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Total number of records: 1058

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives687
Books and printed items369
Art items1
Objects1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture546
Brotherton Collection102
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society39
Herbert Read Collection38
Leeds Russian Archive28
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman11
Quaker Collection8
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society7
Liddle Collection7
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections6

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
education1058
community life546
culture359
english language - dialects246
occupations174
manners and customs132
agriculture126
nature125
food111
animals108

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England73
Great Britain41
Northumberland29
Embleton11
Lowick11
Durham, United Kingdom4
Leeds, United Kingdom4
Italy3
Moscow (Russia)3
Modena2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)102
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)38
Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed To Inquire Into the Education of the Poor38
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)23
Barry, Michael V (1935-)22
Dunn, Ginette17
Wright, Peter15
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)14
Wright, John T13
Tammivaara, Irmeli13

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 1800248
From 1900795
From 200015

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1899230
Up to 1999799
Up to latest29

Archive Collection

Michael Sadler Archive

Sadler, Sir Michael (1861-1943)

1848-c.1997

The archive consists of the following: - original MS and TS papers by Sadler (1887-1943), - correspondence (1870-1941) - books or documents held by Sadler (1854-1943) - published works by Sadler ...

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John William Jacob papers

Jacob, John William

c.1880-1930

Comprises manuscript notes and press cuttings, mostly on history and education-related subjects

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City of Leeds Training College, Leeds College of Art and Leeds College of Music, papers on higher education, held by Leeds City Council Education Committee

c.1903-1961

Comprises: (1) Leeds College of Art papers, ca. 1910-1961, including administrative correspondence, the Principal's annual reports, miscellaneous annual and other reports, notably one of an inspection...

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Association of Directors and Secretaries for Education, the Association of Education Officers, and the National Association of Education Officers (papers)

1906-1954

Comprises: (1) Minute books of ADSE and AEO Executive Committees, Apr 1906 - May 1954; (2) Minute book of NAEO Executive Committee, May 1908 - Dec 1916; (3) Letter from D.J. Cowan to F.H. Toyne, with ...

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Society of Education Officers papers

1970-1988

Comprises: (1) General correspondence, Aug 1977 - Dec 1984. (2) (a) Executive Committee, attendance register, Dec 1970 - Dec 1983; papers and agendas, Jul 1983 - May 1988; minutes, Mar 1984 - Dec 198...

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Papers of Diana Allen, Gypsy and Traveller Rights Campaigner.

Allen, Diana (1916-2007)

c.1967-2007

Includes correspondence, newspaper cuttings, research papers, reports, copies of minutes and publications relating to Gypsies and Travellers collected by Diana Allen.

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West Riding of Yorkshire Education Authority, Alexander Bradshaw Clegg directorship documents

1902-1974

Select documents together with photocopies, transcripts and abstracts of documents relating to the West Riding of Yorkshire Education Authority, 1902-1974, but mostly during the directorship of Alexan...

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JOHNSON, Louis (1920-1996)

[1943], 1954-1959, 2002

Intourist (Inturist) brochures (tourist routes, tour programmes, Black Sea, Caucasus, Minsk, Moscow, Urals) /1-9/. Brochures on Abastumani, Bakuriani, Batumi, Borzhomi, Dzhava, Gagra, Gudauta, Kobulet...

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Miscellaneous papers relating to Parliamentary grants to local authorities for educational purposes, 1925-1928; compiled by the Association of Education Committees

1925-1928

Title stamped in gold on front board gives the dates as '1925-1935'. On the spine is stamped the word 'GRANTS'. The cover is green

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Papers and correspondence of the North of England Education Conference

1903-1992

Comprises the administrative papers and correspondence, conference papers and printed reports of the North of England Education Conference in its many different venues around the country between 1903 ...

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Pamphlet collection compiled by Lord Boyle of Handsworth

Boyle of Handsworth, Edward Boyle Baron (1923-1981)

c.1945-1981

1141 pamphlets held in 40 pamphlet boxes on 5 shelves. Sorted and boxed by broad subject. Possibly the bequest of Lord Boyle, ca.1981 Edward Charles Gurney Boyle, Baron Boyle of Handsworth, P.C., C.H....

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