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Total number of records: 1748

Count of Record type

Record type	Count
Books and printed items	864
Archives	393
Indexes	313
People and organisations	169
Art items	4
Objects	3
Coins	2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection group	Count
Quaker Collection	297
Brotherton Collection	236
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society	131
Liddle Collection	106
Letters Database	93
English Literature	80
Cookery Collection	30
Herbert Read Collection	26
Leeds Russian Archive	23
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture	22

Top 10: Subject

Subject	Count
world war, 1914-1918	46
theology	22
classical music	20
chemistry	14
churches, quaker	12
english poetry	12
greek language	11
english literature	10
letters	10
christian life	7

Top 10: Place

Place	Count
Leeds	66
Great Britain	30
England	19
Cartmel	7
Lancashire	7
Salterforth	7
France	6
Hertfordshire	6
Spain	6
Therfield	6

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisations	Count
Society of Friends	69
Watson, Richard (1737-1816)	39
Watson, Sir William (1858-1935)	38
Watson, Samuel (1618-1708)	19
Goodwin, William Watson (1831-1912)	17
Gosse, Edmund	17
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)	16
Church of England	16
Watson, William	14
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)	13

Count of Earliest date

Earliest date	Count
From 900	1
From 1200	1
From 1300	1
From 1400	4
From 1500	11
From 1600	221
From 1700	200
From 1800	374
From 1900	595
From 2000	25

Count of Latest date

Latest date	Count
Up to 999	1
Up to 1299	1
Up to 1499	4
Up to 1599	7
Up to 1699	216
Up to 1799	186
Up to 1899	321
Up to 1999	632
Up to latest	51

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Watson

c. 1960 - 2015

Cuttings from various auction catalogues of furniture by makers trading under the name 'Watson'.

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Watson Prize

1993-1996

Correspondence with recipient; a copy of the prize regulations; photograph of professor Watson; details of testimonial fund and contributors

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(1897-) (Tape 743/Summary). Piper, 1st Battalion, King's Own Scottish Borderers Regiment; Enlisted Sept 1914 and on April 25th 1915 to Gallipoli, landing at 'W' Beach from the 'River Clyde'; Describes...

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WATSON, WALTER

1914-1918

Diary; Booklet "Sergeant Watson's Diary of the World's War") by John Watson which includes "full transcript of diary"; Unit photographs; Photocopy of map of the Battle of Armentieres; Photocopies of ...

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