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Total number of records: 193

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Archives190
Objects2
Art items1

Top 10: Collection group

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Brotherton Collection72
English Literature61
Liddle Collection32
Leeds Poetry30
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture15
Quaker Collection4
Art and Antique Market3
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman2
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society2
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1

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culture13
community life8
correspondence8
manners and customs7
communication5
communities5
folklore5
holidays5
rites and ceremonies5
literature and folklore4

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Gotteborg1
Lofoten1
Norway1
Sweden1

Top 10: People and organisations

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Crossley-Holland, Kevin12
Le Patourel, John (1909-1981)5
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)5
Dibdin, Charles (1745-1814)2
Dorothy Una Clough2
Dorothy Una Mcgrigor Phillips2
Dorothy Una Phillips2
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)2
Bhayat, Farouk1
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)1

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The Islanders

Dibdin, Charles (1745-1814)

1780-1781

Contains sketches and scores of 19 songs from 'The Islanders' (1780) and its abridged version 'The Marriage Act' (1881). All in Dibdin's autograph, except for the song 'Before your Europe…', which i...

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Victoria and the Island

1998

General tourist information for Victoria, Canada

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Vancouver Island

17-Sep-1998

Notes and research for a press trip to Vancouver, Canada. British Columbia 1998 Vacation Planner guide. Press cuttings about Vancouver Island’s Gourmet Trail in Vancouver Globe & Mail, 1998

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'Islands' Copy

1989

This file contains a copy of the August 1989 issue of the American magazine 'Islands', that contains Kevin Crossley-Holland's article 'The Aran Islands'.

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10 Spice Islands

31 Jul 2000 – 15 Dec 2000

Notes for an article about spices and where they originate from

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Notebooks (Aran Islands)

Crossley-Holland, Kevin

1988

2 notebooks relating to Crossley-Holland's article on the Aran Islands. The first notebook (42 ff.; some pages blank), contains diary entries, descriptions and other notes (31 Aug - 8 Sept 1988); the ...

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David Jackman - 'Down the Islands'

1985-2020

3 draft poems submitted for consideration, no annotations, unpublished.

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Bernardine Evaristo - Island of Abraham

1993

Typescript draft of revised poetry collection with accompanying letter.

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'Emperor's Last Island: Copy'

2000

Typescript draft with occasional annotations.

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Sooke Harbour House, Vancouver Island

19 Jul 2000 – 22 Sep 2000

Research, notes and recipes for an article for Gardeners Illustrated about Sook Harbour House and its edible garden. Copy article Edible Flowers in Organic Gardening, 1990. Venturi-Schulze Vineyards N...

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'Emperor's Last Island: Research I''

2000

Photocopies, typecript and handwritten notes.

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