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Brotherton Collection3
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections2
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture2
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Liddle Collection1
Quaker Collection1

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christian art and symbolism1
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woollen and worsted manufacture1

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Lawson, Fred2
Bayley, Walter (1529-1593)1
Bryant, Fred (1891-1891)1
Calverley Family1
Calverley, Sir Walter First Baronet (1670-1749)1
Ewles, Bob1
Fisher, Clement (1539-1619)1
Ford, Emily Susan (1850-1930)1
Robert1
Stephens, Marly (17th Century-17th Century)1

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Archive File

Drawings and photographs of works, mostly on religious themes, by Emily Susan Ford

Ford, Emily Susan (1850-1930)

c.1900-1930

2 original drawings and 7 photographs of works, mostly on religious themes, with a list of contents

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A pamflyt compiled of cheese, contayninge the differences, nature, qualities, and goodness, of the same
Archive Collection

A pamflyt compiled of cheese, contayninge the differences, nature, qualities, and goodness, of the same

Fisher, Clement (1539-1619); Bayley, Walter (1529-1593); Willoughby, Edward (16th century-16th century); Stephens, Marly (17th century-17th century)

c.1580

Manuscript in Secretary hand on paper containing 'A pampflyt compiled of cheese'. Decoration: Undecorated; page frames ruled. Collation: [A-P4]. With one initial and two final flyleaves. Each quire is...

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Letter addressed from 'Haworth, Bradford, Yorks'; letter bearing signs of seal and two post marks, Haworth and Halifax
Archive Item

Letter from Branwell Brontë to Joseph Bentley Leyland

2 July 1846

Letter to Leyland enquiring on behalf of his sisters about whether a framed plaster relief portrait of Brontë in Leyland’s studio is a duplicate, and whether it can be obtained by the Brontës and ...

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Archive Item

Survey of English Dialects recording in Reedham, Norfolk

14 Jan 1957

[Side 1] Bob talks about mare prone to biting when driven backwards, recalls incident when he ran and used whip to prevent mare from going into river when carting stone, describes occasion when horses...

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Archive Item

Survey of English Dialects recording in Stogumber, Somerset

Jul 1956

[Side 1] Fred talks about making cider, reflects on impact of price of apples on farmer's willingness to make cider, discusses own orchard and smallholding, recalls pleasure of eating home-cured hams ...

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BARKER, ARTHUR

1917-1929

The collection contains around 125 letters written by Arthur Barker to his wife Alice and a few postcards and telegrams. There are two sets of letters: 1. Those written while Arthur was training i...

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Rabbit skin
Archive Art Piece

"Rabbit skins"

Frederick Lawson

c.1927

Charcoal drawing of a rack built outside a Gypsy Traveller wagon to hang rabbits that had been hunted/killed. Labelled, "Rabbit skins [indecipherable word- possibly location]."

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The green van, Leyburn, Watercolour.
Archive Item

"The green van, Leyburn," Watercolour.

Frederick Lawson

1925

Watercolour of a green Gypsy Traveller wagon. Street behind with church, to left; van with washing, seated adults, children. Signed, "Fred Lawson."

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Archive Collection

Calverley papers : petitions, letters and other documents from Sir Walter Calverley and others, concerning the Broadcloth Acts of 1725, 1733, 1741 and 1765

Calverley family

1639-c.1768

These papers mainly concern the renewal of the Broadcloth Acts in 1733 and 1741. They were given to the Library in 1922 by Mr Clarke-Thornhill. With one exception, they are listed here in chronologica...

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