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Total number of records: 3007
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| University Archive | 1611 |
| Student Newspapers | 981 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 305 |
| Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture | 300 |
| Liddle Collection | 63 |
| Brotherton Collection | 55 |
| Business Archives | 32 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 30 |
| English Literature | 22 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 11 |
Top 10: Subject
Top 10: Place
| Place | Count |
|---|---|
| Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding | 8 |
| Yorkshire | 5 |
| Kirkby Malzeard; Yorkshire West Riding | 3 |
| Askrigg; Aysgarth; Yorkshire North Riding | 2 |
| Burstwick; Yorkshire East Riding | 2 |
| Ossett; Dewsbury; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
| Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
| Harrogate; Bilton; Knaresborough; Yorkshire West Riding | 2 |
| Mirfield; Yorkshire West Riding | 1 |
| London, United Kingdom | 1 |
Top 10: People and organisations
Count of Earliest date
Carlton Hill Collection
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 ...
PAPERS RELATING TO ELLAND AND HALIFAX, MOSTLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CROSSLEY AND WHEELWRIGHT FAMILIES
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...
Lancashire Cotton Districts Relief Fund, Leeds, Archive
1862-1866
Papers relating to the fund raised in Leeds for relief of distress in the Lancashire cotton districts caused by the American civil war In the autumn of 1862, the American Civil War began to affect t...
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...
PAPERS OF B W J KENT: PAPERS OF KENT FAMILY OF TATEFIELD HALL
18th century-20th century
Including: farm account books of Isaac Denison of Dunkeswick and others 1809-1893 and diary of a farmer recording the weather, events on the farm, payments 1855-1893 (back of diary records accounts re...
NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE CRAWSHAW FAMILY OF DEWSBURY AREA, YORK AREA, WOOLLEY, ROYSTON, SHEFFIELD, HALIFAX, NORTH LINCOLSHIRE AND HULL AREAS
c1970
With full references to relevant documents and printed sources including parish registers, wills, Wakefield court rolls, directories and Yorkshire fines.
DEEDS RELATING MAINLY TO RAWMARSH AND ROTHERHAM
17th century-18th century
Includes nine deeds relating to Lamb Close, Rawmarsh 1783-1798 and probate of will of Mary Beale of Rotherham, 23 Feb 1714/5 and will of Francis Denner of Rawmarsh, 27 Aug 1770
PHOTOCOPIES OF REPORTS BY THE NORTH YORKSHIRE AND CLEVELAND VERNACULAR BUILDINGS STUDY GROUP
Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group
1969-1974
DEEDS MAINLY RELATING TO ASENBY
1720-1818
Also included deeds relating to Barnby, Bowes, Hardwick, Liverton, Leeds, Sigston, Topcliffe
COLLECTION OF PRESS CUTTINGS, AND ARTICLES ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL SUBJECTS COLLECTED BY B G CAMPBELL
20th century
Files, presscuttings, journal reviews, articles and private study notes relating to Europe, Africa, Far East, India, Anglo-Saxon Britain, pottery, querns, vikings
PAPERS RELATING TO LEDSHAM SCHOOL (LADY ELIZABETH HASTINGS' FOUNDATION)
1739-1949
Includes: registers 1749-1831 and 1833-1949; accounts 1739-1810, 1837-1874; housekeepers' accounts 1770-1771, 1816-1817; accounts and vouchers for the building of the new schoolhouse 1739; examiners' ...