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Total number of records: 4611

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives3020
Books and printed items1450
Indexes73
Art items36
Textiles12
People and organisations11
Objects8
Coins1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1374
University Archive582
Brotherton Collection422
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society389
Quaker Collection325
Medical Collections117
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History89
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society81
Leeds Russian Archive69
Liddle Collection66

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
buildings1250
occupations769
culture645
architecture630
dwellings493
agriculture473
nature436
community life434
animals311
quaker church buildings276

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England162
Great Britain91
London (England)36
Ireland34
Russia (Federation)19
France18
London, United Kingdom16
Yorkshire (England)16
Rome14
Rome (Italy)13

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)340
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)294
Brunk, Wille86
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)75
Voitl, Herbert70
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)61
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)51
Walkley, F.40
Irish Georgian Society28
Barry, Michael V (1935-)24

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 1600364
From 1700332
From 1800852
From 19002908
From 2000154

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 1699348
Up to 1799300
Up to 1899737
Up to 19992900
Up to latest325

Archive Series

Buildings

1834-2000

Photographs of buildings connected with the Leeds School of Medicine, the Yorkshire College and the University of Leeds. Includes interiors, exteriors, stages of construction, models and plans. The ...

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Archive Series

Buildings

1937-1986

BOX 1 General 1948-59, 1960-64, 1965-67, 1968-70 BOX 2 General 1971-74 Annual Return of University Accommodation 1971 Architects & Consultants General 1937-59, 1960-74 E. R. Babbs 1964-65 ...

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Archive Sub-series

Buildings

2004

Documents relating to the maintenance, development and conservation of buildings. The series includes funding bids.

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Archive Item

‘Buildings’

1989-2011

Relates to the Company's moves and headquarters in Manchester, Halifax and Leeds

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Archive Sub-series

Buildings

1965-1985

Papers of the Dean relating to changes to, upgrades and openings of various buildings and rooms at the Leeds School of Medicine. Includes reports, plans, correspondence, press cuttings, pamphlets, mee...

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Garstang Building (Biology/Medical Multipurpose Building)

1965-1979

(1) 40 photographs of the Garstang Building at various stages of construction, February 1969-October 1970 (21 photographs with more than one copy, 80 photographs in total), (2) 2 photographs of a mode...

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Archive Sub-series

Building Committee

1819-1863

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Archive Series

Buildings/Property

Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society

1819-1919

Material relating to the Building and Premises owned and used by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. The Society’s main base for its work and the establishment of the Leeds City Museum, wa...

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Archive File

Building Fund

1860-1872

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Archive File

Building Drawings

1897- late 1900s

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Archive Series

Union Building

1927-1979

Floor plans, site plans, block plans, sections, elevations, and record drawings for proposed union building, conversions, extension, alterations, unexecuted competition scheme, proposed layout of driv...

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