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Total number of records: 1086

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Books and printed items551
Indexes270
Archives210
People and organisations53
Art items1
Textiles1

Top 10: Collection group

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Brotherton Collection267
Letters Database255
Liddle Collection82
English Literature66
Herbert Read Collection48
Art and Antique Market33
Cookery Collection30
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History28
Leeds Poetry15
Leeds Russian Archive11

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world war, 1914-191871
letters20
indians of north america16
positivism12
english poetry11
authors, english7
cooking7
english literature6
art5
authors and publishers5

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America70
Scotland62
Europe51
Holy Roman Empire48
Latin America34
Great Britain28
Germany7
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India6
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Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Robertson, Robin At Penguin Books166
Robertson, William (1721-1793)119
Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor50
Robertson, J M (1856-1933)24
Robertson, Bryan (1925-)20
Nicoll, Sir William Robertson17
Robertson, Alexander Musician17
Suard, Jean Baptiste Antoine17
Suard, Jean Baptiste Antoine (1734-1817)17
Gleig, George16

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From 1800274
From 1900677
From 200011

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Up to 1899213
Up to 1999724
Up to latest28

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ROBERTSON, A

1914-1918

Photocopied letters from a soldier recovering from wounds.

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Robertson, Hannah

1905-1921

Portrait of Hannah Robertson, mounted, from a drawing by Fiona Lion

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ROBERTSON, RS

1914-1918

Corporal 3rd Battalion, Highland Light Infantry, 2nd Lieutenant, Machine Gun Corps; Reminisences of his experiences including action on July 1 1916 and captured May 1918.

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ROBERTSON, WINIFRED

1914-1919

Diaries (1918-1919); Photographs; Various papers: YMCA pamphlet; YMCA identification card; letters.

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Alec Robertson

1971

Letters, mostly undated. Includes one Christmas card.

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Robertson billhead

Robertson; John Christie

20 Jun 1851-04 Dec 1851

Simple billhead of Robertson for an order of various repairs for Richard Thompson Esq.

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Robertson billhead

Robertson; John Christie

18 Sep 1850-03 Oct 1850

Simple billhead of Robertson for an order of shed repairs for Richard Thompson Esq.

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Robertson billhead

Robertson; John Christie

17 Feb 1851-13 Mar 1852

Simple billhead of Robertson for an order of twenty four pieces of paper for James Greene Esq. Trader details written on reverse.

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Robertson billhead

Robertson; John Christie

24 Dec 1851-29 Jan 1852

Simple billhead of Robertson for an order of plumbing repairs for Richard Thompson Esq.

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Bryan Robertson

Robertson, Bryan (1925-)

27 Sep 1967

1 lengthy detailed letter to Herbert Read from Bryan Robertson, Director of the Whitechapel Gallery (4ff). Robertson writes to Read who has recently been ill and paraphrases a conversation about Rea...

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Seonaid Robertson

Robertson, Seonaid M

4 Mar 1959 - Nov 1967

This file contains 2 letters to Herbert Read from Seonaid Robertson. Robertson, who lectured in art education, first at Bretton Hall, and then at Goldsmith's, writes to Read in 1959 to ask if he wil...

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Robertson, A.

1970

Obituaries and biographical information about Robertson including his membership of the Agricultural Research Council and its committees. Roberston died 9 February 1970.

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