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Total number of records: 18676

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items15590
Archives2114
Indexes827
Textiles90
People and organisations38
Objects12
Art items5

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection2166
Leeds Russian Archive948
Liddle Collection773
Herbert Read Collection579
English Literature559
Cookery Collection538
Letters Database345
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture130
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society109
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History93

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
french language583
cooking, french468
encyclopedias and dictionaries, french304
french literature253
world war, 1914-1918188
french drama174
political science117
culture113
english language - dialects104
agriculture98

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
France1090
Great Britain734
Europe195
United States116
Paris (France)107
Italy77
England68
Netherlands59
Ireland57
Rome56

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Voltaire (1694-1778)385
Rousseau, Jean-Jacques (1712-1778)277
Pencheon, James Michael (1924-1982)227
Prevost Abbe (1697-1763)203
La Place, Pierre Antoine De (1707-1793)198
Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas De Caritat Marquis De (1743-1794)194
La Place, Pierre Antoine De188
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron De (1732-1799)180
Decroix, Jacques Joseph Marie (1827)165
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)152

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From earliest1
From 11002
From 12002
From 130011
From 140066
From 1500144
From 16001394
From 17007851
From 18003956
From 19005131
From 2000112

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 991
Up to 11991
Up to 12993
Up to 13998
Up to 149964
Up to 1599132
Up to 16991343
Up to 17997494
Up to 18994024
Up to 19995348
Up to latest258

Archive Sub-series

French

1916-1989

Administrative records of the French department.

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Archive Sub-series

French

1914-1918

See also the French Section of the Archives as well as this catalogue under Attitudes to the French and under Propaganda.

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Archive File

French

1914-1918

Photograph of first Allied Troops in Turcoing after its recapture. per Sqd.Ldr.R.Martin.

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Archive File

French

1914-1918

50 Centime note (Chambre de Commerce de Tarbes). From estate of W.S.Reed.

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Category: French

Major Gen.Spears (W/F Tape recording) British Liason Officer with the French Army.

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Category: French

L.Heppinstall in this catalogue under Humour for letter account of relieving French Troops in the line.

Category: French

Sir Andrew Clark (GS) Different menus for liasonvisits between French and British Artillery. See also typescript recollections p6 and living in a French Chateau, letter 1.6.18.

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Category: French

J.C.W.Francis (GS) - attending French Church Service, letter 5.8.18 (ref 18/44).

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Category: French

R.A.Maxfield (GS) - comparison of French and Belgian civilians, letter 10.6.18.

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Category: French

F.P.Roe (GS) - French woman having lost her home by shellfire, typescript recollections p112/113.

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Category: French

J.W.B.Russell (GS) diary 6.2.16. French civilians still living

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Category: French

B.A.Townson (GS) letter 7.6.17 - care of British soldier's

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