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Total number of records: 444

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	434
Archives	9
Art items	1

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Quaker Collection	343
Brotherton Collection	8
Liddle Collection	4
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	3
Leeds Russian Archive	2
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse	2
University Art Collection	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
quakers	444
society of friends	42
tithes	26
last words	10
persecution	8
baptism and christian union	7
quaker women	5
preaching	5
clergy	4
dissenters, religious	4

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
England	5
Great Britain	4
New England	3
Pennsylvania	2
Massachusetts	2
Australia	2
Roundhay Park (Leeds, England)	1
Philadelphia (Pa.)	1
South Cave (England)	1
Surrey (England)	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Society of Friends	91
Society of Friends. London Yearly Meeting	52
Penn, William (1644-1718)	17
Tomkins, John (1663-1706)	14
Kendall, John (1726-1815)	13
Besse, Joseph (1683?-1757)	12
Wagstaffe, Thomas (1724-1802)	10
Bell, John (1681-1761)	8
Fox, George, 1624-1691	8
Tuke, Henry (1755-1814)	8

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1600	39
From 1700	156
From 1800	188
From 1900	54
From 2000	7

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1699	36
Up to 1799	158
Up to 1899	187
Up to 1999	52
Up to latest	11

Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1467

KILBY Family

1910s-1920s

Photographs of and by Ernest and Richard Kilby taken during WWI (Friends' Ambulance Unit (British Red Cross Society) France) and Quaker relief operation in Buzuluk, Iakovlevka, Pavlovka, Pugachev[sk?]...

Archive File:
MS 1308

An album of 50 silhouettes, all except one probably by Maria Arthington, mostly depicting members of the Society of Friends living in Leeds and district

c.1810-1820

Silhouettes cut from white paper and backed with black; all identified, some annotated and some dated; signature on front fly-leaf 'Maria Arthington'; bound in dark brown leather with brass edges and ...

Archive File:
MS 1687

Correspondence and other material relating to the decision by the Society of Friends to subscribe to the Council of Churches for Britain and Ireland, collected by Stuart Woodhouse

1986-1998

Comprises correspondence, notes, drafts and offprints of articles and statements, minutes, newsletters, and a small collection of printed books and pamphlets

Archive File:
MS 1690

Quaker miscellany of printed and manuscript material, notably sermons by Samuel Fothergill and autobiographical writings by Mary Penington.

c.1769-1781

Comprises: (1) Samuel Fothergill: Sermon at York, 30 June 1769, pp.3-17 [Manuscript]; (2) Samuel Fothergill: Prayers at Leeds, 26 June 1769, pp. 17-20 [Manuscript]; (3) Samuel Fothergill: Sermon at Le...

Archive File:
MS 1705

Two notebooks on Quaker and family affairs, and local Whitby history, compiled by Joseph Taylor Sewell.

c.1906-1923

Comprises Joseph Taylor Sewell's notes on various Yorkshire Quaker figures, family affairs, and local Whitby history (with a few relevant press cuttings), and miscellaneous other anecdotes largely dat...

Archive File:
MS 1767

Extracts from the diary of John Kelsall, with related material.

c.1875-1900

The principal contents are extracts from the diary of John Kelsall, in the hand of Henry J. Black (name inside front cover). The years covered are 1723-1734. At the end of the volume is a transcript o...

Archive File:
MS 471

Spiritual diary of John Cowell, apparently inspired by the death of his wife

1826-1853

Also contains notes of sermons preached by the Rev. Joseph Irons, minister of Grove Chapel, Camberwell, London, and other annotations, 1826-1839.

Archive Print Item:
Theology H-0 TUK

The principles of religion, as professed by the society of Christians, usually called Quakers : written for the instruction of their youth, and for the information of strangers

Tuke, Henry (1755-1814)

1805

At end is a list of "Books lately printed and sold by Phillips and Fardon" (2 p.).

Archive Print Item:
Theology H-0/BAT

The doctrines of Friends : or, the principles of the Christian religion, as held by the Society of Friends, commonly called Quakers

Bates, Elisha (1861)