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Total number of records: 528979

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items237825
Archives184516
People and organisations52432
Indexes46459
Textiles3534
Art items1830
Coins1194
Objects1184

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection97941
Liddle Collection33448
English Literature32997
Letters Database22964
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society22178
Leeds Russian Archive16862
Herbert Read Collection16426
University Archive13792
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770
Quaker Collection11997

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-19185893
culture3280
occupations2592
english poetry2580
english language - dialects1988
society of friends1848
community life1845
agriculture1722
nature1689
jews1681

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain8492
England6023
France3553
Soviet Union1642
London, United Kingdom1288
Rome1205
Europe1115
Russia1011
United Kingdom909
Greece872

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)4829
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)4527
Anonymous2647
Great Britain2378
Church of England2123
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1701
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1534
Opera North1496
English National Opera North1496
Catholic Church1436

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Archive Art Collection

Japanese prints

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...

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Archive Collection

Carlton Hill Collection

17th-20th century

The Carlton Hill collection of archives contains records of meetings of the Society of Friends for the mid-part of the old West Riding of Yorkshire (now divided between West and North Yorkshire), and ...

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Archive Collection

PAPERS RELATING TO ELLAND AND HALIFAX, MOSTLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CROSSLEY AND WHEELWRIGHT FAMILIES

19th-20th century

Includes family papers relating to the Crossley family including correspondence, valuations, insurance, wills etc. Papers relating to the Wheelwright Family. Papers relating to Mearclough Mill. Pap...

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Archive Collection

COPY LETTERS FROM RALPH THORESBY TO VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS

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).

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Archive Collection

Stone heads index

1960s-1970s

Card index of approximately 1000 individual photographic recordings of stone heads, mainly from the West Riding of Yorkshire. Each recording generally consists of the event date (eg of finding or reco...

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Archive Collection

1 in 4 Collection

c1986 - 1998

The collection contains organisational papers including journals, minute books, correspondence, training information, legal guidelines and associated material. Files also include extensive reference m...

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Archive Collection

Association of Engineers, Leeds, Archive

1865-1999

Comprises: 1) Minutes of the various council, open, special and annual general meetings of the Association, 1865-1997, with printed notices of these forthcoming meetings pasted into the volumes at the...

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Yorkshire Land and Warping Company, Business Archive

1875-1947

Comprises: (1) Many bundles of legal documents drawn up between the Warping Company and various other companies and individuals during the late nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentiet...

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