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Total number of records: 666

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives654
Books and printed items12

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection632
English Literature464
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections10
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse7
Medical Collections4
Leeds Russian Archive2
Quaker Collection1
Business Archives1
Cookery Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters666
pre-raphaelites440
poets, english440
portraits, british61
photographs43
autographs19
english poetry14
romanies10
english fiction8
artists5

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Lozere (France : Dept.)1
Great Britain1
France1
Aveyron (France)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)227
Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)136
Hogg, Jabez26
Knox, Vicesimus (1752-1821)5
Knox, Vicesimus5
Keeley, Robert5
Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)4
Osborne, Peregrine Hyde3
Melville, Robert Saunders-Dundas3
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)3

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Archive Collection

Louis Henry Hayter correspondence and papers

Hayter, Louis Henry

1884-1897

THESE PAPERS were very kindly presented, to the; Library in February 1976 by Lord Boyle, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds. They had come into his family through L H Hayter having been politi...

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Henry Illingworth, papers and correspondence on the worsted industry in northern France

Illingworth, Henry

1867-1877

Letters, papers and printed documents of Henry Illingworth in connection with a survey of the worsted industry in northern France conducted by himself and John Venimore Godwin on behalf of the Joint T...

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Aubrey Beardsley, autograph letters and other material, with other items relating to him

Beardsley, Aubrey (1872-1898)

1892-1898

Comprises the following items: (1) Autograph letter to George Scotson-Clark [1892]; (2) Proof copies of two grotesques, 1893; (3) Invitation card designed by Aubrey Beardsley for the opening of the Pr...

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Hobson, Clegg and Company, Business Archive

Hobson, Clegg and Company

1876-1889

Comprises: (1) Personal letters including a letter to 'Jonas' from B.L.' expressing displeasure at the way business had been conducted in his absence, dated 1876. Three letters, dated 1877, to the ...

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Oscar Wilde, autograph letters and manuscripts, including the manuscript of his play 'The Duchess of Padua', with some related material

Wilde, Oscar (1854-1900)

1878-1895

Comprises the following items: (1) Autograph letter to Marian Willets [1878]; (2) Manuscript draft and notes for the original contract made by J.M. Stoddart, and Co. with Wilde for publishing Rennell ...

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MIRRIELEES Family

1877, 1890

Photocopies of: Obituary of Archibald Mirrielees in "Bible Society Monthly Reporter", vol X, no 23, 2 April 1877 /1/; letter (annotated by Harvey Pitcher) from Muir & Mirrielees to Aylmer Maude, Mosco...

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TRUBETSKAIA, Princess Varvara (1828?-)

1845-1848

Photocopies of letters from Princess Varvara Trubetskaia to Jemima Rodger (nee Davi(d)son; died 1854) (7, 1845-1848) /1-7/. Photograph of portrait of Princess Trubetskaia /8/.

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Dante Gabriel Rossetti correspondence

c.1852 - 1882

Letters written by Dante Gabriel Rossetti and addressed to a range of correspondents. The series includes long sequences of letters addressed to (Walter) Theodore Watts-Dunton, William Davis, Francis ...

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Maria Rossetti letters

c.1850 - 1876

2 letters sent by Maria Rossetti, one to Dr Heimann, and another to John Lucas Tupper.

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Correspondence of Sir Philip Rose

Rose, Sir Philip

c.1850-1880

Consists almost entirely of letters received by Rose. Many of them are undated.

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