [c.2011-2015]

c.2011- 2015

Loose papers, printouts of online articles (mainly Le Monde), research material and typescript drafts unattributed and by Zygmunt Bauman (in English and Polish). Also includes works by other authors; ...

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Correspondence and papers UNSORTED (2)

c.1981 -c.2008

Mainly unsorted loose correspondence, papers and cuttings relating to research and writings on Holocaust writing, memorial and testimony. Some arranged in folders (as per original). Includes theses on...

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Parish and Church

[1965-1975]

This subseries, comprising a single file only, includes Werner Kissling's ms. notes on the Foresters' Walk in Coverdale (connected with the Ancient Order of Foresters) and its byelaws; Margaret Ottley...

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Sacred Language Among the Yamba People: A Case Study of the Power of Language

Yeriwa, Jikong Stephen

1979

A study of the sacred language used by the Yamba people of Cameroon, in ceremonies performed within their society throughout the year. The collector selects samples of sacred utterances (prayers, inju...

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