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Total number of records: 85464

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Record typeCount
Archives33434
Indexes31255
Books and printed items20614
Textiles74
Objects33
Coins22
Art items16
People and organisations16

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Letters Database27911
Brotherton Collection17403
Liddle Collection6643
English Literature6228
Business Archives4554
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society4358
Leeds Russian Archive2037
Quaker Collection1924
Herbert Read Collection1761
Leeds Poetry1738

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters1719
letter writing1465
world war, 1914-1918779
poets, english690
pre-raphaelites653
letter651
english poetry544
english literature406
art education371
english drama320

Top 10: Place

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Great Britain1706
London, United Kingdom694
France253
England200
Genoa, Italy142
Leeds, United Kingdom123
Europe102
Italy101
Yorkshire (England)92
Ireland66

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Shorter, Clement King2138
Stoner, Edmund Clifton, 1899-19682060
Gosse, Edmund1757
Crossley-Holland, Kevin1257
Ransome, Arthur871
Thwaite, Anthony756
Clodd, Edward732
Great Britain. Parliament551
Bathurst, Lilias Margaret Frances, Countess Bathurst (Nee Borthwick)525
Church of England515

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Archive Sub-collection

Letter and copy letter

1782-3

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Archive Item

Letter and copy letter

15th Oct 1818

Letter and copy letter to Sir Joseph Copley signed by Richard Lee. Regarding arrears of rent.

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Archive Item

Letter and copy letter

23rd Feb 1820

Letter from Mr Keast to Mr Bligh regarding property dispute. Additional copy letter signed by Bligh to Sir Joseph Copley II regarding Mr Keast, dated 26th February 1820. Bligh very indignant.

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Archive Series

Letters

1927-1976

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Archive Item

Archive Series

Letters

13 May, 1990

Two letters addressed to ELWW thanking them for their help.

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Archive File

Letter

1914-1918

Landgirl 'Robinson' letter to Miss Needer, bailiff on Corbett Ashby farms. Taken from Corbett Ashby papers.

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Archive File

Letter

1914-1918

Letter to Rachel from her mother (August 11th, no year given). Rachel in Women’s Land Army. Donor: Mrs Ann Fanshaw (sister-in-law of Rachel), see Res.Corresp.

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Archive File

Letter

1914-1918

Letter (undated) from Dame Margery Corbett Ashby re shelling of with Zeppelins (See DF Files).

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Archive File

Letters

1914-1918

Letters from S.Magen & M.Magen (8.7.17) re Gotha raid (7.7.16, London). Originals & one xerox copy of each.

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Archive File

Letter

1914-1918

Letter from J.C.W.Francis (3.10.17) re Gotha raid (1.10.17.) at Folkestone. See letter '17/50' under Francis (GS)

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Archive File

Letter

1914-1918

Letter from Miss Walden 6.6.17 re Aeroplane raid (Southend-on-Sea, 3.6.17). See Southend Air Raids file, DF, also Mrs. Chandler, Research File.

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