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Total number of records: 2712

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives2681
Books and printed items25
Art items3
Objects3

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1982
Brotherton Collection218
English Literature212
Feminist Archive North96
Business Archives49
Leeds Poetry22
Medical Collections13
Art and Antique Market9
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections7
University Archive5

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters122
english poetry79
business records44
textile industry43
english literature41
english fiction24
english drama21
commercial correspondence12
diaries11
education8

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Yorkshire31
Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding25
York; Yorkshire19
England7
Mirfield; Yorkshire West Riding6
Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding6
Burton Constable; West Newton; Swine; Yorkshire East Riding6
Horbury; Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding4
Doncaster; Yorkshire West Riding4
London4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Radcliffe Family10
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)5
Blakeston Family4
Thwaite Mills Society4
Yvbsg4
Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937)4
Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group4
Shorter, Clement King (1857-1926)3
Dorothy Una Clough3
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)3

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 1700429
From 1800916
From 19001280
From 200086

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1799207
Up to 1899715
Up to 19991496
Up to latest294

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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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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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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Lancashire Cotton Districts Relief Fund, Leeds, Archive

1862-1866

Papers relating to the fund raised in Leeds for relief of distress in the Lancashire cotton districts caused by the American civil war In the autumn of 1862, the American Civil War began to affect t...

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Association for the Reform of Latin Teaching Archive

Association for the Reform of Latin Teaching

1912-2001

Comprises the complete text of the earlier manuscript minutes and the more recent typescript minutes of the Association from its inception in 1912 until 2001.

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