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Total number of records: 554659

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items240181
Archives201809
People and organisations53541
Indexes50618
Textiles3709
Art items1944
Coins1607
Objects1245

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection101845
English Literature33637
Liddle Collection33580
Letters Database32511
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society24113
Leeds Russian Archive17031
Herbert Read Collection16434
University Archive13976
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770
Quaker Collection12007

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-19185902
culture3283
english poetry2593
occupations2592
english language - dialects1991
society of friends1852
community life1846
art1723
agriculture1722
nature1690

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain8610
England6294
France4037
Soviet Union1671
London, United Kingdom1352
Rome1207
Europe1139
Russia1037
United Kingdom931
Greece873

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)4864
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)4527
National Women'S Aid Federation3556
Women'S Aid3484
Women'S Aid Federation England3484
Women'S Aid Federation of England3484
Anonymous2647
Great Britain2357
Shorter, Clement King2146
Church of England2125

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Earliest dateCount
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From 15008085
From 160032278
From 170061795
From 1800136725
From 1900287259
From 200021497

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Up to 1899112296
Up to 1999286900
Up to latest48367

Archive Art Collection

Japanese prints

1735-1873

Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Two sets depicting Kabuki plays: 'Chushingura' by Utagawa Hiroshige and 'The Sugawara Tragedy' by Utagawa Sadahide. Also a singular print: 'View of a Dramatic Perfor...

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Archive Collection

Ripon Cathedral (Dean and Chapter) Archive

Ripon Cathedral Dean and Chapter

12th century - 21st century

The greater part of their accumulated archives was very generously deposited recently in the Brotherton Library of the University of Leeds by the Dean and Chapter of Ripon. It is hoped that by this ar...

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Archive Collection

Carlton Hill Collection

17th-20th century

The Carlton Hill collection of archives contains records of meetings of the Society of Friends for the mid-part of the old West Riding of Yorkshire (now divided between West and North Yorkshire), and ...

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Archive Collection

CARTULARIUM ACASTRENSE VOLUME 1

1282-1518

A collection of charters bound together in a case. They relate principally to lands, etc., in Acaster Malbis, but there is a deed relating to Chevermunt, and another to Bishopthorpe. Four of the chart...

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PAPERS RELATING TO ELLAND AND HALIFAX, MOSTLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CROSSLEY AND WHEELWRIGHT FAMILIES

19th-20th century

Includes family papers relating to the Crossley family including correspondence, valuations, insurance, wills etc. Papers relating to the Wheelwright Family. Papers relating to Mearclough Mill. Pap...

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COPY LETTERS FROM RALPH THORESBY TO VARIOUS CORRESPONDENTS

1695-1724

Also includes a list of books, and a copy of the "Answer to Priestcraft" written by Thoresby's friend Richard Thornton (see Ducatus Leodiensis p536).

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Archive Collection

Stone heads index

1960s-1970s

Card index of approximately 1000 individual photographic recordings of stone heads, mainly from the West Riding of Yorkshire. Each recording generally consists of the event date (eg of finding or reco...

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1 in 4 Collection

c1986 - 1998

The collection contains organisational papers including journals, minute books, correspondence, training information, legal guidelines and associated material. Files also include extensive reference m...

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