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Total number of records: 24

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Books and printed items1

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Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society10
Business Archives4
English Literature3
Brotherton Collection2
Cookery Collection1
Medical Collections1

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business records6
textile industry5
commercial correspondence2
english literature2
letters2
flax spinning1
forensic medicine1
forensic toxicology1
jurisprudence1
lecture notes1

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Greetland; Elland; Halifax; Yorkshire West Riding1
Selby Abbey; Selby; Yorkshire West Riding1

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Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)1
Bayley, Walter (1529-1593)1
Casson, Thomas1
Colvin, Sidney (1845-1927)1
E. Fox and Sons Limited1
Fisher, Clement (1539-1619)1
Kellett, Brown and Company Limited1
Marshall, John (1765-1845)1
Pierce, Mrs Elizabeth (C1862)1
Rockcliffe1

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Archive Collection

THOMAS HEYWOOD MANUSCRIPTS: SEPIA WASHES AND PENCIL SKETCHES BY J SCARLETT DAVIS (1804-1845)

1827

Shows Kirklees Hall, Austhorpe Hall, Mirfield, Elland, Kiddall near Becca etc.

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Archive Print Collection

Psychology

The earliest book is dated 1845, Louis F Calmeil's 'De la folie...', and the latest 1960, R D Laing's The divided self'. Subjects include madness and human feelings.

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George Hattersley and Sons Limited, Business Archive

1845-1888

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Summary of ...

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MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS

late 15th century-mid 19th century

Account roll of [?] Selby abbey n.d. [late 15th century] Certified copies of Leeds borough charters [1626 and 1684] 1845-1846 Articles of agreement for sale of Greenhouse Farm, Goathland 1703

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PAPERS RELATING TO LEDSHAM SCHOOL (LADY ELIZABETH HASTINGS' FOUNDATION)

1739-1949

Includes: registers 1749-1831 and 1833-1949; accounts 1739-1810, 1837-1874; housekeepers' accounts 1770-1771, 1816-1817; accounts and vouchers for the building of the new schoolhouse 1739; examiners' ...

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William Rhodes Limited, Business Archive

1845-1937

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Birkenshaw ...

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PLANS OF LEEDS

1845-1871

/1 Plan of Woodsley House estate Leeds, the property of Andrew Fairburn esq. Laid out for building sites [1865] /2 Plan of an estate in Mill Hill Leeds belonging to the Trustees of the late Benjamin ...

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Skelton and Wells Leeds wine merchant, Business Archive

1785-c.1900

Comprises: i) Accounts: September 1785 - February 1791; ii) Accounts: January 1787 - December 1788; iii) Day book: January 1787 - November 1813; iv) Letter book, 1814 - 1832; v) Index to letter boo...

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Kellett, Brown and Company Limited, Business Archive

Kellett, Brown and Company Limited

1833-1930

Summary of Contents: I. Nominal and Purchase Ledgers. 1833-1930. II. Mill Processing Records. 1835-1922, Milling and Scribbling. 1835-1920, Scribbling with some spinning and dyeing. 1868-1922, Spin...

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A pamflyt compiled of cheese, contayninge the differences, nature, qualities, and goodness, of the same
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A pamflyt compiled of cheese, contayninge the differences, nature, qualities, and goodness, of the same

Fisher, Clement (1539-1619); Bayley, Walter (1529-1593); Willoughby, Edward (16th century-16th century); Stephens, Marly (17th century-17th century)

c.1580

Manuscript in Secretary hand on paper containing 'A pampflyt compiled of cheese'. Decoration: Undecorated; page frames ruled. Collation: [A-P4]. With one initial and two final flyleaves. Each quire is...

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Bernard Barton, correspondence and literary manuscripts with related materials

Barton, Bernard (1784-1849)

1818-1848

(Envelope 1) 25 letters to Barton from literary figures, 1818-1836; 3 poems, by Lucy Barton, E. Charlesworth, and J. E. Roscoe; silhouette portrait (unknown); printed sheet featuring portraits of lite...

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