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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.
In 2018 an exhibition 'Rights and Romance' in the Treasures of the Brotherton Gallery at the University of Leeds featured archives from the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma Collections. [34] It was co-curated with Dr Jodie Matthews, a senior lecturer, at the University of Huddersfield. [35]
The Cookery Collection at Leeds University Library has informed an array of publications. C. Anne Wilson was an assistant librarian at the Brotherton Library and catalogued the Preston donation to the Leeds University Library Cookery Collection in 1964. This inspired her interest in food history.
The University of Leeds is a public research ... and served as the university library until the opening of the Brotherton Library. ... Audrey Burton Gallery, the ...
Roundhay Hall is a Grade II listed building in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. Built in the 19th century as a residence for William Smith, the building is now a hospital. [1] The hall is in the Neo-classical style and is a design of Yorkshire architect Samuel Sharp. [2] Originally known as Allerton Hall, the property is now known as Spire Leeds ...
Edward Brotherton photographed in 1902 after his election as MP for Wakefield. Edward Allen Brotherton, 1st Baron Brotherton, JP, DL (1 April 1856 – 21 October 1930 [1]), known as Sir Edward Brotherton, Bt, between 1918 and 1929, was an industrialist in Wakefield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England and a benefactor to the University of Leeds and other causes.
Its undercroft was previously utilised to house the university library collections before the Brotherton Library opened in 1936. [2] The Great Hall is one illustration of the many diverse styles of buildings on the campus of the University of Leeds; it is an example of red brick architecture associated with the term red brick university.
In 1896 it moved its headquarters from Huddersfield to Leeds. In 2015 it changed its name again to the Yorkshire Archaeological and Historical Society . From 1968 the Society had its headquarters at "Claremont", a large house built in the 1770s, close to the main campus of the University of Leeds . [ 3 ]