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Total number of records: 183315

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection25310
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society19348
University Archive13756
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman11884
Liddle Collection11853
South Bank Show Production Archive9646
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture9593
English Literature7279
Business Archives6536

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture3258
occupations2581
english language - dialects1987
community life1840
nature1661
letters1568
popular music1555
letter writing1470
agriculture1233
literature (prose)1186

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England3670
London, United Kingdom1345
Yorkshire430
Leeds, United Kingdom326
Genoa, Italy292
Lincolnshire170
Essex167
Lancashire158
Somerset149
Norfolk148

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)4527
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1532
English National Opera North1496
Opera North1496
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)1198
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)822
National Women'S Aid Federation682
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)675
Women'S Aid610
Women'S Aid Federation of England610

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 15002044
From 16006811
From 17008762
From 180032624
From 1900120800
From 200012240

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1991
Up to 5994
Up to 10992
Up to 15991619
Up to 16996009
Up to 17997595
Up to 189922850
Up to 1999112969
Up to latest32232

Archive Collection

Association for the Reform of Latin Teaching Archive

Association for the Reform of Latin Teaching

1912-2001

Comprises the complete text of the earlier manuscript minutes and the more recent typescript minutes of the Association from its inception in 1912 until 2001.

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Glenesk-Bathurst correspondence and papers

Glenesk, Algernon Borthwick (1830-1908)

1801-2000

The Glenesk-Bathurst papers revolve around the Morning Post, an influential Conservative newspaper which eventually merged with the Daily Telegraph, and relate mainly to the Edwardian period though th...

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Ralph Abercrombie correspondence

Abercrombie Family

1928-1969

Contains: (1) Letters of condolence to Catherine and Ralph Abercrombie on the death of Lascelles Abercrombie, Oct./Nov. 1938; (2) Abercrombie family letters, from various correspondents chiefly to Ral...

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Alan Bennett, draft of the introduction written for the dramatisation of 'The Wind in the Willows' at the National Theatre in 1991.

Bennett, Alan

1991

Comprises the typescript draft of Bennett's introduction for the Faber version of the dramatisation of Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows', produced at the National Theatre in December 1991. T...

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Lease for 20 years

1795

1. Annie Davison Bland and others 2. Charles Smith of Scolcoates and John Clayton of Kippax

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RALPH THORESBY'S CORRESPONDENCE, VOLUME 5

1716-1723

Microfilm copy available.

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PAPERS RELATING TO THE HALL FAMILY OF DUNNINGTON, LILLING AND LEVENTHORPE

[20th century]

Mainly extracts from registers and pedigrees etc; includes copy discharge and further mortgage on property of Joseph Fisher in Cumberworth, Soyland, Lighthazles, Lockwood, Almondbury and Crosland 1729...

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WILLIAM RADCLIFFE MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: PEDIGREES

1800-1819

Comprising several pedigrees of the Beaumont family, tricks and quarterings of arms with a number of original letters to Radcliffe from R H and J Beaumont of Whitley Hall, Kirkheaton

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George Walker's The Costume of Yorkshire

c1810-1885

The original watercolours for the images published as engravings in 'The Costume of Yorkshire' 1814 in one volume, a volume of engravings from the first edition and an edition of 'The Costume of Yorks...

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COPIES OF SATIRICAL POEMS BY GEORGE PLAXTON, RECTOR OF BARWICK IN ELMET

Early 18th century

Also includes pamphlets, 18th century, correspondence, and transcripts 20th century

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INCOMPLETE TRANSCRIPT OF THE REGISTER OF ARCHBISHOP [CARDINAL] WOLSEY BY A HAMILTON THOMPSON,

20th century

Original is at Borthwick Institute, York

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