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Total number of records: 92

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	90
Archives	2

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	14
Herbert Read Collection	8
Cookery Collection	3
English Literature	3
Art and Antique Market	1
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History	1
LGBTQ	1
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
gardens	92
landscape gardening	27
landscape architecture	20
tuinarchitectuur	17
jardins	14
gardening	12
jardinage	6
architecture, domestic	5
interior decoration	5
historic buildings	4

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
England	13
Great Britain	9
Ireland	3
London (England)	2
Scotland	2
Cotswold Hills (England)	1
Delaware	1
Europe	1
France	1
Gloucestershire (England)	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)	65
Gardiner, James (1732)	4
Rapin, Rene (1621-1687)	4
Barker, Hf	3
Batey, Mavis	2
Curl, James Stevens (1937-)	2
Delille, Jacques (1738-1813)	2
Hadfield, Miles (1982)	2
Hessayon, D G	2
Hunt, John Dixon	2

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1700	11
From 1800	2
From 1900	69
From 2000	10

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1799	11
Up to 1899	1
Up to 1999	69
Up to latest	11

Archive File

Miscellaneous press cuttings, compiled by the Sturge Family

Sturge Family

c.1910-1940

Comprises mainly material from 1910 to 1940 on social policy, Joseph Sturge the Quaker philanthropist, the history of Birmingham, gardens, travel, and the First World War

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Notebook on the garden of John Lupton, Moorlands, Leeds

Lupton, John

1922-1950

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Winterthur Museum and Gardens

Henry Francis du Pont Winterthur Museum

1976

Leeds University Library copy at Albert Dawson Trust Collection: Insert - Leaflet for the Winterthur Museum and Gardens with a sheet of paper detailing the admission prices in 1978 inserted.

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