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Total number of records: 352

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Indexes140
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Books and printed items97
Coins1
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Quaker Collection139
Brotherton Collection38
University Archive37
English Literature23
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman17
Leeds Russian Archive14
Letters Database9
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture7
Herbert Read Collection6
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society5

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glaciers7
russians6
english poetry4
letters4
photographs3
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russian literature3
animals, mythical, in art2
culture2
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Leeds17
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Great Britain7
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Leeds (England)3
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People and organisationsCount
Bourrit, Marc Theodore (1739-1819)7
Johnson, Pamela Hansford (1912-1981)7
Rolfe, Frederick, 1860-19137
Sewell, Brocard7
Woolf, Cecil7
Dampier, William (1652-1715)5
Dryden, John (1631-1700)4
Cheever, George Barrell (1807-1890)3
Thoresby, Ralph (1658-1725)3
Ward, Edward3

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Archive File

The Living Dialect of Donisthorpe in Leicestershire

Palmer, Helen R

1968

A study of the dialect spoken in the village of Donisthorpe, based on data collected from three local informants.

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Society for Low Temperature Biology

Nov 1966-Jun 1967

File of membership circulars from the Society for Low Temperature Biology, including programmes of meetings and agendas for Annual General Meetings.

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Gillows - A history by M. Burkett and other articles

c. 1960 - 2015

Various press on the history of Gillows with photographs of Gillows furniture.

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Ryedale Folk: Cowton, Fred

2022-2023

Audio and related item/s (photograph/transcript) relating to oral history interview conducted (2022-2023) at partner museum with named interviewee (see file title) as part of National Lottery Heritage...

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ARTF

2017-2018

Contains: 1) 18ARTF200301s2

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Gladstone Prize

1960-1969

Scholarships and awards

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Informant Address List.

[1955-1960s]

This file includes two copies of a typed list, 'Informants to date (August 1955) in the Dialect Survey of England' (23 pp.), listing the names, addresses, age and date of birth of informants in Northu...

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Audio Recording: Ford, John

Morgan, Tricia; Blackmore, Pete

2022-2023

Digital recording of oral history interview conducted with named interviewee (see item title) as part of National Lottery Heritage funded, "Dialect and Heritage" Project. Interviewer(s) listed under c...

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Index Card: Ornament in the Japanese cloisonne manner

Mar 1994

Creator of work: Christopher Dresser. Produced by: Minton & Co

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The Alps in nature and history

Coolidge, W A B (1850-1926)

1908

Bibliography pp.408 - 410.

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