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Total number of records: 1603

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Books and printed items845
Archives525
Indexes229
Textiles2
Art items1
Objects1

Top 10: Collection group

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Janina and Zygmunt Bauman296
Quaker Collection220
Brotherton Collection134
English Literature109
University Archive98
Leeds Russian Archive80
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society38
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society19
Liddle Collection18
Feminist Archive North15

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SubjectCount
cities and towns110
lepidoptera35
sermons18
sermons, french17
letters11
photographs11
russians11
churches, quaker10
incunabula10
russian literature10

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PlaceCount
Germany110
Great Britain36
Burgundy (France)24
Leeds23
Rawdon22
Bradford12
Brighouse7
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Skipton6

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Andermahr, Heinz110
Ennen, Edith110
Flink, Klaus110
Landschaftsverband Rheinland. Amt Fur Rheinische Landeskunde110
Lvr-Institut Fur Landeskunde Und Regionalgeschichte110
Muller, Martin (Cartographer)110
Universitat Bonn. Institut Fur Geschichtliche Landeskunde Der Rheinlande110
Beaumarchais, Pierre Augustin Caron De (1732-1799)93
Beisson, Francois-Joseph-Etienne (1759-1820)92
Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas De Caritat Marquis De (1743-1794)92

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From 13002
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From 15004
From 1600112
From 1700357
From 1800227
From 1900584
From 200054

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Up to 1699110
Up to 1799250
Up to 1899290
Up to 1999186
Up to latest500
London, Houses of Parliament
Archive Item

London, Houses of Parliament

Bingley, Godfrey (1842-1927)

1884-1913

Photograph taken near London, Greater London

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Archive File
mummy cloth
Textile

mummy cloth

c. 2500 BCE

Fragment of fine, mid-dark brown, plain woven fabric. This is a wrapping from the mummy of Khnum-Nakht. The tomb of Khnum-Nakht and Nekht-Ankh in Der Rifeh, was excavated in 1907. Inscriptions in ...

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Letter to Ralph Thoresby from Oswald Langwith, York

21 Aug 1710

Regarding showing his son the Museum.

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James Bourlet & Sons, Ltd. to Maurice de Sausmarez

1947

Two printed and handwritten postcards from the fine art agents James Bourlet & Sons, Ltd. to Maurice de Sausmarez concerning transport and storage of works of art.

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Lease and counterpart of lease

1799

Lease and counterpart of lease of lands at Langthorne and Crakehall 1. Archbishop of York 2. William Markham

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'What's it going to take?' Women's Aid Campaign poster (Fiona Bruce)
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'ACT' Women's Aid Campaign poster (Fiona Bruce)

Women's Aid Federation of England

2007

Laminated A4 portrait poster of Fiona Bruce with make-up on to replicate facial injuries, advertising the Women's Aid 'ACT' campaign, 2007. Main poster text reads 'What does it take to get people talk...

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Name: Hargreaves, James

Reference: Carlton Hill EE25

Meeting: Halifax Women's PM 1706-82

Pages: 58-9, 61; his wife 58


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Sketch of a tree and deer

c. 1830

Undated pencil sketch of a tree with two deer by Edward Petre Novello.

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