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Total number of records: 504

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items454
Archives34
Coins12
Textiles3
Art items1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection181
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections46
English Literature30
Herbert Read Collection27
Coin Collection12
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman9
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society3
International Textile Collection3
Cookery Collection3
Leeds Russian Archive2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
ecclesiastical geography29
jews13
spanish literature10
rare books7
romanies7
books7
latin american literature7
art6
architecture5
inquisition5

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Spain504
Portugal64
Great Britain29
France25
Latin America12
Barcelona11
Italy11
Europe10
America9
England5

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Catholic Church32
Florez, Enrique (1702-1773)29
Jusue, Eduardo29
Jusue, Eduardo (1846-1922)29
Spain13
Masdeu, Juan Francisco (1744-1817)11
Ford, Richard (1796-1858)9
Augustus (27 BC-AD 14)8
Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)8
Coxe, William (1747-1828)8

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From earliest12
From 15008
From 160034
From 1700139
From 1800140
From 1900155
From 200015

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 9912
Up to 15998
Up to 169933
Up to 1799104
Up to 1899143
Up to 1999182
Up to latest21

Archive Sub-series

Spanish Official Documents

1727-1827

Legal/offical documents containing references to "Gitanos," [Gypsies, Travellers and Roma] in Spain.

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Official documents relating to Gypsies, Travellers & Roma in Spain, collected by Sir Angus Fraser

Fraser, Angus M

1630-1798

Comprises official documents of Spanish origin "affecting Gypsies," [Roma] including, prematica/pragmatica; real cedula; real provision; real orden; carta orden; real instruccion; real decreto and ind...

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Spanish and Catalonia Official Documents

1727-1827

[Possibly certified copies of] Spanish legal/offical documents concerning, "Gitanos" [Gypsies Travellers & Roma]

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Borrow (George Henry) Miscellaneous notes (Iberian peninsula, including The Bible in Spain; Manchu Testament; poems, etc.

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)

c.1840

1) Undated leather bound notebook containing autograph (handwritten) manuscript, chiefly in pencil. Includes notes/drafts of parts for, "The Bible in Spain;" "Manchu Testament;" notes on his expens...

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Naviasky (Philip), Letters to Mrs McGrigor Phillips.

Naviasky, Philip (1894-1983)

19/Nov/1936 - 13/Dec/1936

Letters concerning the viewing and sale of Naviasky's paintings [see related objects]

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John (Augustus Edwin), Letter to Dora E. Yates

John, Augustus Edwin (1878-1961)

04/07/1955

Letter from Augustus John referencing [Angus] Fraser's review [Journal of Gypsy Lore Society] of a book by La Fuente. Also reference to an exhibition of Spanish Gypsies.

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Starkie (Walter Fitzwilliam), Letter to Mrs McGrigor Phillips.

Starkie, Walter (1894-1976)

03/03/1950

Typed and signed letter on letterhead of the Instituto Britanico en Espana, (Calle de Almagro 5, Madrid). With envelope.

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"Gypsy Picture & Playbills."

c.1740 - c.1872

Bound album so titled. Made up of the following: 1) Cuttings/print extracts - (pg1 -33) mainly illustrations/engravings of Gypsy/Traveller related subjects including but not limited to; Spanish, Br...

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(A1) Research and papers : 2013-2015

c. 2011- c. 2016

Research material mainly made up of prinotuts of online material covering Charlie Hebdo terror attack in France; terrorrism; Wikileaks; US and French politics/elections; Universal basic income; work,...

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Sep, 2002, Madrid

Mar 2002 - Sep 2002

Correspondence inviting Zygmunt Bauman to contribute towards a summer course titled “Political Theory in Face of the Future” for the Spanish Social Party (PSOE), 2-6 September 2002. Others invi...

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Sep, 2004, Barcelona

Sep 2003 - Sep 2004

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of lectures"The Universal Forum of Cultures". Lectures include "Human Rights, Emerging Needs and New Challenges"and "Right to the Individual and Co...

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Feb, 2003, Malaga (suspended)

Dec 2002 - Feb 2003

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's contribution to an "International Seminar on Post-Modern Social Change" on 6-7 February 2003. (University of Malaga, 6-7 Feb 2003)

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