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Total number of records: 529724

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Books and printed items238230
Archives184760
People and organisations52512
Indexes46459
Textiles3533
Art items1843
Coins1194
Objects1188

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection97947
Liddle Collection33457
English Literature32997
Letters Database22964
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society22180
Leeds Russian Archive16868
Herbert Read Collection16429
University Archive13799
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770
Quaker Collection11999

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SubjectCount
world war, 1914-19185895
culture3280
occupations2592
english poetry2580
english language - dialects1988
society of friends1848
community life1845
agriculture1722
nature1689
jews1681

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Great Britain8519
England6043
France3580
Soviet Union1647
London, United Kingdom1351
Rome1205
Europe1116
Russia1011
United Kingdom909
Greece872

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)4832
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)4527
Anonymous2647
Great Britain2377
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:
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:
MS/DEP/1979/1
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 ...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MD476 (Add1)
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...
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:
YAS/MS1277/1-2
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...
Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1853/add1
2009
Archive Collection:
FAN/1 in 4
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...
Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1952/1
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...
Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1956/1
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...