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Total number of records: 1418

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1415
Objects2
Coins1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Russian Archive707
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society265
Brotherton Collection102
English Literature93
Leeds Poetry72
University Archive51
Quaker Collection48
Medical Collections40
Feminist Archive North30
Art and Antique Market24

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
british191
letters123
russians105
photographs97
russian literature61
postcards37
autobiography21
diaries21
world war, 1914-191820
english poetry14

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Lucerne1
Switzerland1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)14
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)8
Beckwith, Frank (1904-1977)7
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)5
Crossley-Holland, Kevin5
Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)5
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn5
Boyle of Handsworth, Edward Boyle Baron (1923-1981)4
Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)4
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)4

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 1700135
From 1800370
From 1900875
From 200037

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 179940
Up to 1899133
Up to 1999955
Up to latest289

Archive Sub-collection

Athletic Grounds Management Sub-Committee(also known as Athletics Grounds Management Sub-Committee.)

1960-1964

Agenda, minutes and supporting papers. Also membership list 1963-4; paper detailing history and future of the committee.

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Adel

19th century-21st century

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Additional papers of Frank Beckwith

Beckwith, Frank (1904-1977)

c.1920-1977

This accrual has not been fully catalogued but comprises photographs, printed items and papers on Joseph Priestley, Leeds Library and local history.

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Part 1: Collective Exhibitions

1964-1978

This first part of a complete catalogue refers to collective exhibitions; further parts will deal. with one-man exhibitions, a picture lending scheme and other matters.

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Liddle Collection (First World War)

1914-1918

Letters and diaries, official and personal papers, photographs, newspapers, artwork and recollections of the First World War.

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Papers of John Harry Jones

1919-1946

This sub-collection has not been fully catalogued. Contains: Departmental and personal memoranda, lecture notes, proofs and offprints of publications, correspondence, and statistics

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Documents relating to the Ford family of Leeds

1801-1863

3 passports: belonging to 1) Robert Lawson Ford, issued 1854; 2) Hutton Rawlinson Ford, issued 1854; 3) John Rawlinson Ford, issued 1863; and 3 notebooks belonging to Martha Whitelock: 4) Select piece...

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Papers on economic history by Maurice Warwick Beresford

Beresford, Maurice (1920-2005)

c.1940-c.1990

This accrual has not been fully catalogued. It includes books; offprints of articles and reviews; teaching and research materials; maps; photographs; and correspondence.

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Second White Cloth Hall

1752-1775

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Laban - published sources

1949-2013

Publications relating to Laban movement analysis. Includes the journals 'Laban Guild Newsletter', the 'Laban Guild Movement and Dance Quarterly' and 'Movement and Dance'.

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Laban Collection

Hodgson, John (1927-1997); Laban, Rudolf von (1879-1958)

1891-2001

The Laban Collection includes papers and artworks by Laban and interviews with Laban's pupils and colleagues. The archives also include notes made by John Hodgson and publications relating to Laban a...

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Poetry Collections and Published Poems

Brown, Wayne

1964-1971

This subfonds contains items relating to Wayne Brown's poetry collection 'On the Coast,' published in 1972. It includes both drafts of poems included in the collection, and drafts of poems written aro...

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