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Total number of records: 1042

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Books and printed items638
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Archives151
Indexes51
People and organisations3

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International Textile Collection199
Brotherton Collection179
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture93
Cookery Collection66
English Literature59
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse46
Quaker Collection44
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society14
Liddle Collection8
Herbert Read Collection6

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nature53
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animals43
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Japan199
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Ireland4
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Balzac, Honore De (1799-1850)43
Saintsbury, George (1845-1933)40
Anonymous23
Burton, Robert (1577-1640)14
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)13
Boerhaave, Herman (1668-1738)12
Beaumont, Francis (1584-1616)11
Boerhaave, Herman11
Fletcher, John (1579-1625)11
Swieten, Gerard Freiherr Van (1700-1772)11

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Archive File

The Cure

September 1980

The folder includes: File copies of the agreement.

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Archive File

Cures

1965-1978

This file includes a typed paper by Mrs. P. Brimson on her grandmother, the wise woman Annie Leech of Bentham (North Yorkshire), including some of her cures and recipes (November 1978); a photocopy of...

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No Cure for Love

1994 - 1996

File contains press cuttings; book cover designs; and correspondence from Penguin Books regarding the publication of 'No Cure for Love' a standalone novel. As well as correspondence from the Los Angel...

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No Cure for Love

22 Apr 1993 - 22 Sep 1994

Material relating to 'No Cure for Love', a standalone novel, first published in 1995. Contains one file of research notes; three typescript drafts with ms. annotations; a chapter outline, and a notebo...

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Archive File

CURE, E

1914-1918

Diary; Photographs; Medal; Certificate of Marriage; Letter; Roll of Honour from Overseas Ex-Servicemens' Association at Albert.

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Archive Print Item

The cured Arno

Clemo, Jack (1916-1994)

1995

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Archive Sub-series

Cures and Causes

1962-1978

This subseries contains items relating to the causes and curing of ailments and diseases, and includes items on healers and traditional cures, and a photocopy of Jean Gessler's 'Stromata Mediae et Inf...

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Treatments and Cures

[1960s-1970s]

This file contains items relating to traditional treatments and cures for common diseases and ailments. This includes a photocopy of the 'Home Remedies' section of 'The Foxfire Book', edited by Eliot ...

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The Harrogate cure

Harrogate (England) Corporation

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Name: Arm curing

Reference: Carlton Hill Q4

Meeting: Brighouse MM 1728-1747

Pages: 31


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Cure for death

Valentine, Victor

1961

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The cure for war

Clutton-Brock, A (1868-1924)

1915

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