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Feminist Archive North43
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Liddle Collection35
University Archive23
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture22

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clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)339
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lectures and lecturing england leeds42
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lectures and lecturing england cambridge17
english poetry15
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Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)228
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)221
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)47
Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)31
Thomas Eliel Fenwick Blackburn31
Christie, Manson & Woods21
Sotheby'S (Firm)12
Constans II (641-68)10
Crossley-Holland, Kevin9
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)8

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Clips
Textile

Clips

late 19th-mid 20th Century

Metal clips possibly used to hold the fabric stretched on a frame in order to be dyed. Used in the University of Leeds.

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Archive File

Clippings

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1957-1976

Clippings of poems, reviews, articles and pictures, compiled by Thomas Blackburn. Some are concerned with Blackburn's work, others with artistic luminaries of the time, including Francis Bacon and Ann...

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Archive File

Clippings Scrapbook

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

1954-1956

Leeds University exercise book compiled by Thomas Blackburn, with press cuttings of reviews and poems. There are cuttings of the following poems: - The Holly Tree(fol. 5) - Last Night(fol. 5) - Th...

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Archive Sub-series

A Clip of Steel

Blackburn, Thomas (1916-1977)

c.1960-1969

This subseries contains items relating to Blackburn's autobiography'A Clip of Steel,' including drafts and reviews. The book was published in 1969, but passages were broadcast by the BBC Third Program...

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Archive Sub-series

Newspaper Clippings

1969-1981

All Newspaper clippings about Triple Action Theatre

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Archive File

Clippings, Etc.

Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)

1953-1975

This file contains clippings and other items collected by Geoffrey Hill, possibly for general interest.Includes clippings of a article 'Isis Idol: Geoffrey Hill' ('The Isis', 18 November 1953), review...

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Newspaper Clipping

1939-1945

Newspaper clipping, 24.8.40 regarding German shells fired across the Channel. Shows a church that fell victim to the bombardment "but standing, undamaged inside was this cross".

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Textile

textiles clippings

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1920-1925

A patterned (red striped) folder containing clippings on textiles, including article from Debenhams & Freebody [folder seperate]

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notebook with clippings
Textile

notebook with clippings

Duxbury, Mabel (1924-2010)

mid 20th-late 20th Century

A notebook made by Mrs Mabel Duxbury containing textiles related notes, samples and drawings, with a late 20th century style floral plastic covering the spine. The notebook covers a range of textile t...

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Archive Print Item

Clipped wings

Callow, Philip (1924-)

1964

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Archive Sub-collection

Press Clippings

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Archive Sub-collection