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Total number of records: 1186

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Archives688
Books and printed items496
Art items1
Objects1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture546
Brotherton Collection116
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society39
Herbert Read Collection38
Leeds Russian Archive28
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive17
English Literature13
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman11
Quaker Collection11
Liddle Collection7

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SubjectCount
education1186
community life546
culture359
english language - dialects246
occupations174
manners and customs132
agriculture126
nature125
food111
animals108

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England74
Great Britain43
Northumberland29
Lowick11
Embleton11
Leeds, United Kingdom4
Durham, United Kingdom4
Moscow (Russia)3
Italy3
Enfield, Middlesex2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)102
Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed To Inquire Into the Education of the Poor38
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)38
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)23
Barry, Michael V (1935-)22
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)20
Dunn, Ginette17
Wright, Peter15
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)14
Wright, John T13

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From 15003
From 16009
From 1700114
From 1800248
From 1900797
From 200015

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Up to 16999
Up to 1799113
Up to 1899231
Up to 1999801
Up to latest29
Archive Collection:
MS 1314
1848-c.1997
The archive consists of the following: - original MS and TS papers by Sadler (1887-1943), - correspondence (1870-1941) - books or documents held by Sadler (1854-1943) - published works by Sadler ...
Archive Collection:
MS 1342
c.1880-1930
Comprises manuscript notes and press cuttings, mostly on history and education-related subjects
Archive Collection:
MS 1343
c.1903-1961
Comprises: (1) Leeds College of Art papers, ca. 1910-1961, including administrative correspondence, the Principal's annual reports, miscellaneous annual and other reports, notably one of an inspection...
Archive Collection:
MS 1601
1906-1954
Comprises: (1) Minute books of ADSE and AEO Executive Committees, Apr 1906 - May 1954; (2) Minute book of NAEO Executive Committee, May 1908 - Dec 1916; (3) Letter from D.J. Cowan to F.H. Toyne, with ...
Archive Collection:
MS 1602
1970-1988
Comprises: (1) General correspondence, Aug 1977 - Dec 1984. (2) (a) Executive Committee, attendance register, Dec 1970 - Dec 1983; papers and agendas, Jul 1983 - May 1988; minutes, Mar 1984 - Dec 198...
Archive Collection:
MS 1911
c.1967-2007
Includes correspondence, newspaper cuttings, research papers, reports, copies of minutes and publications relating to Gypsies and Travellers collected by Diana Allen.
Archive Collection:
MS 731
1902-1974
Select documents together with photocopies, transcripts and abstracts of documents relating to the West Riding of Yorkshire Education Authority, 1902-1974, but mostly during the directorship of Alexan...
Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1071
[1943], 1954-1959, 2002
Intourist (Inturist) brochures (tourist routes, tour programmes, Black Sea, Caucasus, Minsk, Moscow, Urals) /1-9/. Brochures on Abastumani, Bakuriani, Batumi, Borzhomi, Dzhava, Gagra, Gudauta, Kobulet...
Archive Sub-collection:
MS 1302
1925-1928
Title stamped in gold on front board gives the dates as '1925-1935'. On the spine is stamped the word 'GRANTS'. The cover is green
Archive Sub-collection:
MS 1557
1903-1992
Comprises the administrative papers and correspondence, conference papers and printed reports of the North of England Education Conference in its many different venues around the country between 1903 ...
Archive Sub-collection:
MS 1558
c.1945-1981
1141 pamphlets held in 40 pamphlet boxes on 5 shelves. Sorted and boxed by broad subject. Possibly the bequest of Lord Boyle, ca.1981 Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, P.C., C.H....