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Total number of records: 476

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Books and printed items338
Archives100
Indexes16
People and organisations11
Textiles9
Art items2

Top 10: Collection group

Collection groupCount
Brotherton Collection181
Quaker Collection50
Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections48
Herbert Read Collection30
English Literature26
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture24
Cookery Collection14
Brotherton Collection Manuscript Verse11
International Textile Collection9
Leeds Russian Archive9

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nature18
sermons, english17
agriculture16
occupations15
art14
animals13
art and society13
home13
house furnishings13
implements, utensils etc13

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Great Britain10
United States3
England2
Indonesia2
Leeds2
Russia2
Soviet Union2
Surinam2
United Kingdom2
Africa, Southern1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Morris, May (1862-1938)24
Morris, William (1834-1896)24
Society of Friends20
Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)17
Horner, Mr M.12
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)12
Bedford, John Victor (1941-2019)11
Spurgeon, C H (1834-1892)8
Church of England7
Grew, Nehemiah (1641-1712)7

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Archive Print Item

Roots

no.2 (Mar. 1973); no.5 (Feb. 1974)

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Roots

Jacob, Naomi (1884-1964)

1968

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Roots

Jacob, Naomi (1884-1964)

[1933]

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Root and branch

Stallworthy, Jon

1969

Poems.

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Roots in Boots'

1998

Includes production contact list, budget, rehearsal notes, production notes, revised cast list and ground plans.

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The Root of the Boot
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The Root of the Boot

Tolkien, J R R (1892-1973)

c.1924

Song written in pen and ink. Written in pencil in the top right hand corner '(The Fox Went Out)', this is the tune to which 'The Root of the Boot' was sung. It was published in 'Songs for the Philol...

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Roots in the air

Hamburger, Michael (1924-2007)

1991

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The whispering roots

Day Lewis, C (1904-1972)

1970

Poems.

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The roots of health

Petulengro, Leon

1978

Originally published: London : Souvenir Press, 1968. This edition published in 1971.

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The roots of war

Pickard, Bertram (1892-1973); Friends Peace Committee

[approximately 1936]

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The Grass Roots of Art

Read, Sir Herbert Edward (1893-1968)

c. 1960

This file contains the original photographs used to illustrate 'The Grass Roots of Art', with a covering letter from Rachel Hull in the Production Department at Faber and Faber, saying she is returnin...

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