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Total number of records: 69707

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items47803
Archives21504
Art items298
Indexes49
Objects48
Coins1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection69707
Herbert Read Collection16092
English Literature9671
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections4202
Leeds Poetry3675
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection1212
Rudolf Laban Collections955
ApIvor Collection525
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse43
Cookery Collection42

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english poetry1344
letters1051
romanies978
art879
letter650
english literature633
poets, english629
art, modern520
pre-raphaelites496
socialism485

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain1291
England326
Sheffield (England)299
France213
Genoa, Italy177
Europe169
London, United Kingdom167
Yorkshire (England)155
Soviet Union126
Spain122

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)1062
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)774
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)744
Sala, George Augustus502
Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum438
Amsterdam (Netherlands)396
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)336
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)299
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)268
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616261

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 180024275
From 190045403
From 200028

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 991
Up to 5991
Up to 189921130
Up to 199948575

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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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 Collection

Leeds University Library Handlist of 'Bronteana'

19th - 20th century

A collection of pamphlets and offprints on Brontë subjects.

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Archive Collection

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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Albert Edward Tebb correspondence

Tebb, Albert Edward

c.1873-1898

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James A. Manson, correspondence

Manson, James Alexander

c.1873-1920

Consists almost entirely of letters received by Manson

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George Augustus Sala, correspondence

Sala, George Augustus (1828-1895)

c.1830-1913

Consists almost entirely of letters received by Sala. Some letters are undated.

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