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Total number of records: 1075

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives801
Books and printed items200
Art items67
Objects3

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection1075
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections94
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection31
English Literature29
Herbert Read Collection27
Leeds Poetry12
Medical Collections9
Incunabula2
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
portraits15
medicine12
human dissection12
painting10
riots10
family9
letters9
photographs9
hospitals8
physicians8

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Greece8
England6
London, United Kingdom6
Genoa, Italy5
Sheffield (England)4
Cumbria3
Appleby3
Thessaly2
Thebes2
Nice, France2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Lawson, Fred44
Hepworth, Barbara Dame (1903-1975)24
Patrick Branwell Bronte23
Hall, John Charles (1816-1876)14
Mcgrigor Phillips, Noel11
Roberts, Samuel (1763-1848)11
Bronte, Charlotte (1816-1855)9
Currer Bell9
Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)9
Favell, Charles F8

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 1800898
From 1900175
From 20001

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1899874
Up to 1999194
Up to latest6
Bennett Family Correspondence
Archive Collection

Bennett Family Correspondence

Bennett family

c.1840-1866

The letters include 16 from the writer J. Sheridan Le Fanu to Bessie Pigott Bennett (whose younger sister, Susan, he married in 1844); 47 from Margaret Decluzeau to Bessie Pigott Bennett; and about 27...

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Poetry and Audience - 6th November, 1953
Archive Collection

Poetry and Audience, typescript and manuscript drafts of poems by various authors originally published in 'Poetry and Audence'

c.1954-1972

This collection contains typescript and manuscript drafts of poems by 33 authors, submitted for publication in the Leeds student literary magazine 'Poetry and Audience.' Also included is a small amoun...

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Bram Stoker correspondence
Archive Series

Bram Stoker correspondence

1866 - 1911

Correspondence addressed to Bram Stoker, generally dated between 1866 and 1911. Letters have been indexed by correspondent.

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v.'
Archive Sub-series

v.

c 1987 - 2007

Originally labelled “V. – Channel 4, November 4 1987 + Theatre Adaptations: Eye-Level, Volcano, Birmingham Rep. Youth Workshop (May 1991)”

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Letters of A. B. Nicholls to Ellen Nussey
Archive File

'Letters of A. B. Nicholls to Ellen Nussey'

1855-1858

Nine autograph letters from A. B. Nicholls to Ellen Nussey, bound together.

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Autograph fair copy, for the printer, of Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell?s novel Sylvia's Lovers (slightly incomplete)
Archive File

'Sylvia's Lovers' annotated manuscript (slightly incomplete)

1863

Manuscript draft for 'Sylvia's Lovers, with original printer's marks and Gaskell's revisions. The draft includes a top sheet with directions to the printer. Loose sheets in 10 envelopes. Mainly bla...

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Autograph album
Archive File

Autograph album

1800 - 1900

Containing a fragment of Sylvia's Lovers on f. 5. Also includes letters from both Elizabeth and William Gaskell, and autograph extracts of other known people, such as: Philip John Bailey, Rev. Wm Gask...

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Research Material
Archive File

Research Material

1991 - 2005

Substantial file of research material, relating to the development of 'Black Daisies'. Files include press cuttings and photocopies of general, academic and medical articles on Alzheimers, memory and ...

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Nine letters from Charlotte Brontë to Amelia Ringrose
Archive File

Letter from Charlotte Brontë to Amelia Ringrose

24 Dec 1847

Letter to Amelia Ringrose at Brookroyd. Commenting on a letter Brontë has received from Ringrose making her acquaintance, and their mutual friendship with Ellen Nussey.

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Letters of A. B. Nicholls to Clement Shorter'
Archive File

Letters of A. B. Nicholls to Clement Shorter'

c.1895-1900

Fifty-six autograph letters from A. B. Nicholls to Clement King Shorter, bound together. Letters concern Charlotte Brontë and the Bronte family manuscripts. Frequent manuscript annotations in the han...

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Drafts
Archive File

Drafts

1991 - 2005

Series of frequently annotated drafts (8 files) charting the development of the 'Black Daisies' from initial notes to final script. The file also contains a partial musical score for the film.

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'Miss Betty' Bram Stoker Manuscript
Archive File

'Miss Betty' Bram Stoker Manuscript

c 1899

'Miss Betty' The MS bears the title 'Seven golden buttons', and the ending is different from the work as published in 1899.

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