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Brotherton Library. The Brotherton Library is a 1936 Grade II listed Neoclassical building with some art deco fittings, located on the main campus of the University of Leeds. It was designed by the firm of Lanchester & Lodge, and is named after Edward Brotherton, 1st Baron Brotherton, who in 1927 donated £100,000 to the university as funding ...
University of Leeds. The University of Leeds is a public research university in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was established in 1874 as the Yorkshire College of Science. In 1884 it merged with the Leeds School of Medicine (established 1831) and was renamed Yorkshire College.
Leeds University Library's Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections are one of the five Designated collections held by the Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds. The collections contain an extensive range of international books, manuscripts and archives relating to Gypsy, Traveller and Roma culture. The majority of the materials do not ...
Leeds University Library's Cookery Collection is one of the five Designated collections held by the Brotherton Library at the University of Leeds. It comprises an extensive collection of international books, manuscripts and archives relating to food, cooking and culinary culture. The collection began with a donation in 1939 to the Library of ...
University of Leeds Campus 1825 Grade II listed building (5 August 1976) 53°48'25.769"N, 1°33'17.046"W: 1256277: Botany House, University of Leeds: University of Leeds School of Education building (Q26547166) University of Leeds Campus 1872 Grade II listed building (11 September 1996) 53°48'22.637"N, 1°33'9.752"W: 1255587
The Great Hall is a grade II listed [1] Gothic Revival building located at the University of Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. The building is primarily used for formal occasions such as graduation ceremonies and university students' examinations. Its undercroft was previously utilised to house the university library collections before the ...
The Leeds Library is the oldest surviving subscription library of its type in the UK. It was founded in 1768, [1] following an advertisement placed in the Leeds Intelligencer earlier that year. The first secretary was Joseph Priestley. [2] In 1779, James Boswell wrote, "In Leeds, where one would not expect it, there is a very good public ...
The book contained photos of historical Leeds buildings by Mattison. [5] He kept his own notebooks and clippings, as well as collecting material on Socialist history, including leaflets and literature. In 1929 his collection was bought by Lord Brotherton to be housed at the University of Leeds Library for study. His notebooks were donated to ...