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Total number of records: 248

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Books and printed items228
Archives20

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Brotherton Collection80
English Literature13
Leeds Russian Archive7
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society5
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections5
Herbert Read Collection3
Quaker Collection3
Cookery Collection1

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voyages and travels248
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black people7
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slavery6
voyages around the world5
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travel4

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Kerr, Robert (1755-1813)18
Churchill, John8
Locke, John (1632-1704)8
Churchill, Awnsham8
Osborne, Thomas8
Churchill, John (1695-)8
Osborne, Thomas (1767)8
Churchill, Awnsham (1728)8
Mandeville, Sir John7
Locke, John6

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Archive Collection

Dorothy Mary Leak correspondence and papers

Leak, Dorothy Mary (1903-1989)

1909-1989

Contents include: (1) Diaries; (2) Letters to Miss Leak; (3) Various documents relating to her life and professional career; (4) Gardening diaries from 1944 to 1987; (5) Accounts of her travels in Bri...

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Archive Sub-collection

GARNETT Collection

[1891- 1892], 1904, 1913, 1983

Modern prints, negatives, annotated photocopies of photographs of Russian subjects relating to Constance and David Garnett's Russian trip in 1904 /1-40/. "David Garnett, CBE [1892-1981]: A Writer's Li...

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Archive File

Miscellaneous press cuttings, compiled by the Sturge Family

Sturge Family

c.1910-1940

Comprises mainly material from 1910 to 1940 on social policy, Joseph Sturge the Quaker philanthropist, the history of Birmingham, gardens, travel, and the First World War

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Diary of a journey round Australia and back to England

1876

Covers a sea voyage round Australia, a journey inland to New South Wales and Victoria, and a voyage back to England

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Archive File

Journal of John Spencer-Stanhope: account of his travels in Spain and North Africa

Spencer-Stanhope, John (1787-1873)

1810-1811

Commences at both ends. Ff. 71v-78r are blank

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Diaries of Professor A.J. Grant, devoted mainly to holidays and travel

Grant, Arthur James (1862-1948)

1910-1947

Contents are as follows: (1) 1910; (2) 2 July 1913 - 16 Jan. 1914 (New Zealand); (3) 13 Sept. 1916 - 30 July 1920 (holidays); (4) 23 March - 13 Sept. 1921 (Belgium, Langdon Beck, Rosthwaite); (5) 27 M...

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Diary for the year 1827, giving an account by Frederick Culling Smith of his journey to Portugal and his activities there on the staff of Sir Henry Bouverie's expedition, including notes on political events in Portugal and Britain

Smith, Frederick Culling

1827

Written in the diary portion of 'Thomas's Daily register; or, complete remembrancer, for 1827'. Bound in half-leather. Front cover inscribed in ink: 'Frederick Culling Smith 1827'.

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Nine letters from Joseph William Dunning to his father, Joseph Dunning, solicitor of Leeds, describing his tour in Scandinavia, 1856

Dunning, Joseph William (1834-1897)

1856

Details of the sequence of letters: (1) Hull, 13 June 1856. 4 ff.; (2) Christiania [Oslo], 17 June 1856. 4 ff.; (3) Trondheim, 27 June 1856. 12 ff.; (4) on board 'Prinz Gustav', 2 July 1856 [continued...

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Autobiography, by Herbert Thompson
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Autobiography, by Herbert Thompson

Thompson, Herbert (1856-1945)

c.1940

Contains recollections of the author's life and career, including his Yorkshire ancestry; earliest recollection, of the death of the Prince Consort in 1861; school in Wiesbaden, 1872-73; St John's Col...

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A memoir of John William Wade, son of John Wade, wool merchant of Leeds, by his mother, Anna, together with transcripts of letters written by him to his parents during his tour through Germany and Austria in 1860

Wade, Anna

c.1875-1900

Includes two bound copies and one typescript copy of the memoir of John William Wade. Bound copy 1, memoir pp. 1-53, letters, pp. 55-123, one autograph letter, mounted, p. 125 and bound copy 2, memoi...

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Archive Print Item

Personal narrative of travels to the equinoctial regions of America during the years 1799-1804 (v.1)

Humboldt, Alexander von (1769-1859); Ross, Thomasina; Bonpland, Aimé (1773-1858)

1852-1853

Dates of publication: v. 1-2: 1852; v. 3: 1853. "Printed by Harrison and Son, London Gazette Office, St. Martin's Lane; and Orchard Street, Westminster."--t.p. verso. Publisher's advertisements on...

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