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Total number of records: 49110

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items29857
Archives19039
Art items192
Objects15
Indexes4

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection49110
Herbert Read Collection15382
English Literature8757
Leeds Poetry4250
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections3330
Rudolf Laban Collections910
ApIvor Collection527
Cookery Collection52
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection52
Incunabula8

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english poetry1163
romanies895
art833
english literature518
art, modern517
letters405
english drama372
correspondence367
socialism360
world war, 1914-1918343

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain593
England188
Soviet Union124
Spain88
France86
Europe83
United States62
Greece61
Yorkshire (England)57
Germany52

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)1079
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)941
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)751
Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum442
Amsterdam (Netherlands)400
Crossley-Holland, Kevin291
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn236
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)236
Labour Party (Great Britain)194
Read, Herbert181

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From 190047035
From 20002073

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Up to 5991
Up to 189911
Up to 199945417
Up to latest3678

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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Walter Pater, poems

Pater, Walter (1839-1894)

1907

Transcripts of poems in manuscript: 'Cassandra' ('Like the stricken hart forsaken'), annotated below stanza 14 (referring to the original manuscript): 'Stanzas 12, 13 & 14 are in a female hand. Proba...

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Elizabeth North Archive

1980-2002

Includes typescript drafts of Elizabeth North's novels, short stories, plays, articles, and poems, manuscript notes, manuscript journals, correspondence, teaching materials and reviews of North's work...

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Waywiser Press Archive

Between the Lines; Thwaite, Anthony (1930-); Dale, Peter John (1938-)

1998 - 2015

The business archive of the Waywiser Press (including the Between The Lines Imprint) The collection includes substantial files of material relating to the development of many of the 92 texts publishe...

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Antony Rowland Archive

1978-2012

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, proof copies, notebook of manuscript notes, research notes, proof copies, correspondence some with the poets Brian Cox, Clare Pollard and Carol Ann ...

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Barry Tebb Archive

Tebb, Barry (1942-)

1993-2003

This collection has not been fully catalogued.

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Cheryl Frances-Hoad scores and papers

2011-2012

The numbering is to denote different items, not the chronological sequence of the items, which have been kept in their original order. Box 1 includes 'Amy's Last Dive', Interlude, printed musical sc...

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Pennine Poets' Collection

Kirk, Pauline; Graft Poetry

1979-2024

The collection includes the Pennine Poets' Group's journal 'Pennine Platform' no.1, 1979-no.95, 2024, and other publications by members of the Group such as Pauline Kirk and Ian Emberson. The publica...

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Robin Skelton papers

Skelton, Robin (1925-1997)

1948-1957

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of poems, published poems in pamphlet form and personal correspondence. Box 1 includes biographical information about Robin Skelton and Michael Seward Snow, ...

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Elizabeth Cook correspondence and papers

Cook, Elizabeth (1952-)

1986-2003

Comprises papers relating to the published work 'Achilles' including correspondence; hardback notebook, folders with cuttings and research material; material relating to performance history, including...

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