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Total number of records: 26403
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 26403 |
| English Literature | 6757 |
| Leeds Poetry | 4280 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 1725 |
| Novello Cowden Clarke Collection | 1157 |
| Rudolf Laban Collections | 991 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 850 |
| Medieval Manuscripts | 642 |
| ApIvor Collection | 540 |
| Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse | 185 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016) | 820 |
| Silkin, Jon (1930-1997) | 669 |
| Sala, George Augustus | 505 |
| Crossley-Holland, Kevin | 280 |
| Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968) | 254 |
| Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) | 234 |
| Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn | 216 |
| Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977) | 216 |
| Rudolf Johann Baptiste Attila | 198 |
| Rudolf Laban | 198 |
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Archive Collection:
BC MS 20c Abercrombie (1)
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 Collection:
BC MS 20c Bennett (1)
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:
MS 1795
MS 1795
1986-2011
Comprises mainly Professor Michael Millgate's correspondence with Dr. Ann Thwaite. Also includes some correspondence with Dr. Anthony Thwaite.
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Crabbe
BC MS 19c Crabbe
1726-1816
Additional items listed Sep 2017: 'Letter and Watercolour' [BC MS 19c Crabbe/6].
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Brontëana
BC MS 19c Brontëana
19th - 20th century
A collection of pamphlets and offprints on Brontë subjects.
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Drouet
BC MS 19c Drouet
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...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Borrow
BC MS 19c Borrow
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...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Ellis
BC MS 19c Ellis
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...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Arnold
BC MS 19c Arnold
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...
Archive Collection:
BC MS 19c Manson
BC MS 19c Manson
c.1873-1920
Consists almost entirely of letters received by Manson