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Total number of records: 267

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Archives198
Books and printed items68
Art items1

Count of Collection group

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Leeds Russian Archive205
Brotherton Collection16
English Literature12
Liddle Collection8
Herbert Read Collection5
Cookery Collection4
University Art Collection1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

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SubjectCount
british267
photographs61
letters45
world war, 1914-191814
postcards14
autobiography12
diaries11
bank notes7
russians6
authors, english5

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
India10
Great Britain8
France7
Russia4
Burma4
Venice (Italy)4
Russia (Federation)3
Saint Petersburg (Russia)3
Italy2
China2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Castera, Jean-Henri (1749-1838)4
Rolfe, Frederick, 1860-19134
Symes, Michael (1753?-1809)4
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)3
Bulteau, Michel3
Chesnokova, A N3
Cross, Anthony (1936-)3
Alger, John Goldworth3
Forster, E M (1879-1970)3
Hamilton, William, Sir, 1730-18032

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From 16001
From 17003
From 180097
From 1900156
From 200010

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Up to 189924
Up to 1999218
Up to latest25
Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1001
1880s-1992, 2022
Cassettes of H L Carr's recollections of childhood in Archangel, schooldays in England, Allied Intervention in North Russia, diplomatic service in Finland, Sweden and Denmark, 1900s-1950s (recorded 19...
Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1002
1900, 1931, 1960s-1980s
Photographs and negatives of coronation mug, 1896, /1-3/, Modern prints and negatives of photographs of Russian Imperial study? by Rentz & Schreider, 1900 /4-8/, Modern prints and negatives of photogr...
Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1010
1941-1942
Photocopy of John Bury's diary entries about Russian connections of Mr Robinson, formerly of Metro-Vickers /1/.
Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1011
1910s, 1957, 1985
Kate Birse's recollections of her childhood in St Petersburg/Petrograd, repatriation to Great Britain in 1920, life in Estonia and Finland 1930s-1940s /1/, photographs of Birse, Anderson and North fam...
Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1014
1986
Slides of: postcard reproductions of works by N Konstantinov, ?L'vova, M Boskin, F Sychkov, S Vinogradov, T Mozgov, Russian Types, and views of Moscow (including British chapel, St Andrew's Church and...
Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1015
[1850s]-1988, 1996
Photographs and postcards (including some modern prints, slides and negatives) of: members of the Muir, Mirrielees and Philip families in Russia /1-18/; Degunino Chemical Works (near Moscow) /19-52/; ...
Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1016
[1910s], 1986, 1991
Luhrs family-history notes /1/. Modern print of photograph of Luhrs family house, Archangel /2/. Photocopy of letter from Lev Leibson, St Petersburg, to Eugenie Fraser, Edinburgh (1991) /3/.
Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1023
[1902-1903], 1983-1986
Photocopies of letters from Annie Marshall, Bogorodskii (i.e. Bogorodskoe, near Moscow?) to Eliza Donkersley, England (7, 1902- 1903) /1-7/. "Old West Riding", vol 3, no 1 (Spring 1983) (contains publ...
Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1028
1920-1988
Vivien Caird Molteno (née Birse) (1909-) "Childhood Memories of Moscow", 1986 /1/. Bernays, Birse, Caird family trees /2/. Edward Birse "About the Cairds", 1963 /3/. Edward Birse "The Lockhart Missio...
Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1029
1917, 1986
Photocopies of letters from Frank Riches in Petrograd to Dora Riches (née Bucknall) in Manchester (3, 1917) /1-3/. Notes on 1-3 by Violet Whitehead /4/.
Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1036
1968, 1976, 1988-1989
Alfred Swan (1890-1970) "Canticles of the Eastern Church" (London: Albert House Press, 1976) /1-2/. Advertising leaflet for 1-2 /3/. Herbert Swann (1895- 1969) "Home on the Neva: A Life of a British ...
Archive Sub-collection:
LRA/MS 1041
1890s, 1939-1946, 1971-1985
Photocopies of transcribed letters from Lucy Addison to Rhona Chave (1939-1946) (see 9) /1/. Copy letters from Harvey Pitcher to: Toby Roxburgh (1984) /2/, Rhona Chave (1985) /3/. Notes by Harvey Pitc...