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Total number of records: 6

Count of Subject

SubjectCount
refugees, jewish6
refugees, political6
scholars, assistance to6
letters5
displaced persons1
endowment of research1
holocaust1
jewish community1
world war ii1

Count of People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Esther Sinovitch1
Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)1
Simpson, Dr Francis Vivian (1927-2014)1
Simpson, Esther (1903-1996)1

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National Art Collections' Fund

1959-1996

Simpson was a member of the Fund and supported it through deed of covenant.

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Esther Simpson correspondence and papers

Simpson, Esther (1903-1996)

1918-1997

This collection reflects Esther Simpson's work on behalf of refugee scholars over the course of fifty years. It also documents the many friendships and contacts she developed. The main collection (i...

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Membership cards

1952-1995

The file contains Simpson's membership cards of organisations such as Hampstead Music Club, National Art-Collection Fund, the Friends of The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew and the International Voluntary S...

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Leeds Academic Assistance Committee (Additional Papers)

1933-1940

Comprises a minute book, bank statements, cheque books, a card index file, and the Society's fourth report, November 1938.

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Christmas and birthday cards

1968-1994

The file contains greetings cards addressed to Esther Simpson. These include traditional Christmas cards and postcards which have been used for seasonal greetings.

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Leeds Academic Assistance Committee, correspondence, memoranda and other papers, 1933-1940

1933-1940

These papers were discovered in a cupboard in the School of Economic Studies and were presented to the Library through the good offices of Professor J R Crossley, in December 1976. The Leeds Academic...

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