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Total number of records: 906

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives737
Art items153
Objects11

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection906
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections906

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
romanies73
letters40
arts2
cultural anthropology2
genealogy2
gypsies2
missionary work2
religion2
roma2
romany language2

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England81
Cumbria24
Spain18
Appleby15
Greece15
Hungary9
Kent9
Scotland8
Dartford7
Brough6

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Lawson, Fred61
Dorothy Una Clough19
Dorothy Una Mcgrigor Phillips19
Dorothy Una Phillips19
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)19
Alfred C Phillips13
Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)13
Vowles, Alfred Charles13
Mcgrigor Phillips, Noel11
Gypsy Williams10

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Earliest dateCount
From 150013
From 160030
From 170044
From 1800117
From 1900700
From 20002

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Up to 15993
Up to 16994
Up to 179929
Up to 189974
Up to 1999763
Up to latest33

Archive Collection

Romany Collection

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

c.1551 - c.2007

Archive and print items referencing the history, culture and representation of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in the UK, Europe and worldwide. Consists of three sub-collections; 1) Romany 1: The col...

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Archive Sub-collection

Romany Collection (1)

c.1551 - 1971

Items collected by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe (DUR) as part of her "Gypsy Library/Romany Collection." Includes a wide range of manuscripts, letters, typescripts, press cuttings, photographs, music, objec...

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Archive Sub-collection

Romany Collection (2)

c.1558 -2007

Consists of archive material donated or purchased by the University post 1962. Is mainly made up of a selection of press cuttings bought from Durrants's Press Cutting Agency. Features (UK) nationa...

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Archive Sub-collection

Romany Collection print material

1600-1993

Print material that formed part of the original Romany Collection collected by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe or was purchased/donated thereafter. Includes sheet music, books, journals, periodicals and repo...

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Archive Collection

Sir Angus (McKay) Fraser Collection

Fraser, Angus M

1562 - 2001

Personal papers, printed works, manuscripts, correspondence and research material referencing Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in UK and Europe as collected by Sir Angus (McKay) Fraser in the course of h...

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Archive Art Series

Artwork

c.1780 - c.1961

Drawings and paintings of Gypsy,Traveller, Roma related subjects.

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Archive Series

Music

c.1954- c.1956

A selection of longplaying records, mainly of spanish/flamenco tradition.

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Archive Series

Personal papers and Correspondence

15/02/1842 - 24/06/1956

Personal papers and correspondence of Dorothy Una Ratcliffe, (DUR) or of others - (bought by DUR,). References Gypsy,Traveller and Roma related subjects and/or the purchase of items for DUR's own Ro...

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Manuscripts (including typescripts) and transcriptions.

c.1728 - c.1956

A series of (handwritten) manuscripts and (typed) typescripts of UK and European articles and works with references to Gypsies, Travellers and Roma. These include original works, reviews of works an...

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Objects

c.1600- c.1957

Items collected by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe, (DUR) with references to Gypsy, Traveller and Roma related themes.

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Archive Series

Photographs

c.1900 - c.1960

Photographs collected by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in the UK, Ireland, Europe, (Greece, France Hungary) and the USA.

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Archive Series

Official Documents

c.1551-1958

Legal/offical documents containing references to Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in England, Germany and Spain.

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