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Total number of records: 20452

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Record typeCount
Books and printed items17672
Archives1864
Indexes801
People and organisations99
Objects8
Art items4
Textiles4

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection6586
English Literature3808
Quaker Collection966
Herbert Read Collection746
Letters Database652
Leeds Russian Archive501
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society433
University Archive379
Cookery Collection320
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections271

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english poetry340
authors, english245
society of friends220
sermons, english198
letters189
world war, 1914-1918183
authors, russian173
english literature167
english language152
natural history126

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PlaceCount
Great Britain698
England178
France163
Europe91
Sweden60
Soviet Union52
Scotland49
Italy45
United States44
Rome43

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Church of England315
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)196
Society of Friends173
Catholic Church140
Great Britain120
Robertson, Robin At Penguin Books101
Bjornson, Bjornstjerne (1832-1910)85
Daubenton, Louis Jean Marie72
Gueneau De Montbeillard, Philibert (1720-1785)72
Lacepede, Bernard Germaine Etienne De La Ville Sur Illon Comte De (1756-1825)72

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From 19008516

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Archive Collection

Authors' World Peace Appeal, papers and correspondence

1951-1954

Comprises: (1) Correspondence arranged by surname A-Z; (2) Invitation letters; (3) Minutes and agendas of meetings; (4) Bulletins; (5) Various other administrative papers

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COMMONPLACE BOOK BY UNKNOWN AUTHOR

c1856-1869

Contains entries relating to international affairs, politics. Contains material relating particularly to Irealnd including Irish schools (including number of pupils in Ardee National School, Ardee Poo...

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West Riding of Yorkshire Education Authority, Alexander Bradshaw Clegg directorship documents

1902-1974

Select documents together with photocopies, transcripts and abstracts of documents relating to the West Riding of Yorkshire Education Authority, 1902-1974, but mostly during the directorship of Alexan...

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PUBLISHED WORKS BY J W WALKER WITH AUTHOR'S ANNOTATIONS

1888-1931

Comprising: The History of the Old Parish Church of All Saints, Wakefield, 1888 St Mary's Chapel on Wakefield Bridge, 1890 Sandal Castle, 1894 St James' Church, Chapelthorpe, Wakefield, 1915 St...

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Poetry and Audience - 6th November, 1953
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Poetry and Audience, typescript and manuscript drafts of poems by various authors originally published in 'Poetry and Audence'

c.1954-1972

This collection contains typescript and manuscript drafts of poems by 33 authors, submitted for publication in the Leeds student literary magazine 'Poetry and Audience.' Also included is a small amoun...

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CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO AUTHORITIES SUPERSEDED BY MORLEY CORPORATION

1924-1937

Relating to East and West Ardsley, Gildersome and Drighlington. 1. East and West Ardsley; correspondence and advance loan papers relating to the Small Dwelling Acquisition Act. 2. Local Government ...

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COLLECTION OF LETTERS FROM YORKSHIRE AUTHORS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL WORKS

19th century

Including letters from Joseph Hunter, worthies, clergymen, noblemen, commissioners and artists

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Annual Grants from Local Authorities in Yorkshire

1913-1974

General 1925-74 Barnsley 1940-49, 1974 Bradford 1930, 1973-74 Calderdale 1973-74 Dewsbury 1933-45, 1968-73 East Riding 1923-55, 1967-73 (from 1974 see Humberside County Council) Halifax 1947-58,...

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Archive File

Copy authority

22/1/1833

Copy authority by stand owners to trustees to lease part of the hall to HM Postmaster-General for the parcels post office, and to accumulate the rents thereby obtained to finance obtaining the consent...

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Contemporary Authors

1931-1994

Letter from M.E. Brown (Editor) asking Berry for details to be used in a biographical sketch in a forthcoming issue of Contemporary Authors.

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