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Total number of records: 2097

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives1818
Books and printed items277
Objects2

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection2097
English Literature386
Leeds Poetry162
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections38
Herbert Read Collection27
Letters Database10
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection6
Cookery Collection3
Rudolf Laban Collections3

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
notebooks40
english poetry28
romanies19
letters12
poets, english11
letter10
pre-raphaelites9
september 11 terrorist attacks, 20019
poetry readings8
travel8

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
London (England)3
Munich, Germany3
Salzburg, Austria3
England2
Europe2
New York (N.Y.)2
Paris, France2
Soviet Union2
Balkan Peninsula1
Baltic Sea1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)89
Astbury, Anthony44
Bragg, Melvyn (1939-)12
Ransome, Arthur, 1884-196712
Bronte Society9
Brontë (Famille)9
Brontë Family9
Brontë Society9
Brontë, Anne, 1820-18499
Brontë, Charlotte, 1816-18559

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 5991
Up to 189911
Up to 199917
Up to latest2066

Archive Collection

Cheryl Frances-Hoad scores and papers

2011-2012

The numbering is to denote different items, not the chronological sequence of the items, which have been kept in their original order. Box 1 includes 'Amy's Last Dive', Interlude, printed musical sc...

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Archive Print Collection

Philip O'Connor book collection

2002

Print material owned by or relating to, Philip O'Connor

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Archive Object Sub-collection

Fabric shoulder bag

2013

Fabric shoulder bag with the words 'Le voyage d'hiver' Keith Kouna and image printed on to it. The bag is designed to hold the poetry book 'Le voyage d'hiver'.

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Archive Sub-collection

Poetry collections

2001-2010

This sub-collection comprises items relating to published collections of Antony Rowland's poetry. It includes a proof copies of Rowland's publications 'I am a Magenta Stick', 'Birkenau' and 'The Land...

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Archive Sub-collection

Royalty Statements

c.2007-2014

This box contains a 'Representative Sample' of Kevin Crossley-Holland royalty statements.

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Archive Sub-collection

Obituaries of John Heath-Stubbs

27th-30th December 2006

This subfonds comprises a single file containing press cuttings and print-outs of obituaries of John Heath-Stubbs. Includes obituariesby Neil Powell ('The Independent', 27 Dec 2006), from 'The Telegra...

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Archive Sub-collection

Obituaries

November 2007

Copies of obituaries following the death of Vernon Scannell on 17 November 2007. - Photocopy and print-out of obituary from The Daily Telegraph, 19 November 2007 - Print-out of Anthony Thwaite's ob...

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Archive Sub-collection

Rodney Pybus papers

Pybus, Rodney (1938-)

2006-2010

Includes manuscript and typescript drafts of Pybus' work.

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Archive Sub-collection

Leeds Playhouse archive

2018-2019

This sub-collection contains archives created since the re-branding of the Playhouse as Leeds Playhouse in June 2018.

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Archive Sub-sub-series

Road

5 Sep 2018-29 Sep 2018

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Archive Sub-sub-series

Air Plays

23 Oct 2018-27 Oct 2018

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Archive Sub-sub-series

The Things We Wouldn't Otherwise Find

6 Nov 2018-10 Nov 2018

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