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Total number of records: 40

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
textile industry40
business records34
commercial correspondence10
letters4
scrapbooks3
family archives2
architectural drawing1
textile industries1
coal mines and mining1
samples (commerce)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ripley, Henry William1
Robert Clough Limited, Keighley1
T. Berry Limited, Bradford1
Ripley, Edward1
S. Tempest and Company1
Parkwood Mills Company1
Leak, Albert Edward (1875-1931)1
Lister and Company Limited1
Longwood Finishing Company1
Thomas Boyd Limited Leeds1

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From 19007

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Up to 199933

Archive Collection

James Eccles Williams, notes on economic history

Williams, James Eccles

c.1950-1962

Comprises notes on Oldham cotton spinners and Derbyshire miners, with numerous typed extracts from the 'Derbyshire Times'.

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Aldred Farrer Barker correspondence and papers

Barker, Aldred F (1868-1964)

1869-1960?

The collection contains the professional and personal papers of Aldred Farrer Barker. These include papers and correspondence about his textile related interests and his work on sheep breeding and wo...

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Albert Edward Leak of Lille and Leeds notebooks

Leak, Albert Edward (1875-1931)

1914-1931

On the manufacture of ropes, twines, and threads made from flax, hemp, jute, manila, and sisal at Fairbairn, Lawson, Combe Barbour, Hope Foundry, Leeds

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Thomas Benson Pease, plans and related materials from the Sheepscar estate

Pease, Thomas Benson (1782-1846)

1839-1880

Includes samples of cloth, plans of the estate, sketches of properties on the estate and a schedule of purchased from the estate.

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William Ackroyd, Otley Mills, Business Archive

William Ackroyd Limited

1817-1963

Comprises various ledgers, notebooks, legal documents, cash and wages books, and books concerning stock balances. -------

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Airedale Mill Company Limited, Business Archive

Airedale Mill Company Limited

1860-1931

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Airedale Mi...

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Jeremiah Ambler and Sons Limited, Business Archive

Jeremiah Ambler and Sons Limited

1828-1933

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Business Ar...

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John Bancroft and Company Limited, Business Archive

John Bancroft and Company Limited

1885-1938

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. -----------

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T. Berry (Bradford Limited), Business Archive

T. Berry Limited, Bradford

1906-1922

Comprises a cash book and several purchase, sales, and trade ledgers.

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Henry Booth and Sons Limited, Business Archive

Henry Booth and Sons Limited

1859-1949

Comprises a business journal for the years 1859-1867 and a letter dated 8 August 1949, from Alfred Booth, Director, explaining the terms used in the volume.

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Thomas Boyd (Leeds) Limited, Business Archive

Thomas Boyd Limited Leeds

1889-1932

Summary of Contents: I. Cash Books. 1889-1932. II. Ledgers. 1896-1923. III. Finishing Books. 1893—1913. IV. Employment and Wages Records. 1891-1917. I. CASHBOOKS. 1889-1932 These ...

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William and Jonn Clarkson Limited, Business Archive

William and Jonn Clarkson Limited

1855-1862

William & Jonathan Clarkson, Ltd Smale Well Mill, Pudsey. Woollen cloth manufacturers,

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