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Total number of records: 39844

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Record typeCount
Books and printed items21712
Archives14461
Indexes2875
Textiles544
People and organisations190
Art items44
Objects16
Coins2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection8875
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture3892
English Literature3798
Quaker Collection3280
Cookery Collection2238
Liddle Collection1427
Letters Database1326
Herbert Read Collection1321
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1000
Leeds Poetry741

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-1918687
english poetry486
cooking433
culture404
society of friends359
english language - dialects356
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)339
cooking, english324
books289
rare books277

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England3963
Great Britain708
France401
Yorkshire381
United Kingdom222
Lincolnshire167
Essex165
Lancashire154
Somerset144
Norfolk143

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)1343
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)1010
Wright, John T553
Wright, Peter432
Church of England353
Sykes, Donald Richard347
Barry, Michael V (1935-)321
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)307
Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930)297
Cafe Royal Books205

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From 18007437
From 190022392
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Archive File

Archive File

Cash Book and Minute book

1871-1917

Book with two uses: Cash Book. 1871-3, as items 49 and 50. Minute Book. Dec. 1907-June 1917. details of the Company going public, Feb. 1917, and changes in the Articles of Partnership, June 1917. Som...

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Archive Print Item

Cook book note book

Joicey, Magda; Carter, Angela (1940-1992); Bawden, Edward (1903-1989)

1946

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Books

14 Nov 2001– 27 Nov 2001

Research and notes for an article explaining how to choose the best cookery books. Press Releases for several popular options

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Archive File

Books

1956-1959

Two books owned by and gifted to Bridget Riley.

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Archive Sub-series

Books

c.1931-1987

Four books kept by Kathleen Raven, including two volumes of 'The University of Leeds: the first half-century' by A.N. Shimmin, presented to Raven in 1956.

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Name: Books

Reference: Carlton Hill A2

Meeting: Knaresborough MM 1754-75

Pages: 17, 46, 120-1, 137-8, 307, 310-2, 314, 324, 326, 329, 361, 396, 444, 446-7

Name: Books

Reference: Carlton Hill D15/1

Meeting: Salterforth and Lothersdale PM 1770-1774

Pages: 27-8

Name: Books

Reference: Carlton Hill D15/3

Meeting: Lothersdale PM 1799-1812

Pages: 69

Name: Books:

Reference: Carlton Hill E3

Meeting: Leeds PM 1749-1792

Pages: to record Sufferings 166; register books .117, 152, 190; catalogue 34, 99, 128; inspection 36, 96-99, 127; binding 96, 97, 99; collection of Friends' books 191-195; place to keep Friends' books 99, 120, 122, 123; distribution of Friends' books 114, 117, 119, 131, 140, 246, 276; gifts of books on tithes 190, on slavery 246; purchases 128, 129; books received 212, 276; see also Bibles; [individual works:] Robert Barclay "Anarchy" 131; Stephen Crisp "Epistle" 197, 276, "Sermons" 117, 119, 16, 36; Abiah Darby 62; "Directions about Registers" 151 "Epistles on alteration of the Stile"[Calendar] 119; John Fry 84; "Rules of Settlement" 119; "A Collection of Acts of Parliament" 45;


Subscriptions for: 133, 218, 305, 307-309, 311, 316; Anthony Benezet' 5 "Caution to Great Britain" 246, Thomas Chalkley's Journal 6, 7, 10, Chalkley's Works 10, 316, John Crook's Works 316, Richard Davies' Life 316, Thomas Ellwood's Life 316, Ellwood's "Sacred history" 164; George Fox's Journal 66, 69, John Gough's History of Friends 301, 305, 316, John Griffith's pamphlet 74, Griffith's "Brief remarks" 81, Sophia Hume's little book 13, John Kendall's Abridgment of the life of Thomas Story 243, William Penn's Works 184, 185, Isaac Penington's Works 51, 217, 218, "Piety Promoted" 305, 316, Anthony Purver's Bible 81, "Reasons for the necessity of silent waiting" 145, 146, John Richardson's Life 316, John Whiting's Memoirs 316


Archive Series

Books

1937-1962

MS 1309/87-99

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Name: Books

Reference: Carlton Hill H1

Meeting: Settle MM 1666-1700

Pages: passim; distribution 36, 59, 65