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Total number of records: 1523

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection550
English Literature275
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture217
Leeds Poetry205
Liddle Collection163
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society139
Herbert Read Collection130
University Archive48
Medical Collections42
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman33

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
correspondence63
letters59
world war, 1914-191848
community life40
culture37
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)34
english poetry30
communication29
photographs27
english drama22

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England14
Italy10
Leeds4
London4
Verona (Italy)4
Germany3
Yemen3
Amsterdam2
Amsterdam (Netherlands)2
Copenhagen2

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)44
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)38
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)28
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)17
National Women'S Aid Federation13
Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)11
Women'S Aid11
Women'S Aid Federation England11
Women'S Aid Federation of England11
Wakelin, Martyn F7

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Note regarding payment

One [unrelated] note regarding payment to M. Michel Droit of Le Figaro Litteraire.

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Papers regarding the Building Fund

1860

(i) Printed appeal for the Building Fund, 9th August 1860 (ii) Printed notice of a meeting of proprietary members to be held 24th January 1861 in connection with the building project [Annotat...

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Instructions regarding Promotion of Officers

December 1917

Instructions regarding Promotion of Officers - Pamphlet

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Correspondence regarding the proceedings of 1996

1999

Copy of a letter dated 7 October 1999 from Dr Chris Hammond (Hon. Editor) to Dr H.P. Cecil, in which he relays the Society’s decision not to publish the proceedings of the 1996 William Morris Centen...

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Correspondence regarding Naum Gabo

3 - 28 Jan 1966

This file contains 3 signed typescript letters on The Arts Council of Great Britain headed paper. The letters regard Read's Introduction to a Naum Gabo exhibition catalogue and are from Joanna Drew (A...

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Memo: 'Situation regarding current Treasurer'

1993-1994

Photocopy of a manuscript memo from Dr A. Chadwick, headed “Situation regarding current Treasurer”, found in a file of papers compiled by Katharine Widdowson in her preparation of the annual repor...

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Correspondence regarding the role as Society Editor

1992

Two printed memos (7 and 13 November 1992) from Dr Oliver Pickering to Dr Richard Byrn in which he discusses his plans should he accept the invitation to become Society Editor, to replace or act along...

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Legal correspondence regarding the Denny Fund

1952

Two typed letters (February 1952) from firms of solicitors in Bradford and Leeds relating to the fate of the Denny Fund, originally raised in 1871 as a testimonial to the Curator (Mr Denny) of the Soc...

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Letters and proformas regarding proprietary shares

1872

36 letters and proformas enquiring about present ownership of proprietary shares, 1872. In 1872 the Society made effforts to consolidate its information about proprietary shares and the provenance of ...

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Correspondence regarding subscriptions to the Society's Proceedings

1934-1936

(i) Richard Offor (Leeds University Library), 15th January and 5th October 1935 (ii) William Llewelyn Davies (National Library of Wales), 26th September 1935 (to Walter Manoel Edwards) (ii...

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Correspondence regarding the examination of grant applications

1992

File of papers relating to the Agroforestry Project at the University of Leeds, including the original agreement (13/10/1987) under which the sum of £15,000 was given to the Society (by an anonymous ...

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