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Total number of records: 3206

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Record typeCount
Books and printed items2624
Archives351
Indexes231

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection926
English Literature297
Liddle Collection252
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society156
Quaker Collection136
Leeds Russian Archive117
Ripon Cathedral109
University Archive62
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections51
Herbert Read Collection39

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
socialism57
world war, 1914-191847
churches, quaker35
society of friends30
anarchism23
sermons, english23
encyclopedias and dictionaries20
russians20
operas19
encyclopedias and dictionaries, russian18

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PlaceCount
Great Britain106
Europe15
France8
Orkney (Scotland)6
Russia6
Shetland (Scotland)6
Soviet Union6
England5
Hull (England)5
Rome5

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Society of Friends139
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)59
Church of England50
Independent Labour Party (Great Britain)49
Fox, George (1624-1691)41
Balzac, Honore De (1799-1850)40
Saintsbury, George (1845-1933)40
Hawkesworth, John (1715?-1773)36
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)33
Penn, William (1644-1718)30

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From 150014
From 1600443
From 1700736
From 18001042
From 1900952
From 200019

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Up to 159913
Up to 1699436
Up to 1799494
Up to 18991082
Up to 19991096
Up to latest85

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ACT by P Allardyce 18.jpg

Women's Aid Federation of England

12 Oct 2021

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P1.18 International Labour Office

1980-1995

P1.18 International Labour Office Affirmative Action in the United States and its Application to women in Employment Fania E. Davis 1993 African Women Workers, Economic Reform, Globalisation, AIDS ...

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Women's Aid Federation of England

12 Oct 2021

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‘A Soprano’, Nation, 18 March 1911, p. 1010

18 Mar 1911

‘A Soprano’, Nation, 18 March 1911, p. 1010. A review of 'Clara Novello's Reminiscences' compiled by her daughter Valeria Gigliucci and first published in 1910.

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'Recent Celestial Phenomena', The Times, 18 December 1883, p. 7

18 Dec 1883

Press cutting titled 'Recent Celestial Phenomena', The Times, 18 December 1883, p. 7. Contains five letters to the editor detailing different theories on the causes of recent extraordinary sunsets and...

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'Celestial Phenomena', Daily News, 18 December 1883, p. 2

18 Dec 1883

Press cutting titled 'Celestial Phenomena', Daily News, 18 December 1883, p. 2. Contains two letters to the editor detailing different theories on the causes of recent extraordinary sunsets and sunris...

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Counterpart lease for 21 years of a cottage and 1a 18p land

21 Mar 1631

1 Sir Peter Middelton of Stockeld, knight 2 John Lyster [signs 'Lister'] of Ilkley, labourer

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