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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 for its first purpose-built library.
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.
Among Camden Public Library's donation of 20th century cookery books to Leeds University Library were many works by the influential cookery writer, Elizabeth David. [43] In her first cook book, A Book of Mediterranean Food (1950), she reintroduced more exotic ingredients – such as figs , garlic and olive oil – that had been absent from ...
Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society is a learned society in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It was founded in 1819, and its museum collection forms the basis of Leeds City Museum, which reopened in September 2008. The printed works and papers of the society are held by Leeds University Library.
Edward Boyle Library (Q24571869) University of Leeds Campus 1975 Chamberlin, Powell and Bon: Grade II listed building (10 June 2010) 53°48'22.118"N, 1°33'17.269"W: 1393835: Edward Boyle Library, University of Leeds: Garstang Building (Q26252986) University of Leeds Campus 1968 Chamberlin, Powell and Bon: Grade II listed building (10 June 2010)
Blue Plaques at Leeds University. St George's Field, part of the University of Leeds campus, is the former Woodhouse Cemetery, where is buried Pablo Fanque (William Darby), who was a black circus proprietor for 30 years during the Victorian period. [123] [124] Fanque's wife, Susannah Darby, is also buried at the cemetery. There is a monument ...
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It is part of Leeds University Library's Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections. D.U.R was already a patron and Honorary Consultant of the Brotherton Library and in 1954 she donated money for the continued development of the collection. [14] Her library reflects an outsider's interest and passion for Gypsy and Traveller culture.