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Total number of records: 618

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Books and printed items400
Archives215
Art items2
Objects1

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections618
Brotherton Collection595

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
romanies97
letters40
civil and political rights19
legal decisions19
nomads19
protest movements19
social justice19
gypsies4
authors, english3
cant3

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England18
Wales5
Cumbria4
France4
Greece4
Spain4
United States4
Brough3
Europe3
Hertfordshire3

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Nelson, S (1800-1862)47
Azpiazu, Jose De (1912-1986)18
Jefferys, Charles18
Jefferys, Charles (1807-1865)18
Handel, George Frideric (1685-1759)16
Carpenter, J E (1813-1885)14
Carpenter, J. E14
Dibdin, Thomas (1771-1841)11
Glover, Stephen (1813-1870)11
Dibdin, Thomas10

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 15002
From 16007
From 170038
From 1800252
From 1900304
From 20002

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 16993
Up to 179913
Up to 1899254
Up to 1999305
Up to latest30

Archive Print Item

The letter-box

Oldstaffe, Oliver

v.1 1818 On the end-paper at the back is the following pencil note: "Davidson Cook Collection, April 1940"

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Archive Sub-series

Letters pro Travellers

c.1989 - c.1994

Letters of support.

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Archive Sub-series

Police Committee and letters

c.1985 - c.2016

2 files; 1) "Police correspondence"

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Borrow (George Henry), Letter to Dawson Turner enclosing letter from Salazar.

Borrow, George Henry (1803-1881); Salazar, António

22/Jan 1837 -15/Feb/1842

1) Letter from George Borrow (15 February 1842), from Oulton, Lowestoft to Dawson Turner concerning the enclosed letter from Salazar ( "the Gypsy of Cordova."). Includes an english transcription. 2)...

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Letters out (Jenny Smith)

c.1985 - c.2016

Correspondence between Jenny Smith and others.

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Letters writ by a Turkish spy

Marana, Giovanni Paolo (1642-1693); Weitzman, Arthur J (1933-)

1970

Selections from the original 8 v. collection of letters

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Letters against Travellers [Sites] - Bristol

c.1990

Letters protesting against Gypsy and Traveller [e.g. sites] in Bristol area.

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MP's letters/Members of the House of Lords

c.1985 - c.2016

Letters from MP's [Members of Parliament], Members of the House of Lords and councillors.

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Ratcliffe (Dorothy Una),Letters to various

31/01/1940- 5/Feb/1940

Individually listed.

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Tolson (Legh), Letter to Lionel Cresswell.

18/02/1925

Handwritten letter providing information about the inscriptions on the brass box [see related objects].

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Yates (Dora Esther), Letters to various.

Yates, Dora Esther (1879-1974)

24/Apr/1935 - 24/Aug/1955

Letters and correspondence with Dorothy Una Ratcliffe (DUR) and DUR's secretaries and husband A.C Phillips.

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