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Total number of records: 175
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 47 |
| English Literature | 37 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 31 |
| Feminist Archive North | 16 |
| Art and Antique Market | 11 |
| Leeds Poetry | 9 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 4 |
| Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society | 3 |
| Herbert Read Collection | 2 |
| Medical Collections | 2 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968) | 3 |
| Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881) | 2 |
| Chaplin, Stephen | 2 |
| Clay, Charles Travis (1885-1978) | 2 |
| Hodgson, John (1927-1997) | 2 |
| Ross, Alan (1922-2001) | 2 |
| Alfred Richard Orage | 1 |
| Alice Violet Robson | 1 |
| Alston, Lucy (1910-1996) | 1 |
| Alston, William (1880-1958) | 1 |
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Art
Includes books published between 1608 and 1998, although most of the works date from the 19th and 20th centuries. It includes biographies and works of criticism and interpretation of individual artist...
Art (Brotherton Collection)
Miscellaneous collection relating to art, chiefly published in the 19th and early 20th centuries, with a few of earlier date. Amongst the more notable groups of works are books illustrated by Thomas R...
Japanese prints
1735-1873
Japanese Ukiyo-e woodblock prints. Two sets depicting Kabuki plays: 'Chushingura' by Utagawa Hiroshige and 'The Sugawara Tragedy' by Utagawa Sadahide. Also a singular print: 'View of a Dramatic Perfor...
THE EARLY ART OF THE WEST RIDING OF YORKSHIRE: A SUBJECT LIST OF EXTANT AND LOST ART INCLUDING ITEMS RELEVANT TO EARLY DRAMA BY BARBARA D PALMER
1990
Also includes photographs, negatives and contact sheets on which the book was based
Yorkshire Contemporary Art Group and St Paul's Gallery Leeds Archive
1979-1988
Comprises: 1) Correspondence, posters, photographs and other material related to "New Art in Yorkshire" exhibition, 1987; 2) Material relating to exhibitions and events held by YCAG, 1984-1988; 3) Mat...
Stephen Chaplin Collection
Chaplin, Stephen
1700-2000
Stephen Chaplin (born 1934) studied at the Slade Art School and the Courtauld Institute, then taught at the Leeds College of Art from 1961 to 1966, and at the University of Leeds from 1966 to 1991, In...
Nancy Hayes Collection
Keywords:Art; history; political groups, libraries & archives; employment. Papers from 1968-90. Periodicals & pamphlets. 'Black Arts' Transnational Information Centre; Workers Chronicle
Alfred Yockney papers
Yockney, Alfred (1878-1963); Bone, Sir Muirhead (1876-1953)
1912-1951
Includes part of an A-Z collection of newspaper cuttings and notes on art, music and other subjects made by Yockney. The collection goes from A-N. Also includes collections of newspaper cuttings an...
WHAT ARE THE ORIGINS OF LEEDS INDUSTRIAL CO-OPERATIVE? WHY WAS IT FOUNDED? WHO FOUNDED IT? AND WHAT EFFECT DID IT HAVE ON THE CITY OF LEEDS?
2009
Dissertation submitted to Leeds Metropolitan University for the degree of Bachelor of Arts in Local and Regional History
LITTLE WOODHOUSE LOCAL HISTORY PROJECT
1959
Compiled by Leeds Polytechnic Art Department. Contains drawings, photographs, maps, historical notes
City of Leeds Training College, Leeds College of Art and Leeds College of Music, papers on higher education, held by Leeds City Council Education Committee
c.1903-1961
Comprises: (1) Leeds College of Art papers, ca. 1910-1961, including administrative correspondence, the Principal's annual reports, miscellaneous annual and other reports, notably one of an inspection...