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Total number of records: 61

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Brotherton Collection22
English Literature20
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society7
Business Archives6
Feminist Archive North1
Herbert Read Collection1
Leeds Poetry1
Liddle Collection1

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letters15
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english literature6
textile industry6
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capital punishment2
anarchism1
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Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998)2
Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor2
Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961)2
Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921)2
Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966)2
Adolph Jacobs and Company Limited1
Alston, Lucy (1910-1996)1
Alston, William (1880-1958)1
Askew, Anthony (1722-1774)1
Astbury, Anthony1

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Archive Collection

Diaries of Joseph Bufton

Bufton, Joseph

1664-1710

Three diaries MS8-10. Full details are described in file records.

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NOTES ON VARIOUS MANORS BY C T CLAY

1928-1965

Relates to manors including Briestwhistle and Emley. Also includes photographs or photostats of deeds published in YRS, Extra Series 6 (1949) 'Early Yorkshire Charters 8, The Honour of Warenne' 8 (19...

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Aurora Lodge No 4047 minute books

1920-2013

The collection comprises 16 volumes of the minutes and 3 volumes of instructions of the Aurora Lodge No 4047. The minute books are: Volume 1: 24 March 1920- 10 October 1923 Volume 2: 14 November...

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Merlyn Rees correspondence and political papers

Rees, Merlyn (1920-2006)

1958-2005

Papers relating to race relations, 1958-1986, including the Immigration Bill 1971 (located in box 1/10) Papers and correspondence relating to the Miners' Strike, 1983-1985, especially policing issues...

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North Biddick Colliery, Co. Durham, 1722-1733, owned by Maj. Davison and partners

1722-1733

Contents comprise: (1) General accounts, 1722-1727; (2) ditto 1727-1729; (3) ditto 1729-1733; (4) Staith bills, 1728/9-1730; (5) Receipted accounts of Lancelot Harrison, 1724-26. 10 ff. ; (6-8) Miscel...

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Evelyn Waugh manuscript book review of 'Life with Rossetti' by Gale Pedrick

Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966)

September 1964

Manuscript draft for a review of Gale Pedrick's 'Life with Rossetti', with occasional revisions. The draft is titled 'MATERIAL FOR THE THESIS-WRITER' by Waugh. It would be published in the Sunday Tele...

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Archive Print Collection

Agriculture

Includes: Francois Rozier’s “Cours complet d'agriculture” (10v, 1793-1802);

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John Le Patourel Archive

Le Patourel, John (1909-1981)

c.1910-1986

This substantial archive, containing over 13,000 separate items, is made up of the following broad categories: (1) Personalia, principally comprising extensive correspondence; (2) Material relating to...

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Pamphlets

1969 - 2014

FAN has a large and varied collection of pamphlets. They are classified using the European Women’s Thesaurus Categories, which are listed below. P1 Economics / Labour P1.01 affirmative ...

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Robert Browning, holograph poems

Browning, Robert (1782-1866)

c.1820-1866

Vol.1: The anatomical parish -- Vol.2: The enquiry -- Vol.3: The journey to London -- Vol.4: Law -- Vol.5: The legacy -- Vol.6: The medium's ball -- Vol.7: The medium's progress -- Vol.8: The murder -...

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Adolph Jacobs and Company Limited, Business Archive

Adolph Jacobs and Company Limited

1929-1953

The material includes the archives of successor companies to Adolph Jacobs and Company Ltd.

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Arabic, Middle Eastern and Asian Manuscripts

500-2000

The Department of Arabic, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies has deposited its collection of Middle Eastern and Asian manuscripts in Special Collections. There are over 370 manuscripts in primarily in...

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