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| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Heath, Ambrose (1891-1969) | 92 |
| Good Housekeeping Institute (Great Britain) | 85 |
| Simon, Andre Louis (1877-1970) | 81 |
| Rundell, Maria Eliza Ketelby (1745-1828) | 78 |
| Sainsbury'S (Firm) | 71 |
| Great Britain | 61 |
| Glasse, Hannah (1708-1770) | 59 |
| Patten, Marguerite | 55 |
| British Broadcasting Corporation | 47 |
| Beeton, Mrs (1836-1865) | 46 |
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Whitfield family bakery, of Idle, near Bradford, notebooks and related material
Whitfield, Martha Ann (1865-1924)
c.1883-2000
Includes 1 sheet of photographs; 1 sheet of typscript notes; 1 notebook belonging to Martha Ann Whitfield, containing recipes used in the bakery; 2 notebooks belonging to Harriet Heggs (née Barker); ...
Skelton and Wells Leeds wine merchant, Business Archive
1785-c.1900
Comprises: i) Accounts: September 1785 - February 1791; ii) Accounts: January 1787 - December 1788; iii) Day book: January 1787 - November 1813; iv) Letter book, 1814 - 1832; v) Index to letter boo...
Michael Bateman Archive
Bateman, Michael (1932-2006); Grigson, Sophie; Harben, Philip
1900-2006
Collection covering Michael Bateman's work as a journalist and writer. Journalistic work from the late 1950s up to 2003 is covered in a series of scrapbooks with press cuttings pasted in, and substant...
Cookery scrapbooks
1960-2013
The collection comprises a series of cookery scrapbooks and a guest book compiled by Ann Sargent while cooking for her family and friends over several decades. The scrapbooks are full of cuttings co...
C. Anne Wilson Archive
Wilson, C. Anne (1927-2023)
1964-2017
The archive contains papers relating to Anne Wilson's publications including correspondence and bibliographic references for her sources. There are also documents linked to the Leeds Food Symposium o...
Anne Hawtrey's recipe book
Hawtrey, Anne (1669-1727)
1689 - c.1750
Anne Hawtrey's recipe book. A cookery and medical recipe book from the end of the 17th and beginning of the 18th centuries.
Radcliffe family manuscript cookery books
Radcliffe family
c.1939-c.2002
Three handwritten cookery books containing recipes written over a long period of time. The earliest recipes include wartime mincemeat and economy jam. The later recipes are mainly vegitarian recipes f...
Chaston Chapman Brewing
Mr Chaston Chapman collected works for two libraries; his working library, based at his laboratory in London, and a private, historical collection. Subjects include brewing and the brewing industry, w...
Gisele Mardon Cookery Collection
1650 - 2015
The Gisele Mardon Cookery Collection consists of over 4000 cookery books collected by Gisele Mardon throughout her lifetime and gifted to Leeds University Libraries in 2019 by her husband John. Over ...
Cookery Manuscripts
2500 BCE - 2000
Items cover cookery, household management, medicine and remedies, including ancient texts.
Cookery Printed Books
Principally made up from two separate collections. Blanche Legat Leigh, Lady Mayoress of Leeds, made a gift in 1939 of cookery books which included not only historical works published in Britain but a...
Michael Bateman Early Work
c1950-1971
Material documenting Bateman's early work and juvenilia. Grouped as either unpublished creative writing or early journalistic work. Although some journalistic articles focus on food and cookery, there...