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Total number of records: 289

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Books and printed items269
Archives17
Textiles2
Objects1

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Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection67
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman11
English Literature10
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections4
Quaker Collection4
Liddle Collection3
Medical Collections3
University Archive3
International Textile Collection2
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History2

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painting, dutch7
jews6
reformation6
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merchant marine4
painters4
art3
art objects, dutch3
art, british3
art, dutch3

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Netherlands289
Great Britain48
Europe35
Belgium21
France21
Amsterdam11
Germany11
Flanders6
Denmark5
Sweden5

Top 10: People and organisations

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Temple, Sir William (1628-1699)21
Wagenaar, Jan (1709-1773)21
Estrades, Godefroi Louis Comte D' (1607-1686)15
Gachard, Louis-Prosper (1800-1885)13
Gachard, Louis-Prosper11
Marchand, Prosper11
Marchand, Prosper (1678-1756)11
Christyn, Jean Baptiste (1635?-1707)10
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)10
Avaux9

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From 1700133
From 180047
From 190050
From 20007

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Up to 169945
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Up to 189943
Up to 199954
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Archive Collection

DEEDS RELATING TO GERTRUDENBERG, HOLLAND

1435-1589

Includes charters issued by: Minister of St Truiden 1435-1589, the representative of the Bishop of Liege, the representative of the Chapter of St John in Liege, the representative of the town of St Tr...

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Brass case, probably designed as a calendar but at one time owned by Gypsies, With hinged lid, hinge of copper with white metal nails.
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Brass case [Sailor's tobacco case]

c.1729 -11/11/1942

1) Brass case with with hinged lid, hinge of copper with white metal nails. The case is decorated with engravings of figures, writing and calendar numbers on lid and base. On the lid: (1) Julius Cae...

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Lectures May, 1995, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam

Nov 1994 -May 1995

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of two lectures at the University of Amsterdam. The first lecture titled "How to make a stranger" on 12 May 1995 as part of the "Bonger Lecture" se...

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Feb, 1998, Amsterdam

Dec 1997 - Feb 1998

Correspondence and programme concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a lecture titled “Sociological Enlightenment for the troubled times” at the conference "Sociologists on Postmodernism and Po...

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Jun 2002, Utrecht (declined)

Apr 2002 - Jun 2002

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a lecture on the topic of multiculturalism, as part of a session dedicated to Arie de Ruijters resignation at Utrecht University. The lecture was...

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Feb, 1998, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam (declined)

May 1997 - Feb 1998

Correspondence with "Bezinningscentrum (reflection centre) of the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam inviting Zygmunt Bauman to take part in a conference on 4-7 February 1998. The conference was an “e...

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Apr, 1999, Rotterdam (declined)

Feb 1998 - Jan 1999

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's contribution to a conference titled “Changing the system? Artists talk about their practice” on 18 April 1999. (Nordic Institute for Contemporary Art, Wi...

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University of Amsterdam, Oct, 1999, Amsterdam

Apr 1999 - Nov 1999

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman 's delivery of a lecture titled "Am I my brother's keeper?" on 29 September 1999 at the symposium for 100 years of social work in the Netherlands. At this even...

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Nov, 2005, Amsterdam

Sep 2005 - Nov 2005

Booking confirmation details regarding Zygmunt Bauman's trip to Amsterdam from 10 November 2005 - 12 November 2005.

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March, 2008, Amsterdam

Feb 2008 - March 2008

Correspondence and booking confirmation for Zygmunt Bauman's trip to Amsterdam 30 March - 6 April 2008.

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May, 2006, Maastricht

Nov 2005 - May 2006

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's contribution to the 'Schuman' lecture on 8 May 2006 at Maastricht University.

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Nov, 2005, Amsterdam

Sep 2005 - Nov 2005

Correspondence concerning Zygmunt Bauman's delivery of a lecture titled "Who are we, why? And what has the betrayal of the intellectuals to do with it?" for the Nexus conference titled "What is a Good...

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