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Total number of records: 519104

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items233915
Archives182358
People and organisations48802
Indexes46373
Textiles3515
Art items1840
Objects1185
Coins1111

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection95224
Liddle Collection33460
English Literature32977
Letters Database22963
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society19783
Leeds Russian Archive16867
Herbert Read Collection16429
University Archive13799
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770
Quaker Collection11994

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-19185895
culture3280
occupations2591
english poetry2577
english language - dialects1988
society of friends1848
community life1845
agriculture1709
nature1689
jews1676

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain8463
England6040
France3547
Soviet Union1647
London, United Kingdom1351
Rome1163
Europe1095
Russia1010
United Kingdom909
Greece866

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)4831
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)4527
Anonymous2618
Great Britain2369
Church of England2105
National Women'S Aid Federation1769
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1701
Women'S Aid Federation of England1697
Women'S Aid Federation England1697
Women'S Aid1697

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Earliest dateCount
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From 170061060
From 1800131979
From 1900276066
From 200017899

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Latest dateCount
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Up to 179953054
Up to 1899109451
Up to 1999274434
Up to latest43277

Archive Art Collection

Japanese prints

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...

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Archive Collection

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 ...

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Archive Collection

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...

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Archive Collection

COPY LETTERS FROM RALPH THORESBY TO VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS

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).

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Archive Collection

Stone heads index

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...

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