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Total number of records: 485

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items450
Archives19
Coins12
Textiles3
Art items1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection177
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections45
English Literature32
Herbert Read Collection25
Coin Collection12
International Textile Collection3
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive3
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society3
Leeds Russian Archive2
Cookery Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
ecclesiastical geography29
jews13
spanish literature10
books7
latin american literature7
rare books7
art6
romanies6
architecture5
inquisition5

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Spain485
Portugal65
Great Britain29
France26
Latin America12
Italy11
Europe10
America9
England5
Scotland5

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Catholic Church32
Florez, Enrique (1702-1773)29
Jusue, Eduardo29
Jusue, Eduardo (1846-1922)29
Spain13
Masdeu, Juan Francisco (1744-1817)11
Ford, Richard (1796-1858)9
Augustus (27 BC-AD 14)8
Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)8
Coxe, William (1747-1828)8

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From earliest12
From 15008
From 160034
From 1700139
From 1800140
From 1900152

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 9912
Up to 15998
Up to 169933
Up to 1799104
Up to 1899143
Up to 1999185

Archive Sub-series

Spanish Official Documents

1727-1827

Legal/offical documents containing references to "Gitanos," [Gypsies, Travellers and Roma] in Spain.

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Official documents relating to Gypsies, Travellers & Roma in Spain, collected by Sir Angus Fraser

Fraser, Angus M

1630-1798

Comprises official documents of Spanish origin "affecting Gypsies," [Roma] including, prematica/pragmatica; real cedula; real provision; real orden; carta orden; real instruccion; real decreto and ind...

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Spanish and Catalonia Official Documents

1727-1827

[Possibly certified copies of] Spanish legal/offical documents concerning, "Gitanos" [Gypsies Travellers & Roma]

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Borrow (George Henry) Miscellaneous notes (Iberian peninsula, including The Bible in Spain; Manchu Testament; poems, etc.

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)

c.1840

1) Undated leather bound notebook containing autograph (handwritten) manuscript, chiefly in pencil. Includes notes/drafts of parts for, "The Bible in Spain;" "Manchu Testament;" notes on his expens...

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Naviasky (Philip), Letters to Mrs McGrigor Phillips.

Naviasky, Philip (1894-1983)

19/Nov/1936 - 13/Dec/1936

Letters concerning the viewing and sale of Naviasky's paintings [see related objects]

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John (Augustus Edwin), Letter to Dora E. Yates

John, Augustus Edwin (1878-1961)

04/07/1955

Letter from Augustus John referencing [Angus] Fraser's review [Journal of Gypsy Lore Society] of a book by La Fuente. Also reference to an exhibition of Spanish Gypsies.

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Starkie (Walter Fitzwilliam), Letter to Mrs McGrigor Phillips.

Starkie, Walter (1894-1976)

03/03/1950

Typed and signed letter on letterhead of the Instituto Britanico en Espana, (Calle de Almagro 5, Madrid). With envelope.

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"Gypsy Picture & Playbills."

c.1740 - c.1872

Bound album so titled. Made up of the following: 1) Cuttings/print extracts - (pg1 -33) mainly illustrations/engravings of Gypsy/Traveller related subjects including but not limited to; Spanish, Br...

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Travel and transport

1955-1969

Documents related to Maurice de Sausmarez's travels across France, Italy and Spain, including official documents and handwritten itineraries for varioius different trips. He often spent the summers pa...

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Inauguration of the Humoral Regulation Department, Barcelona

15 Jan 1964-25 Apr 1964

Correspondence relating to arranging for Frank Parsons to visit Barcelona to give a talk on 'Sodium depletion and protein balance in chronic renal failure', at the inauguration of the new Humoural Reg...

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Spanish testament

Koestler, Arthur (1905-1983); Bridgen, John William

1937

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