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Total number of records: 4873

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives3146
Books and printed items1528
Indexes91
Art items48
People and organisations36
Textiles15
Objects8
Coins1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture1374
University Archive583
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society509
Brotherton Collection440
Quaker Collection345
Medical Collections117
Leeds Russian Archive108
John Evan Bedford Library of Furniture History89
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society81
Liddle Collection67

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
buildings1251
occupations769
architecture662
culture645
dwellings493
agriculture473
nature436
community life434
animals311
quaker church buildings278

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England164
Great Britain91
London (England)36
Ireland34
Moscow (Russia)27
France19
Russia (Federation)19
London, United Kingdom16
Yorkshire (England)16
Rome14

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)342
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)294
Brunk, Wille86
Sanderson, Stewart (1924-)75
Voitl, Herbert70
Liman, Ingemar (1938-)61
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)51
Walkley, F.40
Irish Georgian Society28
Barry, Michael V (1935-)24

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From earliest2
From 10002
From 11006
From 120016
From 130043
From 140015
From 150038
From 1600364
From 1700332
From 1800852
From 19002907
From 2000154

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 992
Up to 129916
Up to 139942
Up to 149913
Up to 159936
Up to 1699351
Up to 1799302
Up to 1899742
Up to 19992906
Up to latest326

Archive Series

Buildings

1834-2000

Photographs of buildings connected with the Leeds School of Medicine, the Yorkshire College and the University of Leeds. Includes interiors, exteriors, stages of construction, models and plans. The ...

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Archive Series

Buildings

1937-1986

BOX 1 General 1948-59, 1960-64, 1965-67, 1968-70 BOX 2 General 1971-74 Annual Return of University Accommodation 1971 Architects & Consultants General 1937-59, 1960-74 E. R. Babbs 1964-65 ...

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Archive Sub-series

Buildings

2004

Documents relating to the maintenance, development and conservation of buildings. The series includes funding bids.

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Archive Item

‘Buildings’

1989-2011

Relates to the Company's moves and headquarters in Manchester, Halifax and Leeds

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Archive Sub-series

Buildings

1965-1985

Papers of the Dean relating to changes to, upgrades and openings of various buildings and rooms at the Leeds School of Medicine. Includes reports, plans, correspondence, press cuttings, pamphlets, mee...

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Garstang Building (Biology/Medical Multipurpose Building)

1965-1979

(1) 40 photographs of the Garstang Building at various stages of construction, February 1969-October 1970 (21 photographs with more than one copy, 80 photographs in total), (2) 2 photographs of a mode...

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Drawing

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Building Committee

1819-1863

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Archive Series

Buildings/Property

Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society

1819-1919

Material relating to the Building and Premises owned and used by the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. The Society’s main base for its work and the establishment of the Leeds City Museum, wa...

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Building Fund

1860-1872

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