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Liddle Collection312
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Joseph Wood Collections101
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University Archive50
Brotherton Collection35
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Wood, Joseph (1750-1821)92
Hiroshige, Utagawa I (1797-1858)12
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Le Prince, Louis Aime Augustin (1841-)9
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AKED, HENRY LESLIE CAUTLEY
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AKED, HENRY LESLIE CAUTLEY

1914-1918

Commission (Feb 1915); Reports, Leeds University School of Instruction for Officers (May-June 1915); 2 letters relating to being taken POW (Prisoner of War) (1916, 1919); 2 copies of the birth certifi...

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'Leeds Fix the Cistem' leaflet
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'Leeds Fix the Cistem' leaflet

2021-2022

Campaign leaflet produced by LGBT+ Society.

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Medals and Badges
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Sketchbooks and Drawings
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The Yorkshire College textile Design book:  Examples in Weaves and Designing
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The Yorkshire College Textile Design book: Examples in weaves and designing

1897-98

Student pattern book from the Yorkshire College owned by A. E. Brown, with Professor Roberts Beaumont signature. First year student notebook showing examples of weaves and designing. Illustrated with...

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The Yorkshire College textile Design book:  Examples in Weaves and Designing
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The Yorkshire College Textile Design book: Examples in weaves and designing

1898-1899

Second year student notebook owned by A. E. Brown, from the Department of Textile Industries of the Yorkshire College, showing examples of weaves and designing. Illustrated with point paper designs in...

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The analysis of fabric
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The Analysis of Fabric

circa 1900

Student notebook owned by A. E. Brown, from the Department of Textile Industries of the Yorkshire College. Includes many woven samples, point pattern designs and calculations of yarn and fabric stru...

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The Yorkshire College textile Design book:  Lecture Notes
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The Yorkshire CollegeTextile Design book: Lecture notes

1899-1900

Student notebook owned by A. E. Brown from the Department of Textile Industries of the Yorkshire College. Includes lecture notes, point pattern designs, loom illustrations and fabric samples for anal...

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