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Total number of records: 534

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Archives257
Books and printed items216
Indexes39
People and organisations21
Art items1

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Brotherton Collection176
English Literature77
Cookery Collection43
Letters Database43
Herbert Read Collection39
South Bank Show Production Archive30
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture26
Leeds Poetry25
Liddle Collection19
Feminist Archive North16

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literature (prose)29
community life11
cooking11
world war, 1914-191811
culture10
nature9
animals8
manners and customs8
food7
home economics6

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Israel4
England3
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United States2
Africa1
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Dobu Island (Papua New Guinea)1
Germany1
GivʻAt Brener (Israel)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Pitter, Ruth (1897-1992)16
Fainlight, Ruth13
Crossley-Holland, Kevin9
Ruth, Beryl8
Francken, Ruth, 1924-7
Francken, Ruth (1924-)6
Fry, A Ruth (1878-1962)6
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)6
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)5
Brunk, Wille5

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From 1900477
From 200057

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Up to 1999441
Up to latest78

Archive Series

Ruth Steinberg

1995

UK government and quango reports, Beijing Conference on Women 1995

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Archive Series

Ruth Steinberg

1995

UN and ‘official’ papers of Beijing Conference on Women 1995 ‘Forum’ and ‘World Women’ – official newspapers, Beijing Conference on Women 1995 Papers given out at the NGO Forum, Beijin...

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Ruth Francken

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

1956

Typescript carbon copy titled 'Ruth Francken', 3ff. The subtitle: 'at the Galerie Stadler May, 1956', has been crossed out.

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Ruth Francken

Francken, Ruth (1924-)

1952 - 1968

This file contains c.80 manuscript and typescript letters to Herbert Read from Ruth Francken, concerning her life and work. A few letters include poems or sketches, and a few carbon copy responses fro...

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Heiner Ruths

12 May 1962 - 18 Feb 1963

This file contains 10 letters to Herbert Read from Heiner Ruths, along with bulletins and other material relating to the Internationales Kunstzentrum of which Ruths was the Secretary. Carbon copies of...

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Ruth Scrivener

c.1941

Photocopies of one letter and one card from Read to Scrivener, concerning her artwork.

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Ruth Zollschan

Feb 1958 - Aug 1964

This file contains 3 letters to Herbert Read from Ruth Zollschan. The letters regard a festschrift for J.P. Hodin, in honour of his 60th brithday, for which Read agrees to be on the committee of honou...

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Archive Print Item

The book of Ruth

De La More Press

1934

"Two hundred and fifty copies of the 'Book of Ruth' have been printed... ten copies are on vellum and the rest on hand made paper".

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Archive Print Item

The book of Ruth

Stuart, Vincent; Stuart Press

1934

'This book was designed and hand printed by Vincent Stuart at Flansham, July 1934' - Colophon.

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Archive Print Item

Minding Ruth

Mathews, Aidan Carl (1956-)

1983

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Archive Collection

Ruth Pearson

20th century

Collection covers Ruth Pearson's involvement in women's global home working and the papers from the UN World Conference on Women in Beijing 1995. Also 1 box (box 5) with t-shirt and 2 tote bags.

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Archive Collection

Ruth Steinberg

1995

The collection is comprised of ephemera relating to Ruth Steinberg's time at the 1995 Beijing Women's Conference. This was the fourth international women's conference, and focussed on providing equal ...

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