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Total number of records: 1289

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1281
Art items5
Books and printed items2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
University Archive688
Student Newspapers640
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture300
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society71
Liddle Collection61
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections17
Brotherton Collection12
English Literature7
Leeds Russian Archive5
Womens Aid Federation of England Archive4

Top 10: Subject

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

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Holderness Wapentake; Yorkshire East Riding1
Meaux; Wawne; Yorkshire East Riding1
Florence (Italy)1
Escrick; Yorkshire East Riding1
Batley; Yorkshire West Riding1
East Riding of Yorkshire1
Ethiopia1

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
Tilling, Philip M (1938-)4

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 19001288
From 20001

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 18991
Up to 19991288

Archive Collection

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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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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Archive Collection

GENEALOGICAL NOTES AND PEDIGREES

1970-1981

Including Beever, Burhouse, Busfield, Clapham, Ferrand, Grace, Hardwicke, Hobson, Jubb, Longhorn, Oates, Paley, Richmond, Stevenson and Talbot, notes relating to Hainsworth, Johnson, Pickles, Tebbet ...

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PAPERS OF MARY CHITTY (NEE KITSON CLARK)

Kitson Clark, Mary (1905-2005)

1920-1960

Comprising correspondence, notes, photographs and other papers mainly relating to archaeological topics, notably to the activities of the Roman Antiquities Committee of the Yorkshire Archaeological So...

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