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Total number of records: 1579

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1240
Books and printed items334
Art items4
Objects1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1113
Brotherton Collection166
Medieval Manuscripts114
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society22
Herbert Read Collection17
English Literature15
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection9
Leeds Animation Workshop8
Leeds Russian Archive8
Cookery Collection3

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
animals1227
nature1113
occupations739
agriculture658
community life465
culture433
english language - dialects280
implements, utensils etc276
buildings270
vehicles256

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Wales3
Elloughton (England)2
England2
Great Britain2
Kent'S Cavern (Devon, England)2
Soviet Union2
Africa1
Albania1
Allenton (England)1
Aveline'S Hole (Somerset, England : Cave)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)396
Brunk, Wille88
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)85
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)77
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)62
Challenger (Ship)54
Murray, Sir John (1841-1914)54
Nares, George S (George Strong) (1831-1915)54
Thomson, C Wyville (1830-1882)54
Thomson, Frank Tourle54

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 13003
From 1400103
From 15008
From 16004
From 170021
From 1800156
From 19001280
From 20004

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Latest dateCount
Up to 149969
Up to 159945
Up to 16994
Up to 179916
Up to 1899153
Up to 19991282
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Archive Print Item

The wind in the willows

Grahame, Kenneth (1859-1932); Rackham, Arthur (1867-1939); Milne, A A (1882-1956)

1951

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Animation magazine (v.3, no.2 (Fall 1989))

Leeds Animation Workshop

[1987]-

Title from cover. Issue for August 1987 also called Premier issue. Issue for January 2007 also called 20 year Anniversary issue.

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First animal book : verses

Todd, Ruthven (1914-1978); Bewick, Thomas (1753-1828); Bridgen, John William

1946

Includes index.

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The royal arms of England (fol. 9r)
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The royal arms of England (fol. 9r)

[ca. 1425]

The 4-line initial 'D' is decorated with the royal arms of England (of King Henry IV, used 1406-1603): three golden lions on a red field in the second and the third quarter, three golden fleurs-de-lis...

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A history of the earth and animated nature : With an introductory view of the animal kingdom (v.1)

Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774); Irving, Washington (1783-1859); Cuvier, Georges baron (1769-1832)

[1852?]

Added t.p., engraved.

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A history of the earth and animated nature : With an introductory view of the animal kingdom (v.2)

Goldsmith, Oliver (1730?-1774); Irving, Washington (1783-1859); Cuvier, Georges baron (1769-1832)

[1852?]

Added t.p., engraved.

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Animism : the seed of religion

Clodd, Edward (1840-1930)

1905

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Archive Sub-collection

Film projects

c.1977 - 2009

This group of records comprises administrative, audiovisual and animation materials created by the Workshop in the process of making their films. The film files are some of the key records in the Wo...

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Three Living and Three Dead (fol. 85r)
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Three Living and Three Dead (fol. 85r)

[ca. 1490]

The full-page miniature shows three kings on horseback confronted by three corpses, a 'memento mori' subject sometimes known as the Three Living and the Three Dead. The border is formed from architect...

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The Fall of Man (fol. 87r)
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The Fall of Man (fol. 87r)

[ca. 1490 and ca. 1500-1510]

Adam and Eve eat the apple from the Tree of Knowledgel. The serpent, with a human head and hands, reaches out to pick another fruit. As Adam and Eve discover their nakedness they cover themselves with...

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Rabbit hill

Lawson, Robert (1892-1957)

1962, c1944

"First published September 1944." Newberry medal, 1945.

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