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Total number of records: 14

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Brotherton Collection4
English Literature3
Feminist Archive North2
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society2
Cookery Collection1

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english fiction2
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film festivals1
jewish theater1
land value taxation1

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Baron, Alec (1913-1991)1
Bateman, Michael (1932-2006)1
Blow, Simon1
Clarke, De-Napoli1
Edwards, Donald1
Eliot, George (1819-1880)1
Green, Henry (1905-1973)1
Grigson, Sophie1
Hamilton, David Mbe1
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Archive Collection

Naomi Jacob Collection

1944-1946

Comprises programmes from operas held at the Real Teatro di Carlo under the direction of the British Military Authorities in Naples. Naomi Jacob wrote the notes on each opera.

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PAPERS REGARDING STONEYHURST, LANCASHIRE

(1717)

Photocopy of registery and particulars of Sir Nicholas Shireburn of Stoneyhurst Co. Lancashire, regarding an act to oblige papists to register their names and real estate. Also plan of Hulbur and Cric...

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Archive Print Collection

Encyclopaedias

Multilingual collection, mainly spanning the years 1750-1950. It consists of some two dozen titles, all but a few of which contain many volumes. The largest is the mighty Encyclopédie méthodique (th...

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Archive Collection

Linda Shaw collection

This collection relates to Linda Shaw's interest in international women and development issues. It contains an extensive collection of materials on Asia, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East. It a...

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Peter Rushforth Archive

Rushforth, Peter Scott (1945-2005)

1967-2006

Original deposit of 43 boxes includes: (a) "Kindergarten" drafts, including sections titled 'Shadows of the Living' and 'The Other Side of Silence', TS and galley proofs of final version, with relate...

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Archive Collection

Archive Collection

William A. Wood (land agents) Archive

Wood, William A

1868-1960

Ledgers containing valuations of farms, some valuations contain inventories of domestic spaces alongside the agricultural inventories. Some ledgers include crop rotation paterns and some dispersed far...

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Archive Collection

George Eliot, autograph letters to her by celebrities of her time, relating to literary and personal matters

Eliot, George (1819-1880)

c.1875-1919

The correspondents include Anthony Trollope, Harriet B. Stowe, Frederic Harrison, Lord Justice Bowen, Benjamin Jowett, David Kauffman, Sir James Paget, G. J. Holyoake, Douglas Jerrold, Elizabeth Stuar...

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Alec Baron, archive compiled by Baron relating to theatrical life in Leeds from the late 1920s to the 1950s, principally Leeds Unity Theatre, supplemented by material relating to Leeds Film Theatre and world cinema.

Baron, Alec (1913-1991)

1928-1991

Archive compiled by Alec Baron relating to theatrical life in Leeds from the late 1920s to the 1950s, principally Leeds Unity Theatre, supplemented by material relating to Leeds Film Theatre and world...

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Change Collection

1979 – 2004

The collection includes an extensive reference section including collections of periodicals, reports and associated material all grouped together by geographical area, with alphabetic sequences of per...

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Small School, literary papers and correspondence concerning the publication of the poetry anthology 'Learning by Heart', edited by Satish Kumar, together with a copy of the published work

1984-1986

Comprises: (1) A mint copy of the published work, 'Learning by Heart', being number 85 of only 175 copies printed at Five Seasons Press, near Madley, Hereford; (2) Autograph manuscript and typescript ...

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RECORDS OF TANCRED'S FOUNDATION, WHIXLEY

1762-1955

Includes proceedings 1762-1956; orders and regulations 1762-1939; register of students 1762-1879; register of pensioners 1762-1881; accounts 1875-1955. Foundation founded by Christopher Tancred

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