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Total number of records: 28213

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Record typeCount
Archives15783
Books and printed items11131
Indexes1031
Textiles150
Art items47
People and organisations35
Coins19
Objects16

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection8082
English Literature3176
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture2457
Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society1728
Leeds Poetry1168
Herbert Read Collection866
Liddle Collection855
Letters Database790
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive786
Medical Collections704

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
occupations831
culture596
nature499
letter writing474
implements, utensils etc461
community life441
agriculture407
art education394
animals353
english language - dialects315

Top 10: Place

PlaceCount
England1163
Great Britain485
London, United Kingdom330
Yorkshire227
France213
Rome133
Italy99
Greece90
Lincolnshire86
Leeds, United Kingdom74

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)695
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)399
Hill, Geoffrey (1932-2016)375
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)367
Wright, Peter240
Silkin, Jon (1930-1997)238
Great Britain159
Church of England143
Crossley-Holland, Kevin133
Horace118

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From 1400147
From 1500322
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From 190015374
From 2000868

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Archive Collection

Case and lecture notes (including survey data, experiments and exercises)

1700-1949

This artificial collection encompasses individual and groups of manuscripts documenting research conducted by specific people. Subjects include medicine, physics, chemistry and botany. Similar materia...

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Archive File

“Notes”

1850-1950

For Evan Charteris, The Life and Letters of Sir Edmund Gosse; MS; with covering note; 6 leaves

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Note

1712

Note of House of Commons order regarding Seamer [?] book list. Receipt for payment of 'History of Yorkshhire' from Lyonell Copley.

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Archive Item

Note

10th Aug 1820

Note from McMarley of Adams and Baker to Mr Bligh to request preparation of lease of the foundry occupied by Benjamin Copley. No date.

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Archive File

Notes

1914-1918

Notes on French propaganda. John Maclaren (Research Corresp.).

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Notes

January 1918

Notes on Salvage Work issued by Quarter-Master General

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Note

13 Oct 1652

John Hutton to Mr Blackburne “Henry Blackburne did satisfy me of your willingness to furnish me with moneys yf it has beene in your power at that time These lines are to intarate [?] you that if yo...

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Notes

1914-1918

Notes on the employment of "Tanks" by Col. E.D. Swinton.

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Notes

April-October 1917

Notes on tank operations, April-October 1917.

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Notes

1914-1918

Notes on tank and infantry training.

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Archive File

Notes

1914-1918

Notes on the Development of the German Army, 1914-17.

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Notes

1801-1854

Made by John Bayldon relating to purchase of property

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