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Total number of records: 85466

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Books and printed items56729
Archives25012
Indexes3347
Art items316
Objects56
Coins1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection85466
Herbert Read Collection16257
English Literature15295
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections4618
Leeds Poetry4260
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse3440
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1257
Rudolf Laban Collections961
ApIvor Collection527
Cookery Collection52

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english poetry1670
romanies1147
letters1130
art893
english literature677
letter662
poets, english650
art, modern522
pre-raphaelites504
socialism501

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Great Britain1669
England350
Sheffield (England)304
France301
Europe251
Genoa, Italy178
London, United Kingdom169
Yorkshire (England)163
Spain156
Soviet Union136

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Anonymous1453
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)1080
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)941
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)751
Sala, George Augustus504
Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum442
Amsterdam (Netherlands)400
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)387
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)339
Crossley-Holland, Kevin291

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Up to 189922210
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Archive Collection

Ralph Abercrombie correspondence

Abercrombie Family

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...

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Alan Bennett, draft of the introduction written for the dramatisation of 'The Wind in the Willows' at the National Theatre in 1991.

Bennett, Alan

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...

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Michael Millgate correspondence

Millgate, Professor Michael (1929-); Thwaite, Dr Ann (1932-); Thwaite, Anthony (1930-)

1986-2011

Comprises mainly Professor Michael Millgate's correspondence with Dr. Ann Thwaite. Also includes some correspondence with Dr. Anthony Thwaite.

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Archive Print Collection

1890's Literature (Brotherton Collection)

1890s

Literary works published in the final decade of the 19th century. The collection also contains a small number of more recent works surveying the literary and artistic movements and ideas of the closin...

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Archive Print Collection

Gosse (Brotherton Collection)

1829-2014

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Archive Collection

George Crabbe correspondence and papers

1726-1816

Additional items listed Sep 2017: 'Letter and Watercolour' [BC MS 19c Crabbe/6].

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Archive Collection

Leeds University Library Handlist of 'Bronteana'

19th - 20th century

A collection of pamphlets and offprints on Brontë subjects.

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Archive Collection

Juliette Drouet Letters to Victor Hugo

1833-1903

Letters from Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo. 440 letters, partially covering the years 1833 - 1851. Also included are two letters (1903 - 1906) relating to the collection whilst in the care of John El...

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George Borrow, literary manuscripts with related material

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)

c.1840-1913

Brotherton Collection items: Autograph manuscripts of two folktales, one beginning "Sigurd son of Volsun", the other entitled "The pisgey and midwife"; autograph manuscripts of four poems, "Grasach Ab...

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'Fairy Tales in Verse from Grimm' manuscript volume

Ellis, Frederick Startridge (1830-1901)

08 Oct 1894

Unpublished volume of poetry by Frederick Startridge Ellis, who was primarily known as William Morris's bookseller. This manuscript is primarily fair copy with occasional additions and revisions, al...

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Arnold Family Archive

Arnold Family

1810-1894

Correspondence: Series I, Letters of Thomas Arnold: 107 letters to family members and friends. Series II, Letters of Mary Arnold: 45 letters to family members and friends. Series III, Miscellaneous fa...

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Father Thomas Dawson Correspondence

Dawson, Thomas

1856-1937

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