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Total number of records: 73

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items48
Archives24
Art items1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection73
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections45
English Literature8
Herbert Read Collection3
Leeds Poetry2

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
english poetry4
romanies3
country life2
english drama2
letters2
arts1
children's literature1
cultural anthropology1
diaries1
english literature1

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
Greece3
Gorey2
Ireland2
Wensleydale (England)2
Yorkshire (England)2
Brough1
Cumbria1
Dingle1
England1
Marathon1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Dorothy Una Clough73
Dorothy Una Mcgrigor Phillips73
Dorothy Una Phillips73
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)73
Lawson, Fred8
Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una6
Hazel, Watson & Viney, Ltd., Printers, London5
Austen, John3
Beamsley House3
Crowe, Marygold Cecilia3

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From 15003
From 18002
From 190062

Count of Latest date

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Up to 199965
Up to latest2

Archive Collection

George Borrow, literary manuscripts with related material

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881)

c.1840-1913

Brotherton Collection items: Autograph manuscripts of two folktales, one beginning "Sigurd son of Volsun", the other entitled "The pisgey and midwife"; autograph manuscripts of four poems, "Grasach Ab...

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Wilfrid Wilson Gibson Archive

Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson (1878-1962)

1902-1971

Comprises: (a) 5 boxes of autograph manuscript and typescript drafts of Wilfrid Gibson's poems and plays, and some groups of correspondence between Gibson and various literary figures and publishers, ...

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Hugh MacDiarmid, autograph manuscript of 'A drunk man looks at the thistle', together with other literary papers and some letters.

MacDiarmid, Hugh (1892-1978)

c.1925-1960

Comprises: (1) Autograph manuscript of MacDiarmid's poem 'A drunk man looks at the thistle', including title with epigraph, dedication, and foreword, with, also pasted in, a photograph by Benno Schotz...

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Brotherton-Ratcliffe Collection

Brotherton, Edward Allen Brotherton 1st baron (1856-1930); Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

1579-2010

Industrialist and politician Lord Brotherton of Wakefield (1856-1930) is one of the University Library's most significant benefactors. In the 1920s, assisted by his niece-in-law, the writer and activi...

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Romany Collection

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

c.1551 - c.2007

Archive and print items referencing the history, culture and representation of Gypsies, Travellers and Roma in the UK, Europe and worldwide. Consists of three sub-collections; 1) Romany 1: The col...

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Archive Sub-collection

Romany Collection (1)

c.1551 - 1971

Items collected by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe (DUR) as part of her "Gypsy Library/Romany Collection." Includes a wide range of manuscripts, letters, typescripts, press cuttings, photographs, music, objec...

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Archive Sub-series

National & International Missions to Gypsies, Travellers & Roma; the papers of William Webb

c.1948 - 1958

Papers relating to the work and establishment of national and international religious missions working with [Gypsy, Travellers & Roma] communities. These include but are not limited to; The Church of ...

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Archive File

Letters to Thomas Blackburn

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

11 March 1961

1 letter from the poet Dorothy Una Ratcliffe to Thomas Blackburn.

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Ratcliffe (Dorothy Una) Letter to the Editor of The Cumberland and Westmorland Herald.

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

05/02/1940

Two typed carbon copies enquiring about the reason for the closure of Brough Hill Fair during wartime.

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Album of photographs and prints collected by DUR.

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

1904-1960

Album containing black and white photographs (originals and reproduction prints) collected by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe of Gypsies/Travellers/Roma in the UK, Ireland, Europe, (Greece, France Hungary) and ...

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Letters to Jon Silkin

Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

5 January 1963

1 ms postcard from Dorothy Una Ratcliffe to Jon Silkin.

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Archive Art Item

"Fairings"

Frederick Lawson; Ratcliffe, Dorothy Una (1887-1967)

1928

Bound volume of, "Fairings," - a selection of poems by Dorothy Una Ratcliffe. The original copy (No. 178 of an edition limited to 1000 copies) has been separated page by page with the original illu...

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