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Total number of records: 530315

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Books and printed items238332
Archives188161
Indexes46469
People and organisations44087
Coins6124
Textiles4109
Art items1844
Objects1184

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection97997
Liddle Collection33460
English Literature33005
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society24078
Letters Database22966
Leeds Russian Archive16870
Herbert Read Collection16432
University Archive13799
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770
Quaker Collection12007

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SubjectCount
world war, 1914-19185895
culture3280
occupations2592
english poetry2582
english language - dialects1988
society of friends1852
community life1845
agriculture1722
nature1689
jews1681

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Great Britain8520
England6048
France3608
Rome2129
Soviet Union1647
London, United Kingdom1351
Europe1221
Russia1012
United Kingdom945
Greece921

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)4836
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)4527
Anonymous2648
Great Britain2377
Church of England2123
National Women'S Aid Federation1769
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1701
Women'S Aid Federation England1697
Women'S Aid1697
Women'S Aid Federation of England1697

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Archive Art Collection:
ART 090
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...
Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1980/1
Ripon Cathedral (Dean and Chapter) Archive
12th century - 21st century
The greater part of their accumulated archives was very generously deposited recently in the Brotherton Library of the University of Leeds by the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. It is hoped that by this ar...
Archive Collection:
MS/DEP/1979/1
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 ...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD1
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...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD476 (Add1)
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...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1
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).
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1277/1-2
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...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1773/add1
FURTHER NOTES ON THE ELLA, USFLETE AND HALDENBY FAMILIES, ALSO NEW HISTORY OF SWANLAND 2006 (PHOTOCOPY)
2009
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1785/add1
FURTHER PAPERS OF THE MANBY FAMILY INCLUDES INVITATIONS TO A CONFERENCE IN FRANCE 1934 AND LEAFLET RELATING TO FRENCH COATS OF ARMS
20th century
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1816/add1
PAPERS RELATING TO REGENERATING LANDMARK HERITAGE MILLS, CONFERENCE HELD AT MANNINGHAM MILLS, BRADFORD
2010
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1853/add1
KIRK DEIGHTON: A HISTORY IN PICTURES - VERSION 2
2009
Archive Collection:
FAN/1 in 4
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...