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Total number of records: 124

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Russian Archive86
Brotherton Collection14
English Literature12
Leeds Poetry12
Quaker Collection3
Business Archives1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters123
british45
russians27
photographs24
english fiction12
english poetry12
librettos12
russian literature12
diaries10
postcards10

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Pearson Family3
Beckwith, Frank (1904-1977)2
Boyle of Handsworth, Edward Boyle Baron (1923-1981)2
Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)2
Thompson, Thomas Perronet (1783-1869)2
Banks, Cyril (1901-1969)1
Banks, Gladys1
Beresford, Maurice (1920-2005)1
Bithell, Jethro (1878-1962)1
Bodger, John Eric Sturton1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 17005
From 180043
From 190076

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 18992
Up to 1999104
Up to latest18

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Letters and papers of the Pearson family of Yorkshire and Mountcross, Co. Cork

Pearson Family

c.1700-c.1980

These documents comprise letters and papers by or concerning members of the Pearson family of Yorkshire and Mountcross, Co. Cork, from the late seventeenth century almost to the present. Besides memb...

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Further letters and papers of the Pearson family of Yorkshire and Mountcross, Co. Cork

Pearson Family

1812-1926

These further letters and papers concern wider branches of Mrs S. Laville's extensive family in the nineteenth century, namely, the Clarges and the Hawkes. Also additional document found in 2021 when...

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Additional letters and papers of the Pearson family of Yorkshire and Mountcross. Co. Cork

Pearson Family

1883-1993

These additional letters and papers were most kindly deposited in the Brotherton Library by Mrs S Laville of West Malvern in January 1993, in continuation of her previous deposit made in 1989 (MS Dep....

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PELL Family

1871, 1978, 1992

Photocopies of: typed transcription of letter from Joshua and M[?] Pell, St Petersburg, to family in Oldham (1871) /1/; unpublished letter from Arthur Pell to "The Sunday Times" (1978) /2/; publicatio...

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LUBLINSKAIA Aleksandra Dmitrievna (1902-1980)

1965-1981

Letters from A D Lublinskaia to Brian Pearce (28, 1965-1979) /1-28/. Photocopies of Andrew Lossky's obituary of A D Lublinskaia in "Nouvelles de la République des Lettres", 2 (1981) /29/.

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Papers and letters in connection with the Nuffield College Social Reconstruction Survey, 1941-1943, by John Harry Jones

Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)

1940-1943

One of the most significant domestic developments during the Second World War was the emergence of comprehensive social planning. It had its roots in various political, sociological, architectural and...

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Letters written to her parents by Jill Judith Tallant

Tallant, Jill Judith (1933-)

1945-1951

These letters were very kindly presented to the Brotherton Library by Mr Alfred Tallant, Jill's father, in May 1989, through the good offices of Mr R S Mortimer. They provide a detailed and charmingly...

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LOCKWOOD Collection

1876-1907

Photocopies of letters: J B Hodgson to William Bingley (1, 1876) /1/; Richard Druce to Sarah Bingley (née Bradley) (7 fragments, 1896-1907) /2-8/; Nikolai (?) to Miss Bradley (1, 1900) /9/; Kate (?) ...

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STINCHCOMBE Family

1885-1920s

Photocopies of: letters from Daniel Stinchcombe (1873-1920) and Thomas (?) Stinchcombe, Moscow, to Stinchcombe family, Thornbury, Glos (11, 1885-1915) /1-11/; Daniel Stinchcombe memorial card, 1920 /1...

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TOLSTOI, Lev Nikolaevich (1828-1910) (4)

1890-1960

LETTERS to Emile Joseph Dillon (1854-1933) (chiefly concerning L N Tolstoi, with E J Dillon notes) from (also some draft letters from E J Dillon to): H F Battersby (Prevost Battersby) (3, 1890?) /1-4/...

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MAUDE, Aylmer (1858-1938) & Louise (née Shanks; 1855-1939) (1)

1884-1939

[BOX 1] Photocopy of Aylmer Maude and Louise Shanks marriage certificate, Moscow, 1884 /1/. Invitation to and programme of performance of H J Byron "Our Boys" by Hominum Gatherum troupe, Moscow, 1882 ...

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Papers relating to the Harvey family of Leeds

Harvey family

c.1830-c.1983

The Harveys were one of the prominent Quaker families in Leeds in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. They were related, by marriage, to several other local Quaker families, including the Fr...

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