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Total number of records: 4945

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items3689
Archives1087
Art items153
Objects11

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections4945
Brotherton Collection4695

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
romanies1139
nomads220
civil and political rights210
legal decisions207
protest movements207
social justice207
romani language103
letters40
folklore32
romani poetry32

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England125
Spain46
Hungary43
Great Britain32
Cumbria26
Romania26
Scotland21
France19
Greece18
United States18

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Lawson, Fred66
Glover, Stephen (1813-1870)61
Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)58
Nelson, S (1800-1862)48
Dorothy Una Clough40
Dorothy Una Mcgrigor Phillips40
Dorothy Una Phillips40
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)40
Sampson, John (1862-1931)38
National Gypsy Education Council37

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 160060
From 1700160
From 18001139
From 19003545
From 200041

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 169929
Up to 1799121
Up to 18991047
Up to 19993304
Up to latest444

Archive Collection

Papers of Diana Allen, Gypsy and Traveller Rights Campaigner.

Allen, Diana (1916-2007)

c.1967-2007

Includes correspondence, newspaper cuttings, research papers, reports, copies of minutes and publications relating to Gypsies and Travellers collected by Diana Allen.

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Papers of Jenny Smith, (Gypsy and Traveller Rights Campaigner)

Smith, Jenny

c.1985 - c.2017

Papers created and reference material collected in the course of Jenny Smith's work campaigning on behalf of Gypsies and Travellers in Bristol area and nationally (UK). Concerns various UK laws, (...

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T.W. Thompson Collection (Gypsy and Traveller related tales and research material)

Thompson, Thomas William

c.1890 -1964

Manuscript and research notes made by T. W Thompson of tales recounted by Gypsies and Travellers and information gathered during these encounters, (notes on language, customs, familial connections, bi...

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Rev George Hall Collection

Hall, Rev George

1908-1918

Correspondence, notebooks, diaries and reports/loose notes documenting Hall's research and information gathering.Mainly concerned with (UK) Gypsy and Traveller biographies and genealogical details.

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Robert M.Dawson Collection

Dawson, Robert (1944-)

c.1947-1970

Press cuttings and card indexes relating to Gypsies and Travellers.

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Archive Collection

Donald Kenrick Collection (Papers of the National Gypsy Council)

c.1963- c.1971

Papers (mainly relating to the establishment and work of the Gypsy Council) and print items referencing Gypsies, Travellers and Roma as deposited by Donald Kenrick.

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Archive Collection

The Selborne Mission Collection

Purches, Samuel Leslie (1898-1955)

1931-1955

The collection relates to the Selborne Hop Mission to members of the Gypsy, Roma and Traveller community on the Selborne Estate, Hampshire, in 1931. The Mission may have been requested by Lord Selbor...

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Archive Sub-collection

Romany Collection print material

1600-1993

Print material that formed part of the original Romany Collection collected by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe or was purchased/donated thereafter. Includes sheet music, books, journals, periodicals and repo...

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Archive Sub-sub-series

Papers concerning Leeds University Romany Catalogue (published 1962)

1960-1971

Records relating to the complilation, promotion and sales of the 'Leeds University Romany Catalogue,' published for the Brotherton Collection in 1962 by Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd, Edinburgh.

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Archive Sub-sub-series

Draft index notes for Leeds University Romany Catalogue (published 1962)

c.1960

Paper index notecards likely used in the process of drafting and arranging the contents of the 'Leeds University Romany Catalogue,' published for the Brotherton Collection in 1962. [Descriptions o...

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Archive Sub-sub-series

Catalogue of Romany Collection DUR

c.1920- c.1950

Papers taken from a ring-bound volume of A-Z index of items, with a title page that reads "Catalogue of Romany Catalogue. DUR" Also includes re-produced print of Albert Rutherston's "Granada Gypsies...

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Legacy Catalogues (superceded)

c.1920 - c.1971

A-Z index of material in Dorothy Una Ratcliffe's Collection referencing Gypsies, Travellers and Roma.

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