Leeds, United Kingdom

Institution names followed by   are members of SIBMAS

• Abbey House Museum
• Leeds Central Library
  Local Studies
• Leeds College of Music
• Leeds Metropolitan University
  Faculty of Cultural and Education Studies
• Northern School of Contemporary Dance
  Library 
• University of Leeds
  University Library
• West Yorkshire Archives Service, Leeds
• Yorkshire Dance Resource Centre

Abbey House Museum
Kirkstall Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 3AB

Telephone: +44 (113) 275 5821
Telefax: +44 (113) 274 9439

Sunday:	14:00-17:00; 10:00-18:00 (summer)
Tuesday:	10:00-17:00; 10:00-18:00 (summer)
Wednesday:	10:00-17:00; 10:00-18:00 (summer)
Thursday:	10:00-17:00; 10:00-18:00 (summer)
Friday:	10:00-17:00; 10:00-18:00 (summer)
Saturday:	10:00-17:00; 10:00-18:00 (summer)

Special Collections:

Concerts (Leeds)
Puppets
Theatre (Leeds)
Toy theatre
Ventriloquist dummeis

Leeds Central Library Local Studies       Date founded: 1871
Municipal Building Calverley Street Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 3AB

Telephone: +44 (113) 247 8290
Telefax: +44 (113) 247 8426
E-mail: local.studies@leeds.gov.uk
Homepage: http://www.leeds.gov.uk/

Databases with information on collections:

Backstage

Special Collections:

Theatre (Leeds)

Alf Mattison [history of Leeds theatres]

Leeds College of Music
3 Quarry Hill Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 7PD

Telephone: +44 (113) 222 3400
Telefax: +44 (113) 243 8798

Leeds Metropolitan University Faculty of Cultural and Education Studies
Beckett Park Leeds, West Yorkshire LS6 3QS

Telephone: +44 (113) 283 2600
Telefax: +44 (113) 233 4774

Northern School of Contemporary Dance Library
98 Chapeltown Road Leeds, West Yorkshire LS7 4BH

Telephone: +44 (113) 219 3020
Telefax: +44 (113) 219 3030
E-mail: sam.king@nscd.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.nscd.ac.uk/

Subjects:

Ballet/dance.

University of Leeds University Library
Leeds, West Yorkshire LS2 9JT

Telephone: +44 (113) 243 1751
Telefax: +44 (113) 233 5561
E-mail: library@leeds.ac.uk
Homepage: http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/

Monday:	9:00-22:00
Tuesday:	9:00-22:00
Wednesday:	9:00-22:00
Thursday:	9:00-22:00
Friday:	9:00-22:00
Saturday:	10:00-13:00

Special Collections:

Plays (1600-1750)
Theatre (Leeds)
Theatre (London) (1806-1871)

Glyndebourne Festival Opera (1952-1981)
Leeds Unity Theatre
Ruhleben Theatre (Germany) [programmes, 1915-1916]

William Archer (1856-1924), author, critic
Summer F. Austin (1888-), educator [Ruhleben theatre, 1914-1918]
Lord Brotherton (-1930) [English literature collection]
Louis Johnson, tourist [Soviet theatre and ballet programmes]
Henry Arthur Jones
Nesta Macdonald (1914-)
John Mackendrick, playwright
George Merritt (1890-1977), actor
Romany Collection [gypsies]

West Yorkshire Archives Service, Leeds
Chapeltown Road Sheepscar Leeds, West Yorkshire LS6 2AU

Telephone: +44 (113) 214 5814
Telefax: +44 (113) 214 5815
E-mail: leeds@wyjs.org.uk
Homepage: http://www.archives.wyjs.org.uk/

Databases with information on collections:

Backstage

Subjects:

Dramatic theatre. Opera.

Media:

Playtexts. Photos. Programmes. Clippings. Posters. Official documents.

Special Collections:

Doncaster Theatre (1828-1829) [playbills]
Grand Theatre (Leeds) (1876-1960)
Leeds City Varieties (1894-1950) [photographs of artistes]
Opera House (Leeds) (1876-1960)
Theatre Royal (Leeds) (1942-1954)

Elizabeth Inchbald, actress [prints, engravings]
Storm Jameson, playwright
Symington Collection

Yorkshire Dance Resource Centre
3 St. Peter's Buildings St. Peter's Square Leeds, West Yorkshire LS9 8AH

Telephone: +44 (113) 243 9867
Telefax: +44 (113) 259 5700
E-mail: admin@yorkshiredance.org.uk

Monday:	13:00-16:00
Tuesday:	13:00-16:00
Wednesday:	13:00-16:00
Thursday:	13:00-16:00
Friday:	13:00-16:00

Subjects:

Ballet/dance.

Institution names followed by   are members of SIBMAS

• Abbey House Museum
• Leeds Central Library
  Local Studies
• Leeds College of Music
• Leeds Metropolitan University
  Faculty of Cultural and Education Studies
• Northern School of Contemporary Dance
  Library 
• University of Leeds
  University Library
• West Yorkshire Archives Service, Leeds
• Yorkshire Dance Resource Centre