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Total number of records: 1500

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Record typeCount
Archives1493
Books and printed items5
Art items1
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1398
Brotherton Collection40
English Literature25
Business Archives12
Medical Collections4
University Archive1
Quaker Collection1
Joseph Wood Collections1
Cookery Collection1

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letters18
english poetry10
textile industry10
business records9
english literature4
commercial correspondence3
english drama2
diaries2
lecture notes2
general surgery2

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Yorkshire48
York; Yorkshire30
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Yorkshire West Riding6
Halifax; Yorkshire West Riding6
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People and organisationsCount
Radcliffe Family10
Blakeston Family4
Baker Family3
Rockley Family3
Beaumont Family3
Conyers Family3
Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998)3
Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921)3
Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961)3
Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor3

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From 1800570

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Archive Art Collection:
ART 090
1735-1873
Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Two sets depicting Kabuki plays: 'Chushingura' by Utagawa Hiroshige and 'The Sugawara Tragedy' by Utagawa Sadahide. Also a singular print: 'View of a Dramatic Perfor...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1
1695-1724
Also includes a list of books, and a copy of the "Answer to Priestcraft" written by Thoresby's friend Richard Thornton (see Ducatus Leodiensis p536).
Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1973/1
1862-1866
Papers relating to the fund raised in Leeds for relief of distress in the Lancashire cotton districts caused by the American civil war In the autumn of 1862, the American Civil War began to affect t...
Archive Collection:
YAS/DD10
15th-19th century
Deeds and copyhold admittances, mainly relating to Eggborough, Kelfield, Kellington, Sherwood and Whitley and the families of Awnby [or Anby], Girlington, Jackson, Laycock and Morritt 15th-19th centur...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD285/10
1795
1. Annie Davison Bland and others 2. Charles Smith of Scolcoates and John Clayton of Kippax
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS10
1716-1723
Microfilm copy available.
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD100
1457-8
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS100
1800-1819
Comprising several pedigrees of the Beaumont family, tricks and quarterings of arms with a number of original letters to Radcliffe from R H and J Beaumont of Whitley Hall, Kirkheaton
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1000
c1810-1885
The original watercolours for the images published as engravings in 'The Costume of Yorkshire' 1814 in one volume, a volume of engravings from the first edition and an edition of 'The Costume of Yorks...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1001
Early 18th century
Also includes pamphlets, 18th century, correspondence, and transcripts 20th century
Archive Collection:
YAS/DD101
8 Jul 1609
1. John Towneley of Hyrstwood, Lancashire 2. John Brooke of Littlecargreene of Dalton, chapman
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD101
28 Aug 1599-17th century
1. John Hyndesley of Foggthorpe and his son John 2. John Clarke of Warter and his son Robert