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Total number of records: 42

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture21
Business Archives9
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society5
Brotherton Collection1
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections1
International Textile Collection1
Liddle Collection1
University Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
community life11
textile industry11
food10
occupations10
persons10
agriculture9
animals9
nature9
clothing and dress8
culture8

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Allerton; Bradford; Yorkshire West Riding1
Doncaster; Yorkshire West Riding1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)12
Dibnah, Miss Marjory2
Gledhill, James2
Madge2
Smith, Hollins2
Woodhead, Mr2
Barker, Aldred F (1868-1964)1
Barker, Benjamin (1838-)1
Benson, Jack1
Bill1

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From 17005
From 18007
From 190024
From 20002

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Up to 18997
Up to 199931
Up to latest2

Archive Sub-collection

Papers of the Leeds White Cloth Hall

1749-1897

The papers in this collection consist largely of legal documents and correspondence, of which very many are copies or drafts. No attempt has been made to describe the latter more closely than as 'draf...

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Additional papers of the Leeds White Cloth Hall

1756-1897

The Leeds White Cloth Hall papers (MS 283) were listed in Handlist 2, now supplemented by the list on pp 484-517 of The West Riding Cloth industry : a catalogue of business records, compiled by Patric...

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Archive Collection

DEEDS AND DOCUMENTS

16th century-18th century

Relating to East, North and South Cowton, the peculiar of Howden, Goole, Hook, Ousefleet, Swinefleet, Allerton [parish of Bradford], Anston and area and other places

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William Rhodes Limited, Business Archive

1845-1937

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Birkenshaw ...

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Archive Series

The O'Hear Collection: Overview of Adire and Yoruba Batik, Research Notes and Bibliography

2017

The documents attached to this record were written by Ann O’Hear in 2017 to aid research into the O’Hear Collection of West African textiles, and to reference the work undertaken during documentat...

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Survey of English Dialects recording in Welwick, Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

14 Apr 1955

[Side 1] Madge describes how to make butter, 'ken' [= churn] cream, warm overnight in front of fire, add cold water, ken again to remove buttermilk, place on board to add salt, weigh into pounds and w...

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PAPERS RELATING TO THE FIRTH, FRYER AND OTHER QUAKER FAMILIES MAINLY IN THE HUDDERSFIELD AREA

c 1796-1916

Includes marriage certificates, wills, schedule of lands and securities, bills for sale of cloth (1796), particulars and conditions of sale of warehouse in Huddersfield (formerly Huddersfield Chronicl...

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DEEDS AND PAPERS OF THE COOPER FAMILY OF EMBSAY

18th century-19th century

Two treatises of physics belonging to Samuel Swire 18th century, and account books of the Swire family 18th-19th century; papers of the Bramley family (cloth manufacturers) of Addingham including jour...

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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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Survey of English Dialects recording in Buckland, Buckinghamshire

Nov 1957

[Side 1] Harry talks about persistent problem with birds roosting in tree near house, discusses severe winters in past, recalls sudden snowfall one Christmas Eve and carrying milk out locally and feed...

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Archive Collection

Evelyn Waugh, autograph letters and manuscripts, including the manuscript of 'Vile Bodies', with related material.

Waugh, Evelyn (1903-1966)

1912-1993

Comprises the following items: (1) Carbon typescript with autograph manuscript title-page of Volume 1 of 'The Pistol Troop magazine', compiled by Waugh when a child, 1912; (2) Mimeographed typescript ...

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Sound Recording, South Yorkshire

Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)

[1960s]

Two male informants (brothers), recorded outside in the Ecclesfield area of Sheffield; talk about winters, including that of 1946/1947; pig keeping and poultry farming; milk delivering; their brother;...

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