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Total number of records: 26708

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Books and printed items18410
Archives7142
Indexes1002
People and organisations137
Objects8
Textiles5
Art items4

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Brotherton Collection6866
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman4619
English Literature4217
Quaker Collection969
Letters Database955
Herbert Read Collection753
Leeds Russian Archive668
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society441
University Archive424
Cookery Collection353

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english poetry355
authors, english261
authors, russian260
society of friends222
world war, 1914-1918200
letters199
sermons, english198
english literature172
english language152
natural history127

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Great Britain715
France208
England200
Germany135
Europe93
Soviet Union73
Sweden62
Russia51
Scotland51
United States49

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Church of England315
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)216
Society of Friends173
Robertson, Robin At Penguin Books165
Catholic Church141
Great Britain120
Andermahr, Heinz110
Ennen, Edith110
Flink, Klaus110
Landschaftsverband Rheinland. Amt Fur Rheinische Landeskunde110

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From 190013911
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The author

Foote, Samuel (1720-1777)

[1778]

Drop-head title; two columns to a page.

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Copy authority

22/1/1833

Copy authority by stand owners to trustees to lease part of the hall to HM Postmaster-General for the parcels post office, and to accumulate the rents thereby obtained to finance obtaining the consent...

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Contemporary Authors

1931-1994

Letter from M.E. Brown (Editor) asking Berry for details to be used in a biographical sketch in a forthcoming issue of Contemporary Authors.

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Society of Authors

1948-1959

Response to questions by Berry on copyright and fees in regard to reprinting articles.

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Antiques authors

c.1980- c.2017

Articles from Country Life and other magazines on antiques authors.

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Society of Authors

10 Sep 1920 - 12 May 1966

This file contains correspondence and associated material relating to the Society of Authors. Correspondence consists of manuscript and signed typescript letters from Herbert Read to G. Herbert Thr...

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Society of Authors

1970-1983

Correspondents include Victor Bonham-Carter, John Coleby, Richard Findlater, Michael Holroyd, Mark Le Fanu, and Philippa MacLiesh.

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Authors' Club

1953-1954

Printed prospectus for the Authors' Club, with inserted list of House Dinners, a completed membership form in Maurice de Sausmarez's hand and a printed compliments slip from the Professor of German at...

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Title: To the author of The Complaint

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 174- or 175- ?

Manuscript: Lt 45

Contents: Extravagant praise of the poetic skill of Edward Young's "Complaint, or Night

Thoughts" for revealing the truths of the Christian religion and human

existence in so affecting and inspirational a manner

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Title: To the author of the Complaint

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 174- or 175- ?

Manuscript: Lt 45

Contents: In praise of the poetic skill of Edward Young's "Complaint, or Night

Thoughts", for revealing the truths of the Christian religion and human

existence in so inspirational a manner; comparing other contemporary poets.

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Authors at work

Taylor, Robert H; Liebert, Herman W; Grolier Club

1957

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Title: The fate of authors

Author: Anonymous

Date(s): 165- ?

Manuscript: Lt q 18

Contents: Arguing that long-term literary fame depends upon genius, not merely upon initial popularity; translation of Martial, "Epigrams", VI.61

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