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Total number of records: 507643

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items220222
Archives188893
Indexes46930
People and organisations44172
Textiles3662
Art items1933
Objects1238
Coins588

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection88953
Liddle Collection33579
Letters Database32449
English Literature31233
Leeds Russian Archive17060
Herbert Read Collection16434
University Archive13976
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society13885
Godfrey Bingley Photographic Archive12770
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman11885

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-19185901
culture3283
occupations2590
english poetry2455
english language - dialects1991
community life1845
art1716
nature1689
agriculture1687
jews1641

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain7190
England6255
France3861
Soviet Union1667
London, United Kingdom1352
Rome1054
Europe1046
Russia1026
United Kingdom932
Greece835

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)4849
Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)4527
National Women'S Aid Federation3556
Women'S Aid3484
Women'S Aid Federation England3484
Women'S Aid Federation of England3484
Shorter, Clement King2146
Stoner, Edmund Clifton, 1899-19682061
Great Britain2045
Gosse, Edmund1758

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 170061814
From 1800136806
From 1900287440
From 200021515

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 997
Up to 1991
Up to 29941
Up to 3991
Up to 59911
Up to 8992
Up to 9992
Up to 10992
Up to 13991
Up to 15994
Up to 179948366
Up to 1899111630
Up to 1999286723
Up to latest48223

Archive Art Collection

Japanese prints

1735-1873

Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Two sets depicting Kabuki plays: 'Chushingura' by Utagawa Hiroshige and 'The Sugawara Tragedy' by Utagawa Sadahide. Also a singular print: 'View of a Dramatic Perfor...

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PAPERS RELATING TO ELLAND AND HALIFAX, MOSTLY IN CONNECTION WITH THE CROSSLEY AND WHEELWRIGHT FAMILIES

19th-20th century

Includes family papers relating to the Crossley family including correspondence, valuations, insurance, wills etc. Papers relating to the Wheelwright Family. Papers relating to Mearclough Mill. Pap...

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Archive Collection

Stone heads index

1960s-1970s

Card index of approximately 1000 individual photographic recordings of stone heads, mainly from the West Riding of Yorkshire. Each recording generally consists of the event date (eg of finding or reco...

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Archive Collection

1 in 4 Collection

c1986 - 1998

The collection contains organisational papers including journals, minute books, correspondence, training information, legal guidelines and associated material. Files also include extensive reference m...

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Archive Collection

Association of Engineers, Leeds, Archive

1865-1999

Comprises: 1) Minutes of the various council, open, special and annual general meetings of the Association, 1865-1997, with printed notices of these forthcoming meetings pasted into the volumes at the...

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Yorkshire Land and Warping Company, Business Archive

1875-1947

Comprises: (1) Many bundles of legal documents drawn up between the Warping Company and various other companies and individuals during the late nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentiet...

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Lancashire Cotton Districts Relief Fund, Leeds, Archive

1862-1866

Papers relating to the fund raised in Leeds for relief of distress in the Lancashire cotton districts caused by the American civil war In the autumn of 1862, the American Civil War began to affect t...

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Association for the Reform of Latin Teaching Archive

Association for the Reform of Latin Teaching

1912-2001

Comprises the complete text of the earlier manuscript minutes and the more recent typescript minutes of the Association from its inception in 1912 until 2001.

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