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Leeds Russian Archive700
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Quaker Collection70
University Archive51
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Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)14
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)8
Beckwith, Frank (1904-1977)7
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)5
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn5
Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)5
Crossley-Holland, Kevin5
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Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)4

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Archive Sub-collection:
LUA/COM/004/129
1960-1964
Agenda, minutes and supporting papers. Also membership list 1963-4; paper detailing history and future of the committee.
Archive Sub-collection:
MS/DEP/1979/1/ADE
19th century-21st century
Archive Sub-collection:
MS 1323/1
c.1920-1977
This accrual has not been fully catalogued but comprises photographs, printed items and papers on Joseph Priestley, Leeds Library and local history.
Archive Sub-collection:
MS 712/PART 1
1964-1978
This first part of a complete catalogue refers to collective exhibitions; further parts will deal. with one-man exhibitions, a picture lending scheme and other matters.
Archive Sub-collection:
LIDDLE/WW1
1914-1918
Letters and diaries, official and personal papers, photographs, newspapers, artwork and recollections of the First World War.
Archive Sub-collection:
MS 178/1-23
1919-1946
This sub-collection has not been fully catalogued. Contains: Departmental and personal memoranda, lecture notes, proofs and offprints of publications, correspondence, and statistics
Archive Sub-collection:
MS 303/1
1801-1863
3 passports: belonging to 1) Robert Lawson Ford, issued 1854; 2) Hutton Rawlinson Ford, issued 1854; 3) John Rawlinson Ford, issued 1863; and 3 notebooks belonging to Martha Whitelock: 4) Select piece...
Archive Sub-collection:
MS 1319/1
c.1940-c.1990
This accrual has not been fully catalogued. It includes books; offprints of articles and reviews; teaching and research materials; maps; photographs; and correspondence.
Archive Sub-collection:
MS 283/1
1752-1775
Archive Sub-collection:
MS 1940/1
1949-2013
Publications relating to Laban movement analysis. Includes the journals 'Laban Guild Newsletter', the 'Laban Guild Movement and Dance Quarterly' and 'Movement and Dance'.
Archive Sub-collection:
BC MS 20c Theatre/Hodgson/1
1891-2001
The Laban Collection includes papers and artworks by Laban and interviews with Laban's pupils and colleagues. The archives also include notes made by John Hodgson and publications relating to Laban a...
Archive Sub-collection:
MS 1565/1
c.1900-1960?
Contains personal and family papers as well as professionally related material on textiles, correspondence, departmental papers, photographs, articles, cuttings, diagrams, and sketchbooks