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Total number of records: 25904

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items18265
Archives6683
Indexes801
People and organisations139
Objects8
Art items4
Textiles4

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection6732
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman4619
English Literature3941
Quaker Collection967
Herbert Read Collection752
Leeds Russian Archive656
Letters Database652
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society440
University Archive423
Cookery Collection352

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english poetry353
authors, english257
authors, russian251
society of friends220
letters199
sermons, english198
world war, 1914-1918195
english literature170
english language152
natural history126

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain707
England196
France166
Germany133
Europe93
Soviet Union70
Sweden61
Scotland50
Russia50
United States47

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Church of England315
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)213
Society of Friends173
Catholic Church140
Great Britain120
Landschaftsverband Rheinland. Amt Fur Rheinische Landeskunde109
Ennen, Edith109
Lvr-Institut Fur Landeskunde Und Regionalgeschichte109
Flink, Klaus109
Muller, Martin (Cartographer)109

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Earliest dateCount
From 1500191
From 16001837
From 17004004
From 18005945
From 190013586
From 2000341

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Up to 1599176
Up to 16991779
Up to 17993731
Up to 18995771
Up to 19998989
Up to latest5427

Archive Collection

Authors' World Peace Appeal, papers and correspondence

1951-1954

Comprises: (1) Correspondence arranged by surname A-Z; (2) Invitation letters; (3) Minutes and agendas of meetings; (4) Bulletins; (5) Various other administrative papers

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COMMONPLACE BOOK BY UNKNOWN AUTHOR

c1856-1869

Contains entries relating to international affairs, politics. Contains material relating particularly to Irealnd including Irish schools (including number of pupils in Ardee National School, Ardee Poo...

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West Riding of Yorkshire Education Authority, Alexander Bradshaw Clegg directorship documents

1902-1974

Select documents together with photocopies, transcripts and abstracts of documents relating to the West Riding of Yorkshire Education Authority, 1902-1974, but mostly during the directorship of Alexan...

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International Festival of Authors

2001

This file contains material related to Kevin Crossley-Holland's reading for the International Festival of Authors (2001), that includes, but is not limited to: publicity material; programme; advertisi...

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Society of Authors CWIG Conference

2012

This file contains material related to Kevin Crossley-Holland's opening speech for the 'Society of Authors CWIG Conference' (2012) at the University of Reading, that includes, but is not limited to: f...

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PUBLISHED WORKS BY J W WALKER WITH AUTHOR'S ANNOTATIONS

1888-1931

Comprising: The History of the Old Parish Church of All Saints, Wakefield, 1888 St Mary's Chapel on Wakefield Bridge, 1890 Sandal Castle, 1894 St James' Church, Chapelthorpe, Wakefield, 1915 St...

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Poetry and Audience - 6th November, 1953
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Poetry and Audience, typescript and manuscript drafts of poems by various authors originally published in 'Poetry and Audence'

c.1954-1972

This collection contains typescript and manuscript drafts of poems by 33 authors, submitted for publication in the Leeds student literary magazine 'Poetry and Audience.' Also included is a small amoun...

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CORRESPONDENCE RELATING TO AUTHORITIES SUPERSEDED BY MORLEY CORPORATION

1924-1937

Relating to East and West Ardsley, Gildersome and Drighlington. 1. East and West Ardsley; correspondence and advance loan papers relating to the Small Dwelling Acquisition Act. 2. Local Government ...

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COLLECTION OF LETTERS FROM YORKSHIRE AUTHORS OF TOPOGRAPHICAL WORKS

19th century

Including letters from Joseph Hunter, worthies, clergymen, noblemen, commissioners and artists

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Annual Grants from Local Authorities in Yorkshire

1913-1974

General 1925-74 Barnsley 1940-49, 1974 Bradford 1930, 1973-74 Calderdale 1973-74 Dewsbury 1933-45, 1968-73 East Riding 1923-55, 1967-73 (from 1974 see Humberside County Council) Halifax 1947-58,...

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