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Total number of records: 514429

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Record typeCount
Books and printed items236865
Archives184368
Indexes46459
People and organisations39028
Textiles3524
Art items1843
Objects1174
Coins1163

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection95868
Liddle Collection33460
English Literature33000
Letters Database22964
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society21506
Leeds Russian Archive16868
Herbert Read Collection16429
University Archive13799
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770
Quaker Collection11999

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-19185895
culture3280
occupations2592
english poetry2579
english language - dialects1988
society of friends1848
community life1845
agriculture1722
nature1689
jews1681

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PlaceCount
Great Britain8519
England6047
France3606
Soviet Union1647
London, United Kingdom1351
Rome1201
Europe1112
Russia1011
United Kingdom907
Greece871

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)4834
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)4527
Anonymous2647
Great Britain2377
Church of England2123
National Women'S Aid Federation1769
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1701
Women'S Aid1697
Women'S Aid Federation of England1697
Women'S Aid Federation England1697

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From 170060874
From 1800127359
From 1900268576
From 200017876

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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...