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Total number of records: 254

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture221
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman14
Brotherton Collection9
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection7
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
Quaker Collection1
Liddle Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
religion254
manners and customs221
culture165
community life140
occupations98
social life and customs95
english language - dialects79
buildings78
nature72
food67

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England3
Poland2
Italy2
Netherlands1
Modena1
Mantua1
Spain1
York1
Wroclaw1
Sweden1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Voitl, Herbert16
Sullivan, Keith Frederick11
Tammivaara, Irmeli10
Dunn, Ginette10
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)6
Panheinen, Ossi6
Bell, Brigid M5
Latham, Jean4
Crook, Rosemary4

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From 18008
From 1900242
From 20004

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 18998
Up to 1999232
Up to latest14

Archive Collection

Gilbert Clive Binyon correspondence and papers

Binyon, Gilbert Clive

19--

Papers, sermons and reports dealing largely with historical and social questions, and including correspondence concerning the proposed SPCK encyclopaedia of the Christian religion. Additional donation...

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Ernest John Tinsley papers

Tinsley, Ernest John (1919-1992)

c.1920-1992

Contains material concerning the Bible, Christology and other Christian doctrines, moral theology, other faiths, education, religion and the arts, broadcasts, publications, sermons, and miscellaneous ...

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Society for the Study of Theology Archive

Society for the Study of Theology

1952-2017

Includes conference and plenary papers, a minute book, correspondence, administrative papers and documents relating to the Colin Gunton Centenary Prize.

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Papers of Professor John Wilfred Harvey on philosophy and religion

Harvey, John Wilfred (1889-1967)

19--

These papers were received in February 1975 from Mrs Sarah G Graham, a member of the Harvey family acting under the will. In the main, they consist of manuscripts (or typescripts with manuscript emend...

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National & International Missions to Gypsies, Travellers & Roma; the papers of William Webb

c.1948 - 1958

Papers relating to the work and establishment of national and international religious missions working with [Gypsy, Travellers & Roma] communities. These include but are not limited to; The Church of ...

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Box (I) Reference, research and Papers [c.2011-2015]

c.2011- 2015

Loose papers, printouts of online articles (mainly Le Monde), research material and typescript drafts unattributed and by Zygmunt Bauman (in English and Polish). Also includes works by other authors; ...

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Correspondence and papers UNSORTED (2)

c.1981 -c.2008

Mainly unsorted loose correspondence, papers and cuttings relating to research and writings on Holocaust writing, memorial and testimony. Some arranged in folders (as per original). Includes theses on...

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Parish and Church

[1965-1975]

This subseries, comprising a single file only, includes Werner Kissling's ms. notes on the Foresters' Walk in Coverdale (connected with the Ancient Order of Foresters) and its byelaws; Margaret Ottley...

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Sacred Language Among the Yamba People: A Case Study of the Power of Language

Yeriwa, Jikong Stephen

1979

A study of the sacred language used by the Yamba people of Cameroon, in ceremonies performed within their society throughout the year. The collector selects samples of sacred utterances (prayers, inju...

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Murray, Albert Victor

c.1939-1945

Various papers relating to teacher training, education, conscientious objection and religion. Papers include war's brutality like descriptions of army ranks and POWs. Letters to Murray include ones fr...

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The Development of the Friendly Society

Brown, Sherridan

1976

M.A. dissertation which discusses the conditions under which the Friendly Societies came into being, the influences which may have helped form them, the kind of functions they were able to perform for...

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Marriage and Death Ceremonies in Derna, Eastern Libya

El-Darrat, Nasser

1975

Research study, submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for a Master's degree in English Literature, which describes and analyses the customs associated with death and marriage in the town...

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