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Total number of records: 516

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items436
Archives80

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Cookery Collection420
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture58
Brotherton Collection12
Liddle Collection2
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society1
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1
Herbert Read Collection1
English Literature1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
home economics510
cooking96
cooking, english71
home60
recipes55
occupations35
food33
community life24
implements, utensils etc23
manners and customs20

Count of Place

PlaceCount
England12
Great Britain9
Paris (France)1
Grande-Bretagne1
Kelantan1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1745-1828)32
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)21
Hammerton, Sir John Alexander (1871-1949)14
Hammerton, John Alexander14
Beeton, Mrs (1836-1865)11
Philp, Robert Kemp (1819-1882)9
Slinn, Gillian A9
Hodgkin, John (Bibliographer)9
Copley, Esther7
Bradley, Martha6

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 1800205
From 1900309
From 20002

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1899172
Up to 1999339
Up to latest5

Archive Series

B: Livelihood and Household Support

1951-1982

This series contains items largely relating to traditional occupations and industries, and home economics.

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Women's Domestic Crafts in Thornaby

Schrut, Judith Lynne

1977

M.A. thesis written in four parts. The first provides background material to the study, including introductory remarks, some historical background to women's domestic crafts and a discussion of method...

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Cookery book
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Cookery book

18--

A collection of cookery and general household recipes

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Cookery book
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Cookery book

18--

A collection of cookery and general household recipes

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Cookery book
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Cookery book

c.1851

A collection of cookery and general household recipes

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Cookery book
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Cookery book

18--

Contains: (1) 2 pp. index; (2) 50 pp. cookery and household recipes, the final 9 pp. being unnumbered

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Catalogue of a collection of cookery books, compiled by John Hodgkin
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Catalogue of a collection of cookery books, compiled by John Hodgkin

Hodgkin, John (bibliographer)

c.1930

Entries of books on cookery and house-keeping numbered 1-1361, as follows: Vol.1. Nos.1-155, A.,E. to Broderip, Francis Freeling; Vol.2. Nos.156-311, Brooks, Catharine to De Frederic, M.J.N.; Vol.3. N...

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Recipes and household hints collected by Dorothy Mary Leak
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Recipes and household hints collected by Dorothy Mary Leak

Leak, Dorothy Mary (1903-1989)

c.1920-1939

Some items are written in various hands, others are press-cuttings from the 'Yorkshire Evening Post', or extracts from Dorothy Leak's copy of 'Beeton's everyday cookery' (London, [ca.1888]). All are m...

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Catalogue of English cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin
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Catalogue of English cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin

Hodgkin, John (bibliographer)

c.1930

Black octavo note-book, lettered: Where is it?

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Catalogue of French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin
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Catalogue of French, German, Italian, Latin, and Spanish cookery and housekeeping books, compiled by John Hodgkin

Hodgkin, John (bibliographer)

c.1920

Black octavo note-book, with several blank leaves and a short index

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