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Total number of records: 1445

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1435
Art items7
Books and printed items2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
University Archive699
Student Newspapers646
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture300
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society143
Liddle Collection61
Brotherton Collection46
Business Archives23
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections17
English Literature16
Leeds Russian Archive7

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
community life125
occupations105
lgbtq+105
gay98
agriculture83
culture83
nature80
education76
animals73
lesbian66

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Yorkshire2
Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding2
Kirkby Ravensworth; Yorkshire North Riding1
Kilnsey; Conistone; Burnsall; Yorkshire West Riding1
Meaux; Wawne; Yorkshire East Riding1
Mirfield; Yorkshire West Riding1
Sutton Under Whitestonecliffe; Felixkirk; Yorkshire North Riding1
Settle; Giggleswick; Yorkshire West Riding1
Pontefract; Yorkshire West Riding1
Holderness Wapentake; Yorkshire East Riding1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)110
Barry, Michael V (1935-)22
Wright, John T14
Wright, Peter12
Wakelin, Martyn F9
William6
Sykes, Donald Richard6
Dyson, Wilsey5
Siporin, Rae Lee5
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)4

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 1800156
From 19001288
From 20001

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189971
Up to 19991374

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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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...

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Archive Collection

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

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PEDIGREES AND GENEALOGICAL NOTES COMPILED BY MEMBERS OF THE YAS FAMILY HISTORY SECTION

20th century

Including pedigrees of Bentley, Dinsdale, Palmer. A list of Jackson entries in the Terrington N. Yorkshire parish registers (18-19th century), a list of early settlers in Whatcom County [Washington, U...

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PHOTOCOPIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN TO RELATIONS IN AMERICA

1847-1906

Also an additional deposit of 65 photocopy letters.

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PAPERS OF W HORNSBY, SALTBURN, INCLUDING LETTERS AND PAMPHLETS ON ARCHAEOLOGICAL TOPICS

1902-1937

Including letters received from F Elgee, W Farrer, FG Simpson, F Villey and R E M Wheeler

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HARTLEY THWAITE PAPERS

20th century

Consisting of notes, transcripts and photocopies of documents and correspondence relating to Yorkshire history, mainly to Abbotside and Wenleydale, and to the Thwaite(s), Metcalfe and other families ...

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ARCHAEOLOGIAL PAPERS OF F G SIMPSON

1902-1921

Comprising notes and plan of the Leeds area by F Villy nd, traced plan of Castley and Wescoehill 1921, annotated Ordnance Survey maps for Rigton and Wothersome 1902, Alwoodley, Bramham and Newton Kym...

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