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Total number of records: 3887

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives3865
Coins10
Art items7
Objects4
Indexes1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection821
University Archive566
Feminist Archive North553
English Literature394
Leeds Poetry231
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society135
Business Archives120
Quaker Collection111
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive106
Art and Antique Market98

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters60
learned institutions and societies49
english poetry45
culture33
english drama28
diaries24
community life23
english fiction21
physics21
correspondence19

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Florence, Italy4
Genoa, Italy4
London, United Kingdom4
Berlin (Germany)1
England1
Harrogate, United Kingdom1
Scotland1
Thirsk1
United States1
Vienna, Austria1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)86
Crossley-Holland, Kevin61
Hey, William (1736-1819)53
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)51
Hey, William (1772-1844)49
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society49
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)46
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)29
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn29
Baron Brotherton18

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 150049
From 1600100
From 1700164
From 1800652
From 19002685
From 2000237

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 10991
Up to 15997
Up to 169914
Up to 179947
Up to 1899288
Up to 19992554
Up to latest973

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Letters

1927-1976

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Association of University Teachers (AUT) Leeds Local Association

1919-2001

* = transferred from Special Collections Jan 2005. These records were accessioned in SpColl as 94/011 and as they were accepted by SpColl duplicates have been retained. BOX 1 Committee Meetings: a...

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Best, Sidney Edward James

1920-1927

BEST, Sidney Edward James Biography: S. E. J. Best was a graduate of Leeds University. He gained his B.Sc in 1923, Diploma in Education in 1924 and his doctorate in 1927. 1: Leeds University, Fr...

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History and Constitution of the University

1867-2000

BOX 1 Royalty 1. George VI: funeral arrangements, 1952. 2. Elizabeth II: accession, 1952. 3. Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace, 1948-74. War 4. Roll of Honour: First World War (d...

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University Library

1887-2015

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Staff

1874-2000

Photographs of individual members of staff.

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Department of Biophysics (and Astbury Flats)

1965-1984

Floor and block plans, sections, elevations and record drawings for proposals, alterations and conversions, Department of Biophysics, at 16 Beech Grove Terrace and Astbury Building; Astbury Flats.Draw...

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Leeds University Union Committee Minute Books

1894-1986

[197 vols.] (see end for Index) UNION COMMITTEE/UNION COUNCIL: 1919 - 1986 Vol. 1: May 1919 - June 1921. Vol. 2: June 1921 - June 1923. Vol. 3: June 1923 - July 1926. Vol. 4: October 1926 - J...

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Bound and Signed Minutes

1874-1991

Agenda, minutes, papers and correspondence of Committee minutes.

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University Related

1873-2014

Mainly published works, but some unpublished, relating to the history of the University and of its departments, staff and alumni.

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Construction Industry Organisations

1974-2016

Women into Science and Engineering (WISE) contains – paper documents Association of Researchers in Construction Management Be Constructive (girl Guiding UK + CITB) Building (news feature) Bui...

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