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Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1956/1

1875-1947

Comprises: (1) Many bundles of legal documents drawn up between the Warping Company and various other companies and individuals during the late nineteenth century and the early decades of the twentiet...

Archive Collection:
MS Dep. 1990/1

1801-2000

The Glenesk-Bathurst papers revolve around the Morning Post, an influential Conservative newspaper which eventually merged with the Daily Telegraph, and relate mainly to the Edwardian period though th...

Archive Collection:
MS 158

c.1772-1802

Lane Head, Ovenden, near Halifax. Clothier, in partnership until c. 1782 with his younger brother James, founder of James Akroyd & Sons, stuff manufacturers, worsted spinners and merchants, 49 North...

Archive Collection:
MS 160

1865-1961

Minute books of the coalmaster's company.

Archive Collection:
MS 170

1878-1954

Comprises the following records: (1) Wages books, 1886-1892; (2) Books of quarterly and annual balances, 1898-1951; (3) General ledger, 1886-1895; (4) Financial memorandum book, 1887-1896; (5) Books o...

Archive Collection:
MS 1971

1990s

Archive Collection:
MS 1972

1924-1925

Incomplete

Archive Collection:
MS 1973

19 Apr 1838

Archive Collection:
MS 301

1639-c.1768

These papers mainly concern the renewal of the Broadcloth Acts in 1733 and 1741. They were given to the Library in 1922 by Mr Clarke-Thornhill. With one exception, they are listed here in chronologica...

Archive Collection:
MS 327

c.1831-1885

The collection has been divided into four groups: pattern books (numbers 1-4); recipe books (numbers 5-19); day books (numbers 20-27); and miscellaneous items (numbers 28-30). The pattern books con...

Archive Collection:
MS 543

1899-1933

Vol.1, 1899-1914; vol.2, 1915-1918; vol. 3, 1925-1933

Archive Collection:
BUS/Ackroyd

1817-1963

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