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Total number of records: 275

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Archives267
Books and printed items4
Art items3

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture205
Business Archives17
Brotherton Collection14
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society12
English Literature7
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections5
University Archive2
Medical Collections1
Quaker Collection1
Leeds General Cemetery1

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community life102
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agriculture78
nature76
animals69
culture61
education54
food54
english language - dialects41
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Ethiopia1
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People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)110
Barry, Michael V (1935-)15
Wright, John T7
Wright, Peter7
Wakelin, Martyn F7
William6
Dyson, Wilsey5
Siporin, Rae Lee5
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)4
Lawson, Fred4

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Archive Collection

Glenesk-Bathurst correspondence and papers

Glenesk, Algernon Borthwick (1830-1908)

1801-2000

The Glenesk-Bathurst papers revolve around the Morning Post, an influential Conservative newspaper which eventually merged with the Daily Telegraph, and relate mainly to the Edwardian period though th...

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PAPERS OF CHARLES TRAVIS CLAY

Clay, Charles Travis (1885-1978)

1642-1976

Consists mainly of photocopies and correspondence exchanged with historical scholars including P Aheir, W Paley Baildon, W Farrer, LC Loyd, WE Preston, FM Stenton and A Hamilton Thompson. Topics inclu...

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PAPERS OF MARY CHITTY (NEE KITSON CLARK)

Kitson Clark, Mary (1905-2005)

1920-1960

Comprising correspondence, notes, photographs and other papers mainly relating to archaeological topics, notably to the activities of the Roman Antiquities Committee of the Yorkshire Archaeological So...

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CLARKE THORNHILL OF FIXBY COLLECTION: COURT ROLLS

14th century-17th century

For Bardsey 1397, Beamsley 1398-1407, 1450-1460, 1580, 1588 and 1590, Burley 1372, 1383-1385 and 1489-1496, Calverley 1314, 1349-1750, (incomplete series), Farsley 1357, Pudsey 1347, 1349 and 1448-...

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PAPERS OF WINTER FAMILY OF THORNER

17th century-20th century

Including deeds, correspondence 19th-20th century, probate papers, photographs, family tree, 19th-20th century. Other families mentioned include Mann, Elsworth, Beecroft, White and Lumley.

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Marshall Family, correspondence with various literary personalities

Marshall Family

c.1852-1881

Members of the Marshall Family named in the correspondence include the following:-(1) Julia O'Brien; (2) Edward O'Brien; (3) Nellie O'Brien; (4) Mary Marshall; (5) James Marshall, 1802-1873; (6) Aubre...

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Brontë family manuscripts and correspondence

Brontë Family

1812-1925

A substantial collection of original and transcribed material by, or relating to, different members of the Brontë family. The collection contains: (A) by Anne Brontë, an autograph manuscript discu...

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Edmund Gosse Archive

Gosse family

c.1823-1954

The Gosse collection includes material from five generations of the Gosse family, but is largely the archive of Sir Edmund William Gosse (1849-1928), the writer and literary critic. The collection hol...

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Opera North Collection

Opera North

1978-2017

The collection covers the musical activities of Opera North for over forty years from 1978. The company was established in 1977 as English National Opera North. The collection contains material rel...

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Leeds Playhouse Archive

Leeds Playhouse; West Yorkshire Playhouse

1964-2022

The Leeds Playhouse archive is the collection of the Leeds Playhouse and the West Yorkshire Playhouse. It contains extensive documentation for staged plays, musicals and dance in particular. There i...

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John Hodgson Archive

Hodgson, John (1927-1997)

1891-2001

Comprises Hodgson's own papers as well as a collection of Alan Ayckbourn scripts, original artwork and papers (including some correspondence and manuscripts) of Rudolf Laban, and an extensive collecti...

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Review [The Review] magazine, correspondence and literary papers associated with the magazine including material relating to its symposium 'The State of Poetry'.

1962-1972

The archive of The Review was acquired for the Brotherton Collection in 1996. The Review was one of the most successful literary ‘little magazines’ and enjoyed a ten year period of publication f...

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