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Total number of records: 1159

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Indexes585
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Archives230
Coins10
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People and organisations2
Art items1
Objects1

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Quaker Collection599
Brotherton Collection117
English Literature60
Janina and Zygmunt Bauman38
Leeds Russian Archive32
University Archive32
Letters Database20
Liddle Collection15
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture13
Herbert Read Collection11

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Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Swift, Jonathan (1667-1745)45
Pope, Alexander (1688-1744)21
Arbuthnot, John (1667-1735)19
Gay, John (1685-1732)19
Nichols, John (1745-1826)19
Sheridan, Thomas (1719-1788)19
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)17
Boyle, Robert (1627-1691)13
Birch, Thomas12
Birch, Thomas (1705-1766)12

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Archive Print Item

Wm. Spriggs & Co. : complete house furnishers : 238-241 Tottenham Court Road, London, W. 1

Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019); William Spriggs

[19??]

Trade catalogue. Catalogued from cover.

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Archive File

"Pack, Clouds, Away"

1950

1950 voc, pf Song to words by Thomas Heywood. Ink, with pencilled additions.

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Coin

Denomination: denarius

Date(s): 193-4

Issuer/creator: Pescennius Niger (193-4)

Place: Antioch

Material: silver


Archive File

Notebook of experiments in physics carried out in the Physical Laboratory, Owen's College, session 1899-1900, by Alfred Coulson

Coulson, Alfred

1899-1900

The label on the front cover reads: 'Final B.Sc. course, Physical Laboratory, Results'

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sash
Textile

sash

before 1947

This item is embroidered at either end with a central sprig composed of stylised rose and tulip motifs, symmetrically arranged at either side of a hooked stem. The embroidered pattern has been worked...

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Archive File

Ella Crockatt's diairies

1934-1978

1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1941, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964,1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 196...

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Textile

Kaiki et Impression Chaine [pattern book]

Chanay & Pupat (1926)

1902-1903

Title loosely translates as Japanese plain weave silk. Hardback with mottled black covers and white spine. Book number 4. Contains fabric samples with polychrome, woven striped patterning, some als...

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Textile

Draperie Première Saison 1959 Envoi G

Société des Nouveautés Textiles

1959

Softback with blue covers. Black text on cover. Sample book for the fashion industry of menswear fabric, issued 22nd May 1959. Contains woven fabric samples of varying weights with polychrome patter...

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Design
Textile

Design

Marchini, Guido (1929-2008)

1950-2008

Painted stylised floral design with a pattern of pink and yellow flowers on a green and blue diamond check background

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Crosses model [canvaswork sample]
Textile

Crosses model [canvaswork sample]

Pesel, Louisa F (1947)

1932

Counted woolwork sample worked as a model of a border in Winchester Cathedral. Labelled as 'crosses model', and dated February 1932. The work is in yellow, blues, reds and grey wool on canvas, depic...

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