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Brotherton Collection12
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Liddle Collection7
Leeds Poetry5
Leeds Russian Archive4
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diaries40
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world war, 1914-19186
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Brown, Wayne2
Askren, Thomas1
Blythe, Ronald (1922-)1
Braine, John (1922-1986)1
Broadley, Alexander Meyrick (1847-1916)1
Bufton, Joseph1
Clark, Isaac Stockton1
Crabbe, George (1754-1832)1
Crossley-Holland, Kevin1
Dering, Heneage (1665-1750)1

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Archive File

Diary and account book, compiled by Heneage Dering

Dering, Heneage (1665-1750)

1712-1750

Diary of events and activities connected with the church of Ripon from 1712 to 1750. The greater part of the volume is taken up with accounts: domestic expenses, payments and receipts in connection wi...

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Diary and commonplace book of the Rev. Henry Parker, rector of Ilderton

Parker, Henry

1836-1845

Includes very brief diary entries and weather observations

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An anonymous commonplace book and diary (for 1811-1812), kept by a resident of Ackworth, Yorkshire

c.1760-1812

Contents: (1) Diary (front paste-down - f.10v); (2) Verses on the rulers of England from 1066 to 1760 (ff.31v-33r); (3) Verses attributed to a Miss Seward, entitled 'Receipt for a sweet jar' (ff.33v-3...

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Thomas Askren farm Archive

Askren, Thomas

1835-1871

A collection of diaries and account books, dating from 1835 to 1871.

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Stancliffe family of North Yorkshire Archive

Stancliffe Family; Stancliffe, Percy (1867-1949); Stancliffe, Richard Schofield (1895-1959); Stancliffe, George Hall (1899-1954)

c.1800-1952

Comprises: (1) Letters, diaries, and a few stamps; (2) Ledgers relating to financial accounts; (3) Various local maps, some rolled, others folded; (4) Game books for the years 1896-1903; (5) An ...

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Personal Papers

1863-1913

Includes diaries, books, photos, and indexes of his library, notebook and autograph collections.

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CROPPER, ERNEST

1916-1917

Photocopied pocket book diary (1918) (at back lists dated 1916-1918).

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Diaries of Edward Lawson of Redesdale Cottage, for 1850, 1863, and 1864

Lawson, Edward (1806-1878)

1850-1864

The diary entries are recorded in the 1850, 1863 and 1864 editions of 'The Newcastle memorandum-book and register of the northern counties', which was printed in account-book format. The entries often...

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Miscellaneous Notebooks (B)

c.1906 - 1917

Weekly expenditure notebook, including envelope of papers relating to the death of Lucy Whitmell and photographs of Charles Thomas Whitwell, and an address book.

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Miscellaneous Notebooks (C)

1882 - 1887

Collections of notes, diagrams and clippings from lectures on Greek philosophy, electricity and magnetism, and zoology. The zoology notebook begins as a household account book before being repurposed.

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KENNEDY, Patrick Gilbert

Kennedy, Patrick Gilbert (1899-1977)

1917-1919

7 photographs with negatives (Sept 1917, nd); Field report book (nd); 2 'Soldiers' Own' diaries (1918, 1919); Address book with pen & ink silhouette drawings of battleships (nd); Officer's Record of S...

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