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Total number of records: 485840

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items218053
Archives174421
People and organisations43549
Indexes42810
Textiles3489
Art items1827
Objects1180
Coins506

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection85466
Liddle Collection33451
English Literature30514
Letters Database22940
Leeds Russian Archive16865
Herbert Read Collection16427
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society13879
University Archive13799
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman11884

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-19185894
culture3280
occupations2590
english poetry2444
english language - dialects1988
community life1844
nature1688
agriculture1687
jews1639
art1621

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain7076
England6000
France3370
Soviet Union1642
London, United Kingdom1351
Rome1052
Europe1015
Russia999
United Kingdom908
Greece834

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)4817
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)4527
Great Britain2070
Church of England1754
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1534
English National Opera North1496
Opera North1496
Anonymous1453
Shorter, Clement King1412
Gosse, Edmund1327

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 170061051
From 1800131966
From 1900275950
From 200016806

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 996
Up to 1991
Up to 29941
Up to 3991
Up to 59911
Up to 8992
Up to 9991
Up to 10992
Up to 13991
Up to 15994
Up to 179948027
Up to 1899109074
Up to 1999274133
Up to latest42065

Archive Art Collection

Japanese prints

1735-1873

Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Two sets depicting Kabuki plays: 'Chushingura' by Utagawa Hiroshige and 'The Sugawara Tragedy' by Utagawa Sadahide. Also a singular print: 'View of a Dramatic Perfor...

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PAPERS RELATING TO ELLAND AND HALIFAX, MOSTLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CROSSLEY AND WHEELWRIGHT FAMILIES

19th-20th century

Includes family papers relating to the Crossley family including correspondence, valuations, insurance, wills etc. Papers relating to the Wheelwright Family. Papers relating to Mearclough Mill. Pap...

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Stone heads index

1960s-1970s

Card index of approximately 1000 individual photographic recordings of stone heads, mainly from the West Riding of Yorkshire. Each recording generally consists of the event date (eg of finding or reco...

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1 in 4 Collection

c1986 - 1998

The collection contains organisational papers including journals, minute books, correspondence, training information, legal guidelines and associated material. Files also include extensive reference m...

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Association of Engineers, Leeds, Archive

1865-1999

Comprises: 1) Minutes of the various council, open, special and annual general meetings of the Association, 1865-1997, with printed notices of these forthcoming meetings pasted into the volumes at the...

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Yorkshire Land and Warping Company, Business Archive

1875-1947

Comprises: (1) Many bundles of legal documents drawn up between the Warping Company and various other companies and individuals during the late nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentiet...

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Lancashire Cotton Districts Relief Fund, Leeds, Archive

1862-1866

Papers relating to the fund raised in Leeds for relief of distress in the Lancashire cotton districts caused by the American civil war In the autumn of 1862, the American Civil War began to affect t...

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Association for the Reform of Latin Teaching Archive

Association for the Reform of Latin Teaching

1912-2001

Comprises the complete text of the earlier manuscript minutes and the more recent typescript minutes of the Association from its inception in 1912 until 2001.

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