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Total number of records: 1367

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Record typeCount
Archives1348
Books and printed items15
Art items2
Objects2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society896
English Literature139
Brotherton Collection129
Feminist Archive North96
Leeds Poetry21
Art and Antique Market8
Business Archives7
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections6
Liddle Collection4
Medical Collections3

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters59
english poetry52
english literature22
english fiction16
english drama15
business records7
textile industry7
diaries6
education6
scrapbooks5

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England6
Yorkshire4
Lockington; Yorkshire East Riding2
Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding2
York; Yorkshire2
Scorton; Catterick; Yorkshire North Riding1
Scotland1
Slack; Longwood; Huddersfield; Yorkshire West Riding1
Sawley In Bowland; Yorkshire West Riding1
Morley; Batley; Yorkshire West Riding1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)5
Thwaite Mills Society4
Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group4
Yvbsg4
Hamilton, David Mbe2
Glover, Jon2
Haffenden, John2
Barker, George (1913-1991)2
Kitson Clark, Mary (1905-2005)2
Harrison, Tony (1937-)2

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 19001280
From 200086

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 19991105
Up to latest262
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1277/1-2
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/MS1853/add1
2009
Archive Collection:
FAN/1 in 4
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...
Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1988/1
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.
Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Abercrombie (1)
1928-1969
Contains: (1) Letters of condolence to Catherine and Ralph Abercrombie on the death of Lascelles Abercrombie, Oct./Nov. 1938; (2) Abercrombie family letters, from various correspondents chiefly to Ral...
Archive Object Collection:
OBJ 1
2000 BCE-1940
This collection includes jewellery, beads, ornaments, seals, coins, pottery, cuneiform tablets, facsimilie objects and glass slides. Many items are said to be from Ur, ancient Mesopotamian (now Iraq)...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Bennett (1)
1991
Comprises the typescript draft of Bennett's introduction for the Faber version of the dramatisation of Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows', produced at the National Theatre in December 1991. T...
Archive Collection:
YAS/DD100
[20th century]
Mainly extracts from registers and pedigrees etc; includes copy discharge and further mortgage on property of Joseph Fisher in Cumberworth, Soyland, Lighthazles, Lockwood, Almondbury and Crosland 1729...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1002
20th century
Original is at Borthwick Institute, York