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Total number of records: 641

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Archives611
Books and printed items29
Art items1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society367
Brotherton Collection161
English Literature138
Leeds Poetry15
Medical Collections9
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections4
Business Archives3
Cookery Collection3
Quaker Collection2
Ripon Cathedral2

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letters63
english poetry61
english literature27
english fiction20
english drama17
diaries7
literature5
scrapbooks5
folklore4
general surgery4

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Yorkshire31
Burton Constable; West Newton; Swine; Yorkshire East Riding16
York; Yorkshire15
Lincolnshire3
Mirfield; Yorkshire West Riding3
Oxford; Oxfordshire3
Yorkshire West Riding3
Almondbury; Yorkshire West Riding2
Doncaster; Yorkshire West Riding2
Durham2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Radcliffe Family11
Southwell, Daphne (1907-1998)6
Spittle, Stanley Denys Trevor6
Watson, Geoffrey (1897-1961)6
Watson, Thomas Edward (1851-1921)6
Dorothy Una Clough5
Dorothy Una Mcgrigor Phillips5
Dorothy Una Phillips5
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)5
Blakeston Family4

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Archive Collection

REVEREND JOSEPH HUNTER MANUSCRIPTS: CATALOGUE OF MANUSCRIPTS

nd [19th century]

Comprising a catalogue of collated mss of the New Testament followed by New Testament notes in shorthand

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REVEREND JOSEPH HUNTER MANUSCRIPTS: HODSOKE MANUSCRIPT

1852

Comprising a manuscript entitled "A Little Historical Memorial of Hodsoke..." by a F.S.A

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ROGER DODSWORTH MANUSCRIPTS: EXTRACTS FROM MANUSCRIPTS

1652

Comprising a volume by Dodsworth comprising (a) Abstracts of charters from Gilling Castle, 1652 (b) Memoranda (c) Extracts from the Chartulary of Byland relating to Sutton under Whitestonecliff (...

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Archive Collection

Manuscript Catalogues

1769-1924

This artificial collection of individual and groups of manuscripts includes catalogues, bibliographies and dictionaries. Similar materialmay exist in other distinct collections of manuscripts and arch...

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Cookery Manuscripts

2500 BCE - 2000

Items cover cookery, household management, medicine and remedies, including ancient texts.

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Manuscript Verse

1721-1959

This artificial collection of individual and groups of manuscript verse is not reflected in the more extensive 'Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse' index

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THOMAS BECKWITH MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: LISTS OF BOOKS AND MANUSCRIPTS

18th century

Comprising lists of books and manuscripts to be found in certain libraries, with a few tricked coats of arms and copies of monumental inscriptions. Among the libraries named are those of Francis Smit...

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Maarten Maartens Manuscripts

Maartens, Maarten (1858-1915)

1882-1930

Comprises: Boxes of manuscripts, as follows: (1) 'Dorothea', MS 958pp. in 6 envelopes, and first MS drafts I-III in 3 envelopes, held in 2 boxes; (2) 'Eve', MS 510pp. in 4 envelopes, and sections rewr...

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Frances Arnold Manuscripts

Arnold-Forster, Frances

1861-1917

The collection comprises: (a) Six volumes of personal journals of Frances Arnold-Forster, autograph, covering the years, 1871-73, 1873-76, 1876-79, 1879-83, 1883-85, and 1885-87, and describing her li...

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Lascelles Abercrombie manuscripts

Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881-1938)

1881-1940

Comprises: (1) Drafts of many of Abercrombie's own publications held in box files individually-labelled; (2) Drafts of literary material in folders; (3) Lecture notes, including those of his own lectu...

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Medical Manuscripts Collection

1756-1955

This artificial collection groups together some individual manuscripts relating medical practice and education. The general content of the collection includes lecture notes, case notes and papers, man...

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C TOWNLEY MANUSCRIPTS

1664

Comprising a volume containing the "Nomina Villarum" 1315-1316, Kirkby's "Inquest", and the Knights' Fees for Yorkshire 1302-1303

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