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Total number of records: 2440

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Books and printed items2198
Archives241
Art items1

Top 10: Collection group

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Brotherton Collection2440
English Literature338
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections236
Leeds Poetry79
Herbert Read Collection52
Rudolf Laban Collections33
Novello Cowden Clarke Collection24
Letters Database5
Medieval Manuscripts2
Incunabula1

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SubjectCount
socialism90
world war, 1914-191836
popish plot, 167829
anarchism26
oratorios26
sermons, english24
photographs18
clippings (books, newspapers, etc.)16
manuscripts, english16
paleography, english16

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Great Britain180
Soviet Union15
Genoa, Italy11
London (England)9
Germany6
London, United Kingdom5
Russia5
France4
Hull (England)4
Yorkshire (England)4

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Scott, Sir Walter (1771-1832)94
Great Britain92
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)73
Great Britain. Parliament63
Glover, Stephen (1813-1870)61
Independent Labour Party (Great Britain)58
Nelson, S (1800-1862)45
Scott, Walter, Sir, 1771-183240
Browne, Gordon38
Browne, Gordon (1858-1932)38

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Archive File

Emanuel and Thomas Bowen: 3 maps. 9" x 13" [c. 1750].

1735-1765

1-The West Riding of Yorkshire. 2-The East Riding of Yorkshire.

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The declaration of the Lords and Commons assembled at Westminster; presented to Their Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Orange, at White-Hall the 13th of February, 1688/9

Great Britain. Parliament

1689

The resolution by which the Lords and Commons offered the Crown to Prince William and Princess Mary. Caption title. Place of publication suggested by Wing(2). Date from colophon.

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Archive Print Item

Gavazzi's orations : as delivered in the Music-Hall, Sheffield, on the 9th, 10th, 13th, 14th, and 15th November, 1852

Gavazzi, Alessandro (1809-1889)

1852

"Reprinted from the Free Press of Nov. 13th & 20th".

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Photographic portrait of (Mary) Sabilla Novello

c. 1870

Undated photograph of (Mary) Sabilla Novello. Her head and shoulders are pictured in a three-quarter view and she is wearing a light lace collar and her hair is plaited around her head. There are insc...

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Cartes de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello as 'Miss Anastasia Winterberry'

31 Jul 1873

Two cartes de visite of (Mary) Sabilla Novello dressed as the character of 'Miss Anastasia Winterberry' from the comedy 'A Lesson in Love' by Charles Smith Cheltnam, performed in Hampstead, London, on...

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Calendar: July (fol. 7v)
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Calendar: July (fol. 7v)

[ca.1480-1500]

The miniature at the foot of the page shows two men reaping corn at harvest, and one man binding sheaves. The border has a fly, pinks, pea flowers, strawberries and speedwell.

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Rev. Henry Farle Tweed, prebendary of Lincoln (1827-1910), to John Gott St.

1894

John's Villa, Weymouth. 18 October [18]94 Enclosing a copy (attached) of a small brass in the Church of Little Baddow, Chelmsford, commemorating a William Gott who died in 1470. 2 Pages

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Drafts of poems by Rev John Ewart. 37 Items.

1700-1899

Attached is the folder they were kept in.

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Portraits of

1847-1904

Portraits of (Mary) Sabilla Novello as an adult, in print, photography and watercolour. The majority of the material is in the form of photographs and cartes de visite of her in the costumes of charac...

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News cuttings on Socialism and Labour, 1st May-22nd August 1925

1925

One blue hardback book displaying diagonally the title 'Newspaper Cuttings' engraved in gold characters. Written on the first page Collected by Alf Mattison – 61 Leopold St Leeds – Stray news-cut...

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