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Total number of records: 553760

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items240443
Archives201091
People and organisations53369
Indexes50612
Textiles3710
Art items1947
Coins1338
Objects1245

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection101846
English Literature33720
Liddle Collection33582
Letters Database32503
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society23432
Leeds Russian Archive17087
Herbert Read Collection16434
University Archive13976
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770
Quaker Collection12050

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-19185902
culture3283
english poetry2594
occupations2592
english language - dialects1991
society of friends1863
community life1846
art1723
agriculture1722
nature1690

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain8625
England6301
France4072
Soviet Union1671
London, United Kingdom1352
Rome1207
Europe1148
Russia1039
United Kingdom934
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 Britain2351
Shorter, Clement King2146
Church of England2125

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Earliest dateCount
From 13001560
From 14003858
From 15008086
From 160032293
From 170061828
From 1800136890
From 1900287632
From 200021545

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Latest dateCount
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Up to 1991
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Up to 169928896
Up to 179953664
Up to 1899112215
Up to 1999287238
Up to latest48434

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

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

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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Archive Collection

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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Archive Collection

Association of Engineers, Leeds, Archive

1865-1999

Comprises: 1) Minutes of the various council, open, special and annual general meetings of the Association, 1865-1997, with printed notices of these forthcoming meetings pasted into the volumes at the...

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Yorkshire Land and Warping Company, Business Archive

1875-1947

Comprises: (1) Many bundles of legal documents drawn up between the Warping Company and various other companies and individuals during the late nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentiet...

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