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Total number of records: 271

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection90
Liddle Collection49
English Literature36
Leeds Poetry31
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture30
Leeds Russian Archive29
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections28
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society14
Womens Aid Federation of England Archive14
University Archive12

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
culture17
learned institutions and societies13
english language - dialects10
archive administration9
english poetry9
community life8
occupations7
anarchism5
art5
art, modern5

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Germany2
Austria1
Bosnia and Herzegovina1
France1
Italy1
Sarajevo1
Scotland1
Spain1
Vienna1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)19
Hey, William (1736-1819)13
Hey, William (1772-1844)13
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society13
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)9
National Women'S Aid Federation8
Women'S Aid8
Women'S Aid Federation England8
Women'S Aid Federation of England8
Dorothy Una Clough3

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 13001
From 15003
From 16006
From 17004
From 180028
From 1900194
From 20006

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 16992
Up to 17995
Up to 18995
Up to 1999192
Up to latest38

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Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society

1824-1927

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Photograph Collection

1974-2017

Printed and digital photograph collections documenting the life and work of Women's Aid and it's staff.

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Video Collection

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

1989-2005

This series has minimal documentation making the content within it unaccessible. Cataloguing is currently underway to make this material available.

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Audio Collection

Women's Aid Federation of England

1974-2017

Digital audio files relating to work and campaigns conducted by the Women's Aid Federation of England.

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Miscellaneous Collections of Folklore

1951-1985

This subseries contains typed and printed items relating to folklife activities and research, both in the United Kingdom, and in Europe and the United States. It includes printed ephemera and guides t...

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Tithe collecting books

1801-1806

Including: Whalley rectory tithes 1801: (places as below) Lancashire tithes 1802, 1803, 1804, 1805, 1806: including Altham, Simonstone, Henthorn, Gouldshaw, Twiston, Wiswell, Reedlay Hollows, Wheatl...

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Letters collected by the Masson family.

Masson, David (1822-1907); Masson, [Emily] Rosaline Orme; Masson, David I - University of Leeds (1915-2007)

c.1850-1935

The letters collected by the Masson family, primarily by [Elsie] Rosaline Orme Masson (1867-1949), contain correspondence with many eminent artists, writers, and politicians of the late nineteenth- an...

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Press Cutting Collection (1947-1970)

1947-1970

Collection of (original, photocopies and transcriptions) press cuttings mainly referencing Gypsies and Travellers (Yorkshire and wider UK). Includes some references of European Roma. Collected and arr...

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Books collected by Sir Angus Fraser

Books and other print items

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