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Total number of records: 159

Top 10: Collection group

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Leeds Russian Archive111
Brotherton Collection18
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society16
English Literature14
Leeds Poetry11
Medical Collections7
University Archive7
Quaker Collection2
Business Archives1
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman1

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russians29
british25
photographs24
letters23
russian literature19
postcards7
russian language6
autobiography5
refugees, political4
world war, 1914-19184

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Harvey, John Wilfred (1889-1967)2
Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)2
Beckwith, Frank (1904-1977)1
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)1
Brown, Wayne1
Crossley-Holland, Kevin1
Dobree, Bonamy (1891-1974)1
Douglas, Keith (1920-1944)1
Durward, Archibald (1902-1964)1
Glover, Jon1

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Archive Sub-collection

Dairy records

1897-1904

DD161/20G/1: Correspondence re demonstration on butter making, FARNLEY, by Kiss A.E. McKerrow (1 Dec, 1904) DD161/20G/2: Correspondence re sale of dairy business to NIDDERDALE Dairy Co. (1899) DD161...

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Poetry Collections and Published Poems

Brown, Wayne

1964-1971

This subfonds contains items relating to Wayne Brown's poetry collection 'On the Coast,' published in 1972. It includes both drafts of poems included in the collection, and drafts of poems written aro...

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Sixty-One: A Magazine of the Arts

Glover, Jon

c.1961-1966

This subfonds contains material relating to the student magazine 'Sixty-One: A Magazine of the Arts.' The magazine was edited by Glover from ca. 1964-1965, and he was involved as a member of editorial...

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Poetry Collections

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1953-2007

This subfonds comprises items relating to published collections of Geoffrey Hill's poetry, covering the period from prior to the publication of his first major collection, 'For the Unfallen' (1959) to...

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Poetry Collections and Published Poems

Kirkup, James (1918-2009)

c.1952 -1970

This subfonds consists of ms and ts drafts of poems which were later included in published poetry collections; and drafts and press cuttings of poems that were published individually in newspapers and...

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Poetry Collections and Published Poems

Redgrove, Peter (1932-2003)

1961-1964

This subfonds includes corrected proof copies and published volumes of two of Peter Redgrove's published poetry collections, and recordings of the poet reading his work. Some proof copies are annotate...

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Poetry Collections and Published Poems

Scannell, Vernon (1922-2007)

c.1964-1967

This subfonds comprises a single file containing drafts and cuttings of collected and other published poems by Vernon Scannell. Includes an annotated typescript draft of the poem 'Autumn', later publi...

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Poetry Collections and Published Poems

Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)

1948-1997

This subfonds contains papers relating to published collections of Jon Silkin's poetry. As such, it covers the period from prior to the publication of his first volume, 'The Peaceable Kingdom,' in 195...

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Poetry Collections and Published Poems

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1951-1988

This subfonds contains items concerned with Thomas Blackburn's poetry collections and published poems. It includes corrected proof copies of published volumes of poetry collections, typescripts of col...

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Francis Leslie Watson Collection

1871-1982

Comprises: Box 1, Personalia relating to Major Frank Watson and Mrs Charlotte Watson, including their birth, marriage, and death certificates, Major Watson's army documents, several of his later diari...

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Literary papers and correspondence of Keith Douglas, with related material, including his paintings and drawings, and Douglas family photographs.

Douglas, Keith (1920-1944)

1881-2000

The archive, acquired during the years 1968-1976 for the Brotherton Collection, was part gift of the poet's mother, Marie Douglas, and part purchase. Dr Desmond Graham, Keith Douglas' biographer, assi...

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