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Total number of records: 3539

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items1495
Archives1410
Indexes573
People and organisations32
Art items11
Objects11
Textiles6
Coins1

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Liddle Collection1544
Brotherton Collection582
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture132
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse90
English Literature82
Quaker Collection79
Herbert Read Collection75
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society68
Letters Database55
Ripon Cathedral54

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
world war, 1914-1918137
world war, 1939-194595
culture86
community life43
occupations43
buildings40
air39
play37
museums33
operas29

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Great Britain19
England11
London, United Kingdom6
Asia5
Tibet5
Argentina4
Wales4
Europe3
Lincolnshire (England)3
Russia3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Great Britain. Royal Air Force63
Great Britain35
Anonymous28
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus (1756-1791)28
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)27
Hammerton, Sir John Alexander (1871-1949)24
Bochsa, Robert Nicolas Charles (1789-1856)23
Great Britain. Air Ministry23
Rossini, Gioacchino (1792-1868)23
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)22

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From 15003
From 160068
From 1700599
From 1800558
From 19002187
From 200026

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 13995
Up to 15992
Up to 169961
Up to 1799334
Up to 1899744
Up to 19992180
Up to latest120

Archive Series

Air

1914-1918

Personal papers of men who served with the RFC (Royal Flying Corps), the RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service), and the RAF (Royal Air Force), between 1914 and 1918.

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Archive Print Item

On air

RFE/RL, Inc

no.1-3 (1983) Bound together

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Archive Print Item

Air

Du Bouchet, André

[1946?]

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Archive Print Item

Category: Air Raids / Air Raid Wardens

See Sir John Rowland's [???] tape recording - St. George's Cross for bomb disposal work

Category: Air Raids / Air Raid Wardens

See Prof J. H. Appleton [???] tape recording - 25 Bomb Disposal Coy. R.E

Category: Air Raids / Air Raid Wardens

E. W. Lovett (ARMY) - R.E training notebooks and sketch books illustrated by him on new ways to disarm various bombs

Search for this in the full Liddle Collection catalogue: section ARMY

Category: Air Raids / Air Raid Wardens

D. Robinson [???] - Tape Number [Blank] - present during bombing of Coventry

Category: Air Raids / Air Raid Wardens

S. H. Paton (RNMN) - Booklet titled "Smitten City - Portsmouth in the air raids 1940-44"

Search for this in the full Liddle Collection catalogue: section RNMN

Category: Air Raids / Air Raid Wardens

F. A. Williams (WW2/DF) - Original letters describing air raids in 1940-41, Also recollections.

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Category: Air Raids / Air Raid Wardens

J. C. Williams (GS) - Observer Corps volunteer, 1939 log book and scrap book

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Category: Air Raids / Air Raid Wardens

E. J. Johnson (HFIU) - Original letters describing air raids, Greenwich, Portsmouth and Plymouth 1940-41

Search for this in the full Liddle Collection catalogue: section HFIU