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Total number of records: 9213

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items6384
Archives1944
Indexes755
Textiles86
People and organisations29
Objects12
Art items3

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection1484
Leeds Russian Archive946
Liddle Collection773
Herbert Read Collection577
Cookery Collection457
Letters Database330
English Literature257
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture130
International Textile Collection88
Art and Antique Market86

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
french language421
cooking, french417
french literature193
world war, 1914-1918188
french drama130
culture113
english language - dialects104
painting, french90
french poetry67
cooking63

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
France659
Great Britain95
Paris (France)52
Europe51
England37
Paris34
United States31
Russia30
Germany27
Austria21

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)199
Napoleon I, Emperor of the French, 1769-1821138
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)131
Gosse, Edmund101
Balzac, Honore De (1799-1850)92
Mardon, Gisele (1930-2015)79
Voltaire (1694-1778)78
Comedie-Francaise77
Catholic Church65
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)64

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 18003961
From 19005140
From 2000112

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 18993613
Up to 19995338
Up to latest257

Archive Sub-series

French

1916-1989

Administrative records of the French department.

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Archive Sub-series

French

1914-1918

See also the French Section of the Archives as well as this catalogue under Attitudes to the French and under Propaganda.

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Archive File

French

1914-1918

Photograph of first Allied Troops in Turcoing after its recapture. per Sqd.Ldr.R.Martin.

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Archive File

French

1914-1918

50 Centime note (Chambre de Commerce de Tarbes). From estate of W.S.Reed.

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Category: French

Major Gen.Spears (W/F Tape recording) British Liason Officer with the French Army.

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Category: French

L.Heppinstall in this catalogue under Humour for letter account of relieving French Troops in the line.

Category: French

Sir Andrew Clark (GS) Different menus for liasonvisits between French and British Artillery. See also typescript recollections p6 and living in a French Chateau, letter 1.6.18.

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Category: French

J.C.W.Francis (GS) - attending French Church Service, letter 5.8.18 (ref 18/44).

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Category: French

R.A.Maxfield (GS) - comparison of French and Belgian civilians, letter 10.6.18.

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Category: French

F.P.Roe (GS) - French woman having lost her home by shellfire, typescript recollections p112/113.

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Category: French

J.W.B.Russell (GS) diary 6.2.16. French civilians still living

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Category: French

B.A.Townson (GS) letter 7.6.17 - care of British soldier's

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