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Total number of records: 3444

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Indexes3107
Textiles260
Archives65
Books and printed items6
Coins5
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Quaker Collection3107
International Textile Collection260
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman48
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture11
Brotherton Collection6
Coin Collection5
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections4

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culture3
work3
hospitals2
universities2
religion1
public lands1
uncertainty1
violence1
philosophy1
schools, medical1

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Leeds3444
United Kingdom259
England67
Kashmir21
Yorkshire11
Great Britain5
Europe5
West Yorkshire4
London2
Seacroft1

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People and organisationsCount
University of Leeds147
Yorkshire College39
Lin, Dr Xun - University of Leeds, School of Design34
Manby, J11
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)11
Courtaulds Ltd.8
T. Cross & Co. Bolton8
Cain, Tom5
Duxbury, Mabel5
Edinburgh Weavers5

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From 180048
From 1900209
From 200044

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Up to 189942
Up to 1999247
Up to latest46

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Letters to Gratton Puxon (L-Z)

May/1964 - Apr/1971

Letters from various correspondents (L-Z) to Gratton Puxon [and others] as Secretary of the (National) Gypsy Council. [Some correspondents do not mention surname and are undated]. Correspondents inc...

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Conference Leeds, Apr, 2000.

Apr 2000

Programme and correspondence concerning arrangements for Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a talk "Studying culture in the era of Globalisation" on 25 April 2000 at the "Cultural Studies and Interdisciplin...

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Conference "Insecurity and Safety in the New Millennium: A Colloquium" Mar, 2000, Leeds

Jul 1999 - Mar 2000

Programme and Correspondence concerning arrangements for Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a talk on "Violence - Old and New" on 23 March 2000 at the "Insecurity and Safety in the New Millennium: A Colloqu...

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"Is There life after Immortality?" Jan, 2000, Leeds.

Dec 1999- Jan 2000

Correspondence and Poster concerning a seminar to be delivered by Zygmunt Bauman "Is there life after immortality?" on 20 January 2000 for the Department of Sociology and Social Policy. (University of...

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University of Leeds, Leeds, Dec 1994- Feb 1995

Oct 1994 - Feb 1995

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of 4 seminars (7 December 1994, 18 January 1995, 25 January 1995 and 15 February 1995) for the Centre of Cultural Studies at the University of Leeds...

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Jul 1995, University of Leeds, Leeds (declined)

Jun 1995 - Jul 1995

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's attendance at the University of Leeds dinner for honorary graduands on 19 July 1995. (University of Leeds, 19 Jul 1995)

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University of Leeds, Dec, 1996

Oct 1996 - Dec 1996

Correspondence and programme concerning Janiana and Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of lectures as part of the “Modern Identity, Modern Questions” lecture series for the Centre of Jewish Studies at the...

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University of Leeds, Feb, 1999, Leeds

Oct 1998 - Feb 1999

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's participation in a session titled "Burning Issues" on 19 February 1999 for the Chaplaincy, Emmanuel Institute. (University of Leeds, 19 Feb 1999)

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Jun 2002, University of Leeds, Leeds (declined)

Apr 2001 - Jun 2002

Correspondence inviting Zygmunt Bauman to deliver a speech on 21 June 2002 at a conference for the AHRB Centre for Cultural Analysis. The topic of the speech was "Translating class, alter-ing hospital...

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University of Leeds, Jun 1999, Leeds

Mar 1999 - Jun 1999

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a lecture titled "“Living with uncertainty" on 22 June 1999 for a Sociology conference at the School of Education.

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University of Leeds, May, 1999, Leeds

Jan 1999 - May 1999

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a lecture titled “Modern and Postmodern Adventures of Work” on 27 May 1999. (University of Leeds, 27 May 1999)

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Dec, 2002, Leeds

Nov 2002 - Dec 2002

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's attendance to an event in celebration of Walter Newlyns life on 14 December 2002.

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