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Total number of records: 745

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives736
Books and printed items7
Objects2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection405
English Literature360
Liddle Collection150
Leeds Russian Archive51
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections24
Leeds Poetry20
Herbert Read Collection4
Quaker Collection2
Medical Collections1
Cookery Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters745
english poetry301
english fiction286
english literature274
english drama266
world war, 1914-1918145
photographs83
scholars, assistance to78
refugees, political78
refugees, jewish77

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Hertfordshire1
England1
Colney Heath1
Birmingham1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)12
Sotheby & Co. (London, England)5
Bradford, Barbara Taylor (1933-)4
Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)3
Boyle of Handsworth, Edward Boyle Baron (1923-1981)3
Dobree, Bonamy (1891-1974)2
Holroyd, Michael2
Beckwith, Frank (1904-1977)2
Berry, Francis2
Gawsworth, John2

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 1900732
From 200013

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 18991
Up to 1999702
Up to latest41

Archive Collection

Geoffrey Woledge Archive

Woledge, Geoffrey (1901-1988)

19--

Includes diaries, letters, postcards, photographs, household accounts, notes on bibliography, librarianship and education, papers of various family members, documents relating to Aireborough Civic Soc...

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David Edward Jenkins Archive

Jenkins, David Edward

c.1925-1984

Contains material relating to various professional appointments in the World Council of Churches, William Temple Foundation, and the University of Leeds; the Cadbury lectures; personal and family pape...

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Community Development Project (Home Office) papers.

c.1945-1975

Comprises: (1) Planning papers, research reports, and administrative papers and correspondence of the Project between 1967 and 1975; (2) Many books on economic history and pamphlets on urban developme...

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E. J. Arnold wholesale stationers

1903-1977

Comprises wage books, invoices, miscellaneous company papers and reports, catalogues, examples of printing, correspondence, notes on company history, photographs (loose and in albums), slides, 2 reels...

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Yorkshire Contemporary Art Group and St Paul's Gallery Leeds Archive

1979-1988

Comprises: 1) Correspondence, posters, photographs and other material related to "New Art in Yorkshire" exhibition, 1987; 2) Material relating to exhibitions and events held by YCAG, 1984-1988; 3) Mat...

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Leeds Luncheon Club papers

1913-2000

Comprises: (1) Administrative papers and correspondence of the Leeds Luncheon Club between 1938 and 2000, with fuller coverage of the years 1955-1986, including statements of the annual accounts, form...

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Arnold Bennett, correspondence

Bennett, Arnold (1867-1931)

c.1903-1964

Comprises: (1) 25 autograph manuscript letters and postcards from Arnold Bennett to Pauline Urmson Smith or her mother between 1911-1931, together with typed transcripts made by the donor, A. Ravenscr...

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London Magazine Editions Archive

The London Magazine

1965-1979

The archive material contained within this collection relates to the publication of various volumes and dates from the mid-1960s to the late 1970s, during the editorship of Alan Ross. The bulk of the ...

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London Magazine Archive

1972-2007

Editorial and production papers, earlier versions of material published in the magazine, and correspondence between contributors and editorial staff, predominantly Alan Ross.

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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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George Barker, miscellaneous literary papers and letters

Barker, George (1913-1991)

1935-1987

Comprises: (1) 3 letters to or from George Barker, including 1 undated and 2 dated 1977 and 1981 respectively, held in an envelope with typed drafts of his 'Critical sonnet for William Shakespeare', ...

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