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Total number of records: 87

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives79
Books and printed items7
Objects1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
English Literature31
Brotherton Collection28
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society15
Art and Antique Market5
Business Archives4
Leeds Poetry4
Liddle Collection2
Medical Collections2
ApIvor Collection1
Cookery Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters17
english poetry9
business records4
english literature4
textile industry4
folklore3
autobiography2
commercial correspondence2
english drama2
little magazines2

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Great Ribston; Hunsingore; Yorkshire West Riding1
Hunsingore; Yorkshire West Riding1
Little Ribston; Spofforth; Yorkshire West Riding1
Walshford; Great Ribston; Hunsingore; Yorkshire West Riding1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)6
Thwaite, Anthony (1930-)3
Baron Brotherton2
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)2
Brown, Merle E (1925-)2
Clodd, Edward (1840-1930)2
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton2
Lord Brotherton2
Masefield, John (1878-1967)2
Moore, Humphrey John2

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From 190050
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Up to 199963
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Archive Collection

HANDDRAWN COLOURED PLAN OF SUPPOSED LATE ROMAN CEMETERY IN WETHERBY

1930

Communicated by B W J Kent and draw by C A Ridley, 1930

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Archive Collection

ROMAN ANTIQUITIES SECTION: PLAN OF THE ROMAN FORT AT BAINBRIDGE AFTER RE-WHITEING

20th century

Including annotated Ordnance Survey maps and a note relating to the Roman road to Buckden, 1930

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PHOTOGRAPHS OF MRS MARJORIE KNOWLES NEE RUSSELL OF KNARESBOROUGH AND FAMILY

early 20th century-1980s

Includes photographs of Tadcaster boy scouts, 1930s and P.C. Lonsdale and P.C. Duker of West Riding Constabulary's Mounted Branch, 1960s

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Archive Print Collection

Edward Clodd (Brotherton Collection)

Works by Edward Clodd (1840-1930), including anthropology, mythology, evolution and religion. Clodd, a banker by profession, had a far-ranging influence through his wide circle of intellectual friends...

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HISTORY OF BROADBENT FAMILY OF LONGWOOD BY R E C BROADBENT

1987

Photocopies typescript file relating to the Broadbent family of Longwood near Huddersfield, 1758-1930. Includes detailed biographies of some members of the Braodbent family, with references to village...

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PAPERS OF JAMES R OGDEN

Ogden, James Roberts (1865-1940)

1865-1940

Consisting mainly of correspondence, notes, articles and photographs of a wide range of historical and archaeological topics, notably Oliver Cromwell and the battle of Marston Moor and its commemerati...

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Archive Collection

GUISELY PARISH MESSENGER

1909-1934

Parish magazine for St Oswald, Guisely.

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Archive Print Collection

Heywood Collection

John Heywood’s collection of books on wine, including reference books, historical works, guides to appreciation and tourist guidebooks. The main emphasis is on French wines.The collector, John Heywo...

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Archive Print Collection

Bronte (Brotherton Collection)

First and other early editions of works by the Brontë sisters, their father Patrick and their brother Branwell, together with critical and biographical studies of them, mostly dating from the 1930s a...

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Archive Collection

PAPERS OF MARY CHITTY NEE KITSON CLARK

Kitson Clark, Mary (1905-2005)

1927-1991

Include correspondence, notes, photographs and publications e.g. British Association, British School of Archaeology in Jerusalem, and Roman Antiquities Section YAS. Also papers relating to excavations...

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W. and E. Crowther Limited, Business Archive

W. and E. Crowther Limited

1872-1977

Comprises: (1) Miscellaneous cash, wage, trade, and private ledgers; (2) Inventory and valuation records; (3) Miscellaneous invoice, stock-taking, in-letter, counter-foil, lot, and company minu...

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