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Total number of records: 105
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 24 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 17 |
| Leeds Animation Workshop | 11 |
| Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture | 11 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 9 |
| Quaker Collection | 8 |
| English Literature | 7 |
| Leeds Poetry | 5 |
| Maurice de Sausmarez Archive | 4 |
| Medical Collections | 4 |
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Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Ackerley, Frederick George | 6 |
| Baron Brotherton | 5 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930) | 5 |
| Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton | 5 |
| Lord Brotherton | 5 |
| Sir Edward Allen Brotherton | 5 |
| Orton, Harold (1898-1975) | 2 |
| Sanderson, Stewart (1924-) | 2 |
| Silkin, Jon (1930-1997) | 2 |
| Adler, Gerhard (1904-) | 1 |
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Drafts
Crossley-Holland, Kevin
1966-1968
Includes draft material relating to Kevin Crossley-Holland's limited edition poetry anthology 'Alderney, the Nunnery' (1968).
Philological Society
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
1946-1961
The Philological Society was a supporter of Harold Orton and Eugen Dieth's early dialect survey work, including their construction of a questionnaire for use in gathering data. Orton and Dieth present...
Base and Experimental Word Maps
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)
[1968]-1975
This sub-subseries contains photocopied and printed maps produced in the pursuit of a base map and basic mapping procedure for 'The Linguistic Atlas of England' (LAE). It includes photocopied maps fro...
The English Dialect Survey's Dictionary Project
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)
[1981]
This file contains a copy of a paper (17 leaves) delivered by Sanderson to the first International Symposium on Lexicography at the University of Copenhagen in 1982. The paper, entitled 'The English D...
The Calvert Manuscript
Calvert, George
[1960s-1970s]
Photocopy of a manuscript compiled by George Calvert of Kirkby Moorside, and completed by his son, Alfred Calvert, for Sir Martin Stapleton. The original manuscript (dated 1823) consists of a collecti...
Register of shareholders
1833-7 Dec 1956
Leather bound, manuscript register listing shareholders and details of share transfers. The volume begins with an alphabetical index. After the index section the register has three printed fields on...
Notes of an account of a meteor sighting by William Hey, addressed to the Philosophical and Literary Society, Leeds
04 Feb 1784
Bound notebook detailing an account of a meteor sighting near Spacey House, near Pannall, Harrogate on 18 Aug 1783. The account was addressed to the Philosophical and Literary Society, Leeds, on 4th F...
Reports and articles (Various)
Mar/1967-Nov/1970
Selection of documents covering a number of different subjects; 1) Romano Drom [publication of the National Gypsy Council], including subscribers and notes on production 2)Typescript editorials an...
Marathon Madness written by Holland and Barnett. Produced by Theatre of Thelema
1985
Junior. Age 7-11. Subject: Competition and its effect on human behaviour.