Library Leeds 400 exhibition

30 Jun 2026

Among the historic treasures which will form part of the exhibition will be a microfilmed collection of material from the life and career of pioneering Leeds feminist Mary Gawthorpe and a one-of-a-kind copy of Ralph Thoresby’s Ducatus Leodiensis, known as the first written history of Leeds. Pictured is special collections librarian Antony Ramm at the library.

Library Leeds 400 exhibition: Among the historic treasures which will form part of the exhibition will be a microfilmed collection of material from the life and career of pioneering Leeds feminist Mary Gawthorpe and a one-of-a-kind copy of Ralph Thoresby’s Ducatus Leodiensis, known as the first written history of Leeds. Pictured is special collections librarian Antony Ramm at the library.
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