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Total number of records: 1766

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Record typeCount
Archives1745
Books and printed items19
Objects2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection1311
English Literature1067
Liddle Collection155
Leeds Russian Archive86
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections40
Leeds Poetry21
Medical Collections10
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse7
Business Archives5
Quaker Collection5

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
letters1766
poets, english662
pre-raphaelites661
english poetry331
english fiction307
english literature289
english drama275
world war, 1914-1918151
photographs145
refugees, political78

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Aveyron (France)1
Birmingham1
Colney Heath1
England1
France1
Great Britain1
Hertfordshire1
Lozere (France : Dept.)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882)235
Rossetti, William Michael (1829-1919)151
Hogg, Jabez26
Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)10
Keeley, Robert5
Knox, Vicesimus5
Knox, Vicesimus (1752-1821)5
Sotheby & Co. (London, England)5
Boyle of Handsworth, Edward Boyle Baron (1923-1981)4
Bradford, Barbara Taylor (1933-)4

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From 15002
From 160014
From 170051
From 1800941
From 1900745
From 200013

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Up to 16999
Up to 179923
Up to 1899782
Up to 1999905
Up to latest46

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Letters by Francis Berry

1931-1979

Letters to G Wilson Knight and Professor W.F. Jackson Knight

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Letters of John Evelyn

Evelyn, John (1620-1706)

1687-1699

Contains: (1) A letter to Dr Robert Plot, dated 9 Dec [16]87; (2) A letter to Ralph Thoresby, the Leeds historian, dated 19 July [16]99

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Maria Rossetti letters

c.1850 - 1876

2 letters sent by Maria Rossetti, one to Dr Heimann, and another to John Lucas Tupper.

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Archive Series

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Letters to Frank Beckwith

Beckwith, Frank (1904-1977)

1926-1977

Letters to Frank Beckwith, from scholars, clergy, librarians and others, 1926-1977. This collection of more than 1200 in-letters reflects his many interests. Perhaps the most interesting group of let...

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Familiar and courtly letters

Voiture Monsieur de (1597-1648); Brown, Thomas (1663-1704); Dryden, John (1631-1700); Cheek, Thomas; Dennis, John (1657-1734); Aristaenetus; Pliny the Younger; Fontenelle M. de (1657-1757); Briscoe, Samuel (1691-1727); Wycherley, William (1640-1716); Congreve, William (1670-1729)

1700

First edition. The "Epistle dedicatory" signed: Sam. Briscoe. Pt. 2 has title: Letters of friendship, and several other occasions... Written by Mr. Dryden, Mr. Wycherly [and others] With letters w...

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Letters to Benjamin Ellis

Ellis, Benjamin

c.1801-1825

(1) printed letter from John Chatto & Co., wholesale tea dealers of London, to Benjamin Ellis of Wakefield, listing teas and coffees with prices (ca.1800); (2) letter from Thomas Ravald of Manchester ...

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Letters to Seamus Scully

O'Casey, Sean (1880-1964)

1949-1960

Typescript and autograph letters

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Parts of letters and signatures by Florence Nightingale, from letters sent to Flora Masson
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Parts of letters and signatures by Florence Nightingale, from letters sent to Flora Masson

Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)

n.d. [c.1880-1910]

8 pages of partial letters or cut-out signatures from Florence Nightingale, sent to Flora Masson. Also contains one envelope sent to Flora Masson on 11 Oct 1899. Pencil and ink.

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Letters mainly from John Gage Rokewode, with a few letters between others.

Rokewode, John Gage

1835-1842

Comprises 98 autograph letters, mainly from John Gage Rokewode to William Long, dated between 24 September 1835 and 9 November 1842.

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Letters from Florence Nightingale

Nightingale, Florence (1820-1910)

19th century

Contains two letters from Florence Nightingale, one sent to Mrs Richard Morris and the other to Lydia Leigh; and three copies of printed artworks.

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Robert Herring Life and Letters

1948-1949

Letters concering work submitted for publication to Brendin Publishing Company.

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