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Total number of records: 602

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Archives601
Objects1

Top 10: Collection group

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Brotherton Collection150
Liddle Collection89
English Literature48
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society46
Leeds Poetry34
Leeds Animation Workshop33
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture33
University Archive29
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman20
Herbert Read Collection14

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culture25
community life17
english language - dialects14
photographs12
world war, 1914-191812
literature and folklore11
education10
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folklore9
buildings7

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Italy11
London, United Kingdom6
Leeds, United Kingdom4
Milan4
Germany3
Copenhagen2
Denmark2
Genoa, Italy2
Norway2
Oslo2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)13
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)5
Crossley-Holland, Kevin4
Baron Brotherton3
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)3
Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton3
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society3
Lord Brotherton3
National Women'S Aid Federation3
Sir Edward Allen Brotherton3

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Archive File

Rhythms of the City

1995

Papers and photographs re stall at city event

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The Big City

1969-1980

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In the city festival

2017

Publicity flyer for event held at Millenium Square, July 2017

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City University of New York (incl. City College)

16 Oct - 14 Dec 1967

This file contains 2 signed typescript letters, 1 with carbon copy response on verso, relating to the City University of New York, including the City College of the City University of New York. The ...

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Manuscript: A City of the North

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

c.1952

Autograph manuscript of the poem 'A City of the North'; mounted with a label misattributing Kirkup's tenure of the Gregory Fellowship from October 1952 - October 1953 (Kirkup was Gregory Fellow from 1...

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Rhythms of the City press

1996

Includes newspaper cuttings of press reviews and photocopies of press reviews

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Rhythms of the City 2000

2000

File A contains Rhythms of the City 2000 Programme, Rhythms of the City 2000 Fringe Festival Programme, Rhythms of the City Report by the West Yorkshire Playhouse, photocopies of press cuttings and po...

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Leeds City Council

2001 - 2020

This file contains papers relating to funding received by the Workshop from Leeds City Council. It comprises business correspondence; application forms; monitoring forms; annual reports; production an...

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Violence-free Cities

Women's Aid Federation of England; European Women's Lobby

1999

Papers relating to the 1999 European Women's Lobby project 'Violence-free Cities', co-funded and contributed to by Women's Aid. Documents include: correspondence between Women's Aid and the European W...

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Leeds City Market

Hermansson, Nana

1969

This file contains items relating to Nana Hermansson's research into Leeds City Market and market traders. This includes ms. and typed transcripts of a tape recorded interview with Harry Hudson, a sta...

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