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Total number of records: 51

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Archives	49
Books and printed items	2

Count of Collection group

Collection group	Count
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	36
Brotherton Collection	10
English Literature	7
ApIvor Collection	1
Liddle Collection	1

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
letters	6
art, english	3
art	1
diaries	1
english fiction	1
english literature	1
english poetry	1
natural history	1
photographs	1
pre-raphaelites	1

Count of Place

Place	Count
Yorkshire	11
York; Yorkshire	10
Wakefield; Yorkshire West Riding	2
Acaster Malbis; Yorkshire East Riding	1
Bedale; Yorkshire North Riding	1
Cheshire	1
Leeds; Yorkshire West Riding	1
North Yorkshire	1
Shropshire	1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Alston, Lucy (1910-1996)	1
Alston, William (1880-1958)	1
Bethell Family	1
Blackburn, Julia	1
Bower Family of Bridlington	1
Boyne, William (1893)	1
Boynton Family	1
Brangwyn, Frank (1867-1956)	1
Brus Family	1
Buckels, Alec	1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 1300	1
From 1500	5
From 1600	9
From 1700	19
From 1800	8
From 1900	7

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 1599	2
Up to 1699	10
Up to 1799	20
Up to 1899	4
Up to 1999	9
Up to latest	4

Archive Collection

APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURE OF JOHN ROEBUCK OF LEEDS TO GEORGE NEWTON OF LEEDS, PAINTER

1830-1840

Also three related letters 1840

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Archive Print Collection

William Blake Collection

Books and periodicals relating to William Blake, the English Romantic poet, painter and engraver, including those collected by the poetical critic Ruthven Todd. The texts themselves date from between ...

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Archive Collection

PAPERS OF BUCKTROUT FAMILY OF BEDALE

1764-1892

Including accounts etc of William J Blyth of Sunderland, Durham, chemist 1849-1892; accounts etc of William Bucktrout of Bedale, painter 1816-1824

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Archive Collection

THOMAS BECKWITH MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION: COLLECTION OF ARMS

1746

Comprising "A collection of Arms", by Beckwith Arms Painter of York, begun in 1746 at Wakefield (alphabetical, various families and counties), descriptive only, without tricks

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Archive Print Collection

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...

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Archive Collection

Pennine Poets' Collection

Kirk, Pauline; Graft Poetry

1979-2024

The collection includes the Pennine Poets' Group's journal 'Pennine Platform' no.1, 1979-no.97, 2025, and other publications by members of the Group such as Pauline Kirk and Ian Emberson. The publica...

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Archive Collection

William Boyne folios

Boyne, William (1893)

mid 19th century

Ten volumes of lithographs, engravings, photographs and original drawings of the exteriors and interiors of buildings and of views in the Yorkshire Ridings. The volumes were compiled by William Boyne...

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Archive Collection