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Total number of records: 611

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Archives	315
Books and printed items	268
Objects	19
Art items	9

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	271
Incunabula	264
English Literature	1
Medieval Manuscripts	1
Ripon Cathedral	1
University Archive	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
canon law	6
sermons, latin	6
apologetics	4
astronomy	4
christian saints	4
chronology, historical	3
encyclopedias and dictionaries	3
world history	3
arithmetic	2
bibliography	2

Count of Place

Place	Count
Florence (Italy)	3
Asia	1
Europe	1
Great Britain	1
Rome	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)	611
Baron Brotherton	517
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton	517
Lord Brotherton	517
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton	517
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton	173
Koberger, Anton (1440-1513)	22
Koberger, Anton	15
Husner, Georg (1505)	11
Antoninus Saint, Archbishop of Florence (1389-1459)	10

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1400	264
From 1500	36
From 1600	1
From 1700	12
From 1800	61
From 1900	237

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1499	259
Up to 1599	8
Up to 1799	1
Up to 1899	20
Up to 1999	297
Up to latest	26

Archive Collection

Isabella Augusta Gregory, original autograph manuscript of 'The golden apple', with related correspondence with Lord Brotherton.

Gregory, Lady

1913-1928

Comprises 2 notebooks containing the original autograph manuscript of Lady Gregory's play 'The golden apple', dated 1913, together with correspondence between Lord Brotherton and Lady Gregory concerni...

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Brotherton-Ratcliffe Collection

Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930); Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

1579-2010

Industrialist and politician Lord Brotherton of Wakefield (1856-1930) is one of the University Library's most significant benefactors. In the 1920s, assisted by his niece-in-law, the writer and activi...

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