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Total number of records: 855

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Books and printed items760
Archives68
Textiles27

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection107
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman41
Liddle Collection36
Leeds Russian Archive34
International Textile Collection27
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections17
Herbert Read Collection10
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection7
Quaker Collection7
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History5

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-1918182
cities and towns110
world war, 1939-194521
furniture17
furniture design15
jews14
national characteristics, german14
imperialism13
pangermanism12
german literature11

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Germany855
Great Britain75
France31
Europe28
Austria27
Switzerland23
Belgium19
Holy Roman Empire19
Soviet Union14
United States14

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Andermahr, Heinz110
Ennen, Edith110
Flink, Klaus110
Landschaftsverband Rheinland. Amt Fur Rheinische Landeskunde110
Lvr-Institut Fur Landeskunde Und Regionalgeschichte110
Muller, Martin (Cartographer)110
Universitat Bonn. Institut Fur Geschichtliche Landeskunde Der Rheinlande110
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)26
Davies, E F16
Deutscher Bund (1815-1866)12

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From 200038

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Archive Collection

DEED REGARDING MEMORIAL MASSES IN DORTMUND

1530

In German. With notes by John R Wilke

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German Official Documents

1614-1724

German legal/official documents thatwere collected for their inclusion of references to Gypsies [Travellers & Roma]

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Box (I) Reference, research and Papers [c.2011-2015]

c.2011- 2015

Loose papers, printouts of online articles (mainly Le Monde), research material and typescript drafts unattributed and by Zygmunt Bauman (in English and Polish). Also includes works by other authors; ...

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National legislation in Europe relating to Gypsies, Travellers & Roma in European Countries collected by Sir Angus Fraser

1603 -1994

Original and photocopies of documents (statutes and court cases) concerning national laws in England, Scotland, Ireland, France and Germany relating to Gypsies, Travellers & Roma. 1) Typescript repo...

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"International Engineers" Congress, May, 2000, Cologne

May 2000

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a lecture titled "Modernity as a history of time" on 11 May 2000 at the "International Engineers" congress in Cologne. (The Friedrich Ebert Found...

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Mar 1995, Innsbruck

Jul 1994 - Mar 1995

Correspondence and programme concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a lecture titled "The Risks of the Risk Society" on 6 March 1995 at the University of Innsbruck. (Universität Innsbruck, Arbeit...

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Mar, 1995, Munich

MAy 1994-Mar 1995

Correspondence and programme regarding Zygmunt Bauman's participation in a congress titled "New society for psychology- New subject - New psychology - old problems?" from 2-5 March 1995. (Institute fo...

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Oct, 1996, Frankfurt

April 1996- Oct 1996

Correspondence and programme concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a lecture on 23 October 1996 titled "Existential Ambivalence: Postmodern dimension" at the "Ambivalence and Culture" conference. ...

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Jul, 1996, Hannover ( (declined)

Jul 1996 - Sep 1996

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman delivery of a lecture for the “Collegium Philosophicum” (Forschungsinstitut fur Philosophie, The Hannover Institute of Philosophical Research, 1996) (Decli...

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Oct, 1996, Eichstatt and Cologne

Dec 1995 - Aug 1996

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a lecture titled "“Existential Ambivalence: Postmodern Dimensions” on 23 October 1996, as part of the “Modern Culture and Ambivalence” wo...

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Mar, 1997, Essen

Oct 1996 - Mar 1997

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a lecture titled "Social Philosophical interpretations" for the conference: “Recent Trends in Holocaust research- Interdisciplinary discourse a...

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Oct, 1997, Hamburg

Jan 1997- Oct 1997

Correspondence regarding Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a speech titled “Modern and Postmodern uses of sex” on 16 October 1997 at the meeting for the "German society for sexual research". (Universit...

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