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Total number of records: 3101

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	1739
Archives	981
People and organisations	314
Indexes	28
Textiles	28
Art items	9
Coins	1
Objects	1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection group	Count
Brotherton Collection	694
Herbert Read Collection	306
English Literature	295
Leeds Russian Archive	292
University Archive	221
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture	84
Liddle Collection	58
Cookery Collection	43
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	41
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society	39

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
world war, 1914-1918	55
english poetry	40
culture	34
russians	33
art	30
letters	30
community life	28
english language - dialects	27
manners and customs	19
architecture	18

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Great Britain	52
France	48
Paris	28
Soviet Union	28
Moscow (Russia)	17
Russia	13
China	12
England	12
United States	12
Europe	11

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Childe, Wilfred Rowland (1890-1952)	53
George VI, King of Great Britain, 1895-1952	48
Hamsun, Knut (1859-1952)	45
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)	33
Curt Valentin Gallery (New York, N.Y)	29
Elizabeth, Queen, Consort of George VI, King of Great Britain, 1900-2002	29
Meyerstein, E H W (1889-1952)	28
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)	27
Lomonosov, ︠I︡U (1876-1952)	27
Tolkien, J R R (1892-1973)	27

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 300	1
From 1100	1
From 1300	2
From 1400	4
From 1500	3
From 1600	16
From 1700	54
From 1800	319
From 1900	2398
From 2000	86

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 399	1
Up to 1499	4
Up to 1599	2
Up to 1699	11
Up to 1799	54
Up to 1899	36
Up to 1999	2442
Up to latest	241

Archive File

1952

5 Sep 1952

Letter from the Royal Insurance Company Limited to Maurice de Sausmarez, communicating the request from the freeholder of 16 Leaside Avenue to have future premiums collected from the Southampton branc...

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