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Total number of records: 3503

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items1630
Archives1610
People and organisations199
Indexes24
Textiles23
Art items13
Coins2
Objects2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection732
Herbert Read Collection318
Leeds Russian Archive297
English Literature228
University Archive224
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture125
Liddle Collection71
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society66
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society46
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections40

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
manuscripts, hebrew -- 18th century -- texts.173
judaism -- liturgy -- texts.147
manuscripts, hebrew -- 17th century -- texts.61
manuscripts, hebrew -- 19th century -- texts.58
world war, 1914-191858
culture50
piyutim -- texts.50
illustrated works (manuscripts).45
art44
cecil roth collection -- insertions -- research notes.40

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Italy61
Great Britain52
Denmark36
Verona (Italy)35
France32
Soviet Union20
England19
Paris19
Venice (Italy)17
Leeds, United Kingdom14

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Shaw, Bernard (1856-1950)135
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)55
Rouse, W H D (1863-1950)52
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)41
Dieth, Eugen (1893-1956)39
University of Leeds. Department of English Language and Medieval English Literature37
Danske Sprog- Og Litteraturselskab36
Sigfus Blondal (1874-1950)32
Buchholz Gallery (New York, N.Y)31
Shmelev, I S (1873-1950)30

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From earliest1
From 3001
From 10001
From 12006
From 13008
From 140014
From 150029
From 1600132
From 1700202
From 1800395
From 19002711

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 3991
Up to 12993
Up to 13993
Up to 149914
Up to 159916
Up to 169978
Up to 1799180
Up to 1899181
Up to 19993027

Archive File

1950

1950

Paid invoices for warehousing, domestic items from department stores in Leeds, including Lewis's and Schofields, art books, income tax and information on Post Office savings. Maurice de Sausmarez bega...

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Archive Collection

Charles Causley correspondence to Mick Gidley

Causley, Charles (1917-2003)

1977-1991

Comprises letters and cards from the author, teacher and broadcaster, Charles Causley to Mick Gidley, Emeritus Professor of American Literature at the University of Leeds, and a copy of the essay 'Cau...

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Archive Print Item

Two Tudor books of arms : Harleian mss. nos. 2169 & 6163

Foster, Joseph (1844-1905); Cooke, Robert (1592); British Museum; British Museum

[1904]

125 large paper copies for subscribers. Published at the expense of Lord Howard de Walden.

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Coin

Denomination: follis

Date(s): 313-01-313-04

Issuer/creator: Maximinus II (308-13)

Place: Sisak

Material: copper alloy

Tyke 1950
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Tyke 1950

1950

In aid of Leeds students charities rag

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Diary, 1950
Archive File

Diary, 1950

1950

Red, 'Collins Paragon Diary' on front.

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[Diary, 1950]

1950

(1950) (notebook) 268ff; MS, printed; French, Russian

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Correspondence, 1950

1950

MS, TS (& carbons).

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Archive File

Correspondence 1950

1950

Letters to and from clients. Arranged in alphabetical order as follows: Folder 1: B-C Folder 2: C Folder 3: C-G Folder 4: H-M Folder 5: M-S

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Correspondence, 1950

1950

MS, TS (& carbons).

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Archive File

Correspondence, 1950

1950

MS, TS (carbon).

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Archive Sub-series

1950-1959

1950-1959

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