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Total number of records: 4749

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items3831
Archives918

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
paleontology107
botany94
geology79
birds72
learned institutions and societies57
zoology52
fishes49
lepidoptera40
natural history37
numismatics34

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain53
Egypt21
Yorkshire (England)15
Sweden14
Denmark12
Rome11
England9
Finland9
Greece9
United States9

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
British Museum (Natural History). Department of Zoology89
British Museum (Natural History). Department of Entomology85
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society85
Gray, John Edward75
Gray, John Edward (1800-1875)75
Walker, Francis65
Walker, Francis (1809-1874)65
Hey, William (1736-1819)61
Herschel, Sir John F W (1792-1871)60
Hey, William (1772-1844)56

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From 160013
From 1700147
From 18002428
From 19002161

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Up to 16999
Up to 1799113
Up to 18992307
Up to 19992320

Archive Collection

Louis Le Prince Collection

Le Prince, Louis Aime Augustin (1841-); Le Prince, Elizabeth (1846-); Le Prince, Adolphe (1872-1901)

26 Oct 1880-1 Apr 1900

The collection comprises papers relating to Louis Le Prince and his invention of a camera which took the first moving pictures on paper film. The papers include technical drawings and notes made by L...

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Agendas

1905-1999

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Minutes

1819-1998

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Reports

1895-1998

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Agreement on use of lecture theatre

Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society

1921-1980

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Administration of Transfer

Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society

1905-1921

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Papers relating to the transfer of the Society's assets to Leeds Corporation

Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society

1920-1929

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Correspondence

Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society

1919-1921

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Kitson Clarke's History of the Society

1919-1928

Papers relating to the publication 'The history of 100 years of life of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society', by Edwin Kitson Clark

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