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Total number of records: 2422

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Archives	2399
Books and printed items	18
Art items	3
Objects	2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection group	Count
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	1874
Brotherton Collection	174
English Literature	167
Business Archives	48
Feminist Archive North	46
Medical Collections	12
Leeds Poetry	12
Art and Antique Market	6
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections	5
Liddle Collection	4

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
letters	109
english poetry	69
business records	44
textile industry	43
english literature	35
english drama	20
english fiction	17
commercial correspondence	12
diaries	10
scrapbooks	7

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Yorkshire	31
Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding	24
York; Yorkshire	19
Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding	6
Burton Constable; West Newton; Swine; Yorkshire East Riding	6
Mirfield; Yorkshire West Riding	6
England	4
London	4
Doncaster; Yorkshire West Riding	4
Horbury; Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding	4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Radcliffe Family	10
Blakeston Family	4
Wise, Thomas James (1859-1937)	4
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)	3
Rockley Family	3
Shorter, Clement King (1857-1926)	3
Baker Family	3
Dorothy Una Clough	3
Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn (1810-1865)	3
Dorothy Una Phillips	3

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1700	418
From 1800	896
From 1900	1107
From 2000	1

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1799	207
Up to 1899	716
Up to 1999	1499

Archive Art Collection:
ART 090

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...

Archive Collection:
YAS/MD476 (Add1)

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...

Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1277/1-2

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...

Archive Collection:
YAS/MS1785/add1

FURTHER PAPERS OF THE MANBY FAMILY INCLUDES INVITATIONS TO A CONFERENCE IN FRANCE 1934 AND LEAFLET RELATING TO FRENCH COATS OF ARMS

20th century

Archive Collection:
FAN/1 in 4

1 in 4 Collection

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...

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