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Total number of records: 597
Count of Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture | 173 |
| Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society | 79 |
| Brotherton Collection | 33 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 3 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 2 |
| Ripon Cathedral | 2 |
| Novello Cowden Clarke Collection | 2 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 1 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 1 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Kissling, Werner (1895-1988) | 67 |
| Liman, Ingemar (1938-) | 36 |
| Sanderson, Stewart (1924-) | 24 |
| Thorvaldur Thoroddsen (1855-1921) | 23 |
| Whitaker, William (1836-1925) | 21 |
| Sheppard, Thomas (1876-1945) | 17 |
| Geologists' Association | 15 |
| Lyell, Charles Sir, Bart (1797-1875) | 12 |
| Phillips, John (1800-1874) | 12 |
| Kendall, Percy Fry (1856-1936) | 8 |
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Percy Fry Kendall, letters from various correspondents together with some other documents, all mainly on geological topics, 1886-1932
1886-1932
This list records a collection of 113 letters from various correspondents to Professor P F Kendall, together with a few other documents, all mainly on geological topics.
Record of additions to the library of the Yorkshire Geological Society
Yorkshire Geological Society
1907-1931
Comprises a record of additions to the library, 6 December 1907-December 1923, and December 1931
Catalogue of maps in the Library of the Yorkshire Geological Society
Yorkshire Geological Society
c.1910
Inserted at end: Index Map of the International Geological Map of Europe
Papers and correspondence of the Yorkshire Geological Society
Yorkshire Geological Society
c.1837-1990
Comprises: (1) Membership lists, correspondence, symposia papers, and publications from the 1970s and 1980s; (2) Minute books for 1837-1871 and 1887-1964 in 7 vols; (3) Petty cash books for 1838-1847 ...
Photographs issued by the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society, 1872-1880
Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society
1872-1880
Comprises photographs of the following places: (1) Contorted limestone at Draughton, near Skipton, 1872; (2) Limestone quarry at Ray Gill, near Skipton, with cavity containing mammalian remains, 1875 ...
The Folklore of the Northumbrian Fishing Communities
Robson, Joanne
1967
A study of crab, lobster and salmon fishermen, and the communities in which they live, covering the length of the Northumberlandcoast. In collecting folklore of the area and the industry, the collecto...
Roads and Tracks
1963-1973
This file contains mounted magazine cuttings from 'John Peel Jottings' and 'Country Life', on bridges, cobble-laying, an ancient causeway in Wiltshire, an old tidal cart track at South Foreland (Kent)...
Natural Formations
1964-1973
This file contains items on natural formations and the landscape, including Pauline Flick's article on the Rollright Stones and their conservation, extracted from 'Country Life' (30 August 1973), pp. ...
Treatments and Cures
[1960s-1970s]
This file contains items relating to traditional treatments and cures for common diseases and ailments. This includes a photocopy of the 'Home Remedies' section of 'The Foxfire Book', edited by Eliot ...
Pagan and Christian Mythology
1955-1976
This file contains items relating to pagan gods and legends, giants and Christian mythology. The file includes a copy of Stewart Sanderson's paper, 'Abitanti Soprannaturali delle Acque Scozzesi / Supe...
Notes and drawings on geology, botany, and fossil specimens, by William Barwell Turner.
Turner, William Barwell (1845-1917)
c.1870-1917
Comprises: (1) Bibliographical notes of books on natural disasters; (2) Descriptive and taxonomic notes on the Desmidiaceae, with many manuscript illustrations and a few printed ones also.
Material relating to the geological work of Edward Moore and William Bisat.
Moore, Edward William James
1929-1992
A collection of offprints (many from the 'Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society'), newspaper cuttings, letters, memoirs, etc, relating to the geological work of Moore (1 small box) and Bisat...