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Total number of records: 3721

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items1459
Archives979
Indexes773
People and organisations462
Textiles35
Art items11
Objects2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection665
Letters Database580
English Literature317
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture256
Quaker Collection219
Liddle Collection165
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society83
Herbert Read Collection77
Cookery Collection48
Leeds Russian Archive40

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SubjectCount
community life72
occupations64
culture59
world war, 1914-191858
english language - dialects43
manners and customs41
agriculture38
nature36
food32
vehicles32

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England171
Great Britain71
United Kingdom35
Manchester28
Warwickshire25
Bradford18
Sussex17
Europe16
Buckinghamshire16
Ireland15

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry321
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)95
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)83
Jones, John Harry, Professor45
Nicolas, Sir Nicholas Harris (1799-1848)42
Browne, Hablot Knight (1815-1882)39
Browne, Hablot Knight39
Lever, Charles James (1806-1872)39
Browne, Gordon (1858-1932)38
Cruikshank, George (1792-1878)38

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Up to 1799225
Up to 1899549
Up to 19992126
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Archive File

Harris Cleaning and Herbert Harris

1780-1980

Herbert Harris, of Joseph Harris Ltd wanted to make provision in his Will, for the company to be offered to Johnson Group on his death, if they wanted to purchase, and DC should be associated with the...

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Archive Collection

John Harry Jones papers

Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)

1919-1946

Departmental and personal memoranda, lecture notes, proofs and offprints of publications, correspondence, and statistics.

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