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Total number of records: 78

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives76
Objects2

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
refugees, jewish78
refugees, political78
scholars, assistance to78
letters77
displaced persons1
endowment of research1
holocaust1
jewish community1
world war ii1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Simpson, Dr Francis Vivian (1927-2014)2
Elton, Godfrey Elton Baron (1892-1973)1
Esther Sinovitch1
GáL, Hans (1890-1987)1
Humphrey, John Herbert Cbe (1915-1987)1
Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)1
Simpson, Esther (1903-1996)1

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 190077
From 20001

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 199977
Up to latest1

Archive Sub-collection

Leeds Academic Assistance Committee, correspondence, memoranda and other papers, 1933-1940

1933-1940

These papers were discovered in a cupboard in the School of Economic Studies and were presented to the Library through the good offices of Professor J R Crossley, in December 1976. The Leeds Academic...

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Leeds Academic Assistance Committee (Additional Papers)

1933-1940

Comprises a minute book, bank statements, cheque books, a card index file, and the Society's fourth report, November 1938.

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Esther Simpson correspondence and papers

Simpson, Esther (1903-1996)

1918-1997

This collection reflects Esther Simpson's work on behalf of refugee scholars over the course of fifty years. It also documents the many friendships and contacts she developed. The main collection (i...

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Archive File

Organisations - A

1966-1995

Includes organisations such as Abbeyfield and Africa Now.

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Archive File

Organisations - B

1968-1993

Includes Barnardos and the British Defence and Aid Fund for Southern Africa.

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Archive File

Organisations - C

1962-1995

Includes Cancer Research Campaign, Cruse Clubs and CBF World Jewish Relief. There is an annual report for Cruse Clubs 1962-1963.

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Archive File

Organisations - D-G

1954-1992

Includes correspondence with the Secretary of Dunford the birthplace and home of Richard Cobden. Also contains correspondence with the FMV Group (Friends of Manuel Villet).

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Archive File

Organisations - H

1968-1995

Includes letters and questionnaires from Hampstead Consumer Group. Also contains letters from the H. G. Wells Society.

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Archive File

Organisations - I-J

1954-1996

Includes material from the Imperial Cancer Research Fund, the International Fellowship of Reconciliation and a proposed International Constructive Volunteer Service.

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Archive File

Organisations - K-M

1967-1996

Includes material from the University of Leeds and the Marc Goldstein Memorial Trust at Education for International Understanding.

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Archive File

Organisations - N

1968-1988

Includes material from the National Deaf Children's Society.

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Archive File

Organisations - O-Q

1949-1996

Includes material from the Michael Polanyi Memorial Fund and the Polish Cultural Institute.

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