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Total number of records: 6393
Count of Record type
Top 10: Collection group
| Collection group | Count |
|---|---|
| Brotherton Collection | 2611 |
| International Textile Collection | 752 |
| English Literature | 708 |
| Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture | 317 |
| Leeds Poetry | 254 |
| Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections | 229 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society | 220 |
| Art and Antique Market | 196 |
| Medical Collections | 161 |
| University Archive | 155 |
Top 10: Subject
Top 10: Place
Top 10: People and organisations
| People and organisations | Count |
|---|---|
| Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019) | 280 |
| Yorkshire Archaeological & Historical Society | 187 |
| Pesel, Louisa F | 170 |
| Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016) | 116 |
| Hofland, Mrs (1770-1844) | 92 |
| Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st Baron (1856-1930) | 77 |
| Orton, Harold (1898-1975) | 67 |
| Baron Brotherton | 55 |
| Colonel Edward Allen Brotherton | 55 |
| Lord Brotherton | 55 |
Count of Earliest date
Label
Undated [1757]
Cover note for R6 'Receipts: Bills, Notes, Memorandums Number of Parcels 16 [altered to 15] Number of the whole 743
Label to bundle
[1738]
'Papers relating to Mrs Cuthberton's affair, perused 1738, L.P.; of little use'
Trade Labels
c.1950 - c.2017
Mainly photocopies of furniture trade labels and trade cards. [Original Trade card and Billheads are held elsewhere in the Collection].
Knitwear label
c. 1950
Undated red and white cardboard label for Turbo Orlon knitwear, with a white string.
Picture labels
1935-1969
Twenty four handwritten, typewritten and printed labels previously affixed to drawings and paintings by Maurice de Sausmarez.
embroidered labels
mid 19th-mid 20th Century
Length of black brushed wool with double stitched squared borders containing hand embroidered lettering in pink, blue and yellow threads, possibly of cloth manufacturing terminology. Each word is emb...
[no label]
c. 1960 - 2015
Cuttings from auction catalogues of a mahogany chair in the manner of James Hamilton of Edinburgh and a collectors cabinet by Henderson with an advert for Hackney Furnishing Co.
loose labels
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
1870-1947
A number of loose descriptive labels which have fallen off items in the Louisa Pesel Collection.
box of labels
Pesel, Louisa F (1947)
mid 20th Century
A card box of labels, many saying "Patterns suitable for a school of embroidery" The box has a Winchester address and stamp, and "Laces" in script, stamp and 'The Hat Hospital' label.