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Total number of records: 375

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items261
Archives111
Art items2
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection375
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections375

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
romanies17
authors, english3
cant3
missionary work2
religion2
voyages and travels2
authors1
begging1
chapbooks, english1
country life1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England13
Greece4
Spain4
Brough3
Cumbria3
Hungary3
Norway3
Sweden3
Finland2
Germany2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Nelson, S (1800-1862)47
Jefferys, Charles18
Jefferys, Charles (1807-1865)18
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)16
Carpenter, J E (1813-1885)14
Carpenter, J. E14
Glover, Stephen (1813-1870)11
Gill, Edward J9
Bayly, Thomas Haynes (1797-1839)7
Bayly, Thomas Haynes6

Count of Earliest date

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From 15002
From 16005
From 170016
From 1800208
From 1900140
From 20001

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Up to 16991
Up to 17997
Up to 1899203
Up to 1999158
Up to latest3

Archive Print Item

The letter-box

Oldstaffe, Oliver

v.1 1818 On the end-paper at the back is the following pencil note: "Davidson Cook Collection, April 1940"

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Borrow (George Henry), Letter to Dawson Turner enclosing letter from Salazar.

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881); Salazar, António

22/Jan 1837 -15/Feb/1842

1) Letter from George Borrow (15 February 1842), from Oulton, Lowestoft to Dawson Turner concerning the enclosed letter from Salazar ( "the Gypsy of Cordova."). Includes an english transcription. 2)...

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Ratcliffe (Dorothy Una),Letters to various

31/01/1940- 5/Feb/1940

Individually listed.

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Tolson (Legh), Letter to Lionel Cresswell.

18/02/1925

Handwritten letter providing information about the inscriptions on the brass box [see related objects].

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Yates (Dora Esther), Letters to various.

Yates, Dora Esther (1879-1974)

24/Apr/1935 - 24/Aug/1955

Letters and correspondence with Dorothy Una Ratcliffe (DUR) and DUR's secretaries and husband A.C Phillips.

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Album page of (2) photographs and letter.

c.1940

Album page with two photographs and letter.

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Yates (Dora Esther), Letters to various.

24/Apr/1935 - 24/Aug/1955

Handwritten letters and postcards from Dora E. Yates to Dorothy Una Ratcliffe (DUR) and DUR's secretaries/personal assistants, Miss [Marion] Wood or Primrose [Cresswell]. Referencing items from Roma...

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Letters to John Hasfeld, 1835-1839

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881); Hasfeld, John; Fraser, Angus M

1982

In 1984 the press published his Letters to John Hasfeld, 1841-1846.

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Letters to John Hasfeld, 1841-1846

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881); Hasfeld, John; Fraser, Angus M

1984

"This volume completes the publication of George Borrow's letters to John Hasfeld, preserved in the Saltykov-Shchedrin Public Library in Leningrad"--P. 5. In 1982 the press published his Letters to Jo...

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Offentlige Bibliotek, Bergen, Letter to Mrs Phillips.

28/09/1954

Typed and signed letter from Mohn (Hjordis Rieber-) of det Offentlige Bibliotek, [public library] Bergen.

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Naviasky (Philip), Letters to to Miss Marian Wood.

30/11/1936

From 51 Mexborough Drive, Chapeltown Rd., Leeds

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Bartlett (Canon DMM) Letter to Mrs Phillips

Bartlett, D M M (1873-1969)

06/Jan/1955

1 letter from Bartlett (Canon DMM) to Mrs Phillips (Dorothy Una Ratcliffe).

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