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Total number of records: 3062

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives3029
Books and printed items27
Art items3
Objects3

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2306
Brotherton Collection225
English Literature212
Feminist Archive North96
Business Archives54
Leeds Poetry22
Medical Collections13
Art and Antique Market10
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections7
Cookery Collection6

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters122
english poetry79
business records48
textile industry46
english literature41
english fiction24
english drama21
commercial correspondence14
diaries12
education8

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Yorkshire49
Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding30
York; Yorkshire26
Burton Constable; West Newton; Swine; Yorkshire East Riding16
Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding10
England7
Mirfield; Yorkshire West Riding6
Yorkshire West Riding5
Doncaster; Yorkshire West Riding5
London4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Radcliffe Family10
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)5
Blakeston Family4
Thwaite Mills Society4
Yvbsg4
Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group4
Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937)4
Shorter, Clement King (1857-1926)3
Rockley Family3
Dorothy Una Clough3

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 1600350
From 1700429
From 1800916
From 19001280
From 200086

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1699136
Up to 1799294
Up to 1899802
Up to 19991532
Up to latest298

Archive Art Collection

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...

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Archive Collection

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 ...

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Archive Collection

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...

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Archive Collection

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).

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Archive Collection

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...

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Archive Collection

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...

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Archive Collection

Association of Engineers, Leeds, Archive

1865-1999

Comprises: 1) Minutes of the various council, open, special and annual general meetings of the Association, 1865-1997, with printed notices of these forthcoming meetings pasted into the volumes at the...

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Yorkshire Land and Warping Company, Business Archive

1875-1947

Comprises: (1) Many bundles of legal documents drawn up between the Warping Company and various other companies and individuals during the late nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentiet...

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