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Total number of records: 21503

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection21503
English Literature5859
Leeds Poetry3673
Herbert Read Collection1719
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1120
Rudolf Laban Collections886
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections746
ApIvor Collection524
Cookery Collection42
Medical Collections10

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters1047
letter650
english poetry543
poets, english495
pre-raphaelites495
correspondence347
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)331
english drama291
english literature291
english fiction283

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Genoa, Italy174
London, United Kingdom161
England93
Cumbria25
Vienna, Austria21
Florence, Italy19
Nice, France17
Greece15
Paris, France15
Appleby15

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)680
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)665
Sala, George Augustus502
Crossley-Holland, Kevin254
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)253
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)233
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn216
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)216
Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)150
Rudolf Jean-Baptiste Attila Von Laban130

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From 18005241
From 190016233
From 200028

Count of Latest date

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Up to 5991
Up to 18993766
Up to 199917736

Archive Collection

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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Leeds University Library Handlist of 'Bronteana'

19th - 20th century

A collection of pamphlets and offprints on Brontë subjects.

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Juliette Drouet Letters to Victor Hugo

1833-1903

Letters from Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo. 440 letters, partially covering the years 1833 - 1851. Also included are two letters (1903 - 1906) relating to the collection whilst in the care of John El...

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George Borrow, literary manuscripts with related material

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)

c.1840-1913

Brotherton Collection items: Autograph manuscripts of two folktales, one beginning "Sigurd son of Volsun", the other entitled "The pisgey and midwife"; autograph manuscripts of four poems, "Grasach Ab...

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'Fairy Tales in Verse from Grimm' manuscript volume

Ellis, Frederick Startridge (1830-1901)

08 Oct 1894

Unpublished volume of poetry by Frederick Startridge Ellis, who was primarily known as William Morris's bookseller. This manuscript is primarily fair copy with occasional additions and revisions, al...

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Arnold Family Archive

Arnold Family

1810-1894

Correspondence: Series I, Letters of Thomas Arnold: 107 letters to family members and friends. Series II, Letters of Mary Arnold: 45 letters to family members and friends. Series III, Miscellaneous fa...

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Father Thomas Dawson Correspondence

Dawson, Thomas

1856-1937

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Albert Edward Tebb correspondence

Tebb, Albert Edward

c.1873-1898

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James A. Manson, correspondence

Manson, James Alexander

c.1873-1920

Consists almost entirely of letters received by Manson

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George Augustus Sala, correspondence

Sala, George Augustus (1828-1895)

c.1830-1913

Consists almost entirely of letters received by Sala. Some letters are undated.

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Bernard Barton, correspondence and literary manuscripts with related materials

Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)

1818-1848

(Envelope 1) 25 letters to Barton from literary figures, 1818-1836; 3 poems, by Lucy Barton, E. Charlesworth, and J. E. Roscoe; silhouette portrait (unknown); printed sheet featuring portraits of lite...

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