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Total number of records: 2826
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| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| University Archive | 1610 |
| Student Newspapers | 981 |
| Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture | 300 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 147 |
| Liddle Collection | 63 |
| Brotherton Collection | 51 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 29 |
| Business Archives | 24 |
| English Literature | 21 |
| Leeds Russian Archive | 10 |
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| Place | Count |
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| Kirkby Ravensworth; Yorkshire North Riding | 1 |
| Kilnsey; Conistone; Burnsall; Yorkshire West Riding | 1 |
| Meaux; Wawne; Yorkshire East Riding | 1 |
| Mirfield; Yorkshire West Riding | 1 |
| Sutton Under Whitestonecliffe; Felixkirk; Yorkshire North Riding | 1 |
| Settle; Giggleswick; Yorkshire West Riding | 1 |
| Pontefract; Yorkshire West Riding | 1 |
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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...
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...
Glenesk-Bathurst correspondence and papers
Glenesk, Algernon Borthwick (1830-1908)
1801-2000
The Glenesk-Bathurst papers revolve around the Morning Post, an influential Conservative newspaper which eventually merged with the Daily Telegraph, and relate mainly to the Edwardian period though th...
NOTES ON THE HISTORY OF THE CRAWSHAW FAMILY OF DEWSBURY AREA, YORK AREA, WOOLLEY, ROYSTON, SHEFFIELD, HALIFAX, NORTH LINCOLSHIRE AND HULL AREAS
c1970
With full references to relevant documents and printed sources including parish registers, wills, Wakefield court rolls, directories and Yorkshire fines.
PHOTOCOPIES OF REPORTS BY THE NORTH YORKSHIRE AND CLEVELAND VERNACULAR BUILDINGS STUDY GROUP
Yorkshire Vernacular Buildings Study Group
1969-1974
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
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...
PHOTOCOPIES OF LETTERS WRITTEN TO RELATIONS IN AMERICA
1847-1906
Also an additional deposit of 65 photocopy letters.
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
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 ...
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...