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Total number of records: 4213

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items2759
Archives1251
Indexes96
People and organisations92
Art items11
Objects2
Textiles2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection1503
Quaker Collection583
English Literature268
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society256
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections114
Letters Database86
Liddle Collection69
South Bank Show Production Archive66
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society63
Herbert Read Collection54

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
sermons, english49
popular music40
world war, 1914-191834
elections28
law reports, digests, etc23
public libraries23
english poetry21
education19
theater programs19
community life18

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Leeds (England)125
Great Britain113
England43
France24
Yorkshire (England)14
United States8
Europe7
Leeds5
Pitminster5
Somerset5

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
University of Leeds. School of Business and Economic Studies116
Priestley, Joseph (1733-1804)97
Lee, Sir Sidney (1859-1926)77
Stephen, Sir Leslie (1832-1904)66
Great Britain61
Lee, Nathaniel (1653?-1692)51
Leeds (England). City Council50
Thoresby Society46
Leeds (England)42
Thoresby, Ralph (1658-1725)38

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 150013
From 1600141
From 1700591
From 18001428
From 19001900
From 2000140

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 10991
Up to 159911
Up to 1699112
Up to 1799483
Up to 18991291
Up to 19992038
Up to latest248

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Lee

c. 1960 - 2015

Cuttings from various auction catalogues of furniture by G. Lee and H. Lee.

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LEES, EA

1914-1918

(Typescript) Wireless Operator, Merchant Navy/Royal Engineers; Extensive memoirs of his experiences from 1913; Enlisted in Royal Engineers 1915 and after military training, posted to West Africa in Se...

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LEE, A B

1914-1919

2 supplements to 'The London Gazette' (Sep 1917, Nov 1919); Ink drawing of SS Orange Branch (nd); Admission ticket to Buckingham Palace for Investiture by H.M. The King (Dec 1919); 37 photographs (191...

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Lee, Norman

Mid-Late 20th Century

Typescript recollections, written in cooperation with Geoffrey French, relating to training and operational experience, being shot down in Oct 1943, evasion; work with Maquis and the United States Spe...

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Lee, Harold

1906-1949

Biography: Harold Lee (1918-1995), graduated M.B., Ch.B., 1942; M.D. 1949 1. Ticket for Leeds Medics' and Dentals' Rugby and Cricket Clubs Dance, 19 July 1941. 2. Photograph: informal group of (...

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LEE, A B

1918-1919

Bundle of photocopied letters relating to service in the Caspian Sea (1918-1919).

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Guy Lee

6 November 1985 - 5 October

2 cc typescript letters from Geoffrey Hill to Guy Lee (6 November 1985 - 10 November 1985), and 1 ms letter and 2 ms postcards from Guy Lee to Geoffrey Hill (7 November 1985 - 5 October 1989).

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Missee Lee

1941

Missee Lee (1941)

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LEE, HD

1914-1918

(1897-) Wing Commander, Pilot, Royal Naval Air Service/Royal Air Force; Western Front 1915; Mesopotamia 1916-1918.

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Davidson, Lee

2022

Audio and related item/s (photograph/transcript) relating to oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see file title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage...

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Terry Lee

1893 - 1968

This file contains photographic reproductions of the work of Terry Lee

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Wilfred Lee

1893 - 1968

This file contains photographs or other reproductions of the work of Wilfred Lee, and contains a letter from Lee re: his book proposal and a typescript carbon copy of Read's response.

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