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Total number of records: 97984

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Books and printed items64541
Archives26090
Indexes6973
Art items317
Objects57
Coins1

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Brotherton Collection97984
English Literature17676
Herbert Read Collection16257
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse7151
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections4691
Leeds Poetry4260
Incunabula1350
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1257
Rudolf Laban Collections961
Medieval Manuscripts642

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english poetry1807
romanies1155
letters1143
art896
english literature681
letter663
poets, english652
sermons, english589
english drama561
art, modern522

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Great Britain2578
England366
France357
Sheffield (England)304
Europe289
Yorkshire (England)202
Spain181
Genoa, Italy178
Rome174
London, United Kingdom169

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Anonymous2647
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)1370
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)1080
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)941
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)751
Wodehouse, Sir Philip631
Sala, George Augustus505
Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum442
Great Britain439
Amsterdam (Netherlands)400

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Archive Collection

Ralph Abercrombie correspondence

Abercrombie Family

1928-1969

Contains: (1) Letters of condolence to Catherine and Ralph Abercrombie on the death of Lascelles Abercrombie, Oct./Nov. 1938; (2) Abercrombie family letters, from various correspondents chiefly to Ral...

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Alan Bennett, draft of the introduction written for the dramatisation of 'The Wind in the Willows' at the National Theatre in 1991.

Bennett, Alan

1991

Comprises the typescript draft of Bennett's introduction for the Faber version of the dramatisation of Kenneth Grahame's 'The Wind in the Willows', produced at the National Theatre in December 1991. T...

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Michael Millgate correspondence

Millgate, Professor Michael (1929-); Thwaite, Dr Ann (1932-); Thwaite, Anthony (1930-)

1986-2011

Comprises mainly Professor Michael Millgate's correspondence with Dr. Ann Thwaite. Also includes some correspondence with Dr. Anthony Thwaite.

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Archive Print Collection

1890's Literature (Brotherton Collection)

1890s

Literary works published in the final decade of the 19th century. The collection also contains a small number of more recent works surveying the literary and artistic movements and ideas of the closin...

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Archive Print Collection

Gosse (Brotherton Collection)

1829-2014

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George Crabbe correspondence and papers

1726-1816

Additional items listed Sep 2017: 'Letter and Watercolour' [BC MS 19c Crabbe/6].

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Leeds University Library Handlist of 'Bronteana'

19th - 20th century

A collection of pamphlets and offprints on Brontë subjects.

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Juliette Drouet Letters to Victor Hugo

1833-1903

Letters from Juliette Drouet to Victor Hugo. 440 letters, partially covering the years 1833 - 1851. Also included are two letters (1903 - 1906) relating to the collection whilst in the care of John El...

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George Borrow, literary manuscripts with related material

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)

c.1840-1913

Brotherton Collection items: Autograph manuscripts of two folktales, one beginning "Sigurd son of Volsun", the other entitled "The pisgey and midwife"; autograph manuscripts of four poems, "Grasach Ab...

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'Fairy Tales in Verse from Grimm' manuscript volume

Ellis, Frederick Startridge (1830-1901)

08 Oct 1894

Unpublished volume of poetry by Frederick Startridge Ellis, who was primarily known as William Morris's bookseller. This manuscript is primarily fair copy with occasional additions and revisions, al...

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Arnold Family Archive

Arnold Family

1810-1894

Correspondence: Series I, Letters of Thomas Arnold: 107 letters to family members and friends. Series II, Letters of Mary Arnold: 45 letters to family members and friends. Series III, Miscellaneous fa...

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Father Thomas Dawson Correspondence

Dawson, Thomas

1856-1937

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