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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 1311

c.1818-1996

The archive includes business and family papers generated by the Crockatt family. The business papers encompass histories of the company, accounts, advertising material and correspondence. There are d...

Archive Collection:
MS 1563

1903-1977

Comprises wage books, invoices, miscellaneous company papers and reports, catalogues, examples of printing, correspondence, notes on company history, photographs (loose and in albums), slides, 2 reels...

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 1686

1785-c.1900

Comprises: i) Accounts: September 1785 - February 1791; ii) Accounts: January 1787 - December 1788; iii) Day book: January 1787 - November 1813; iv) Letter book, 1814 - 1832; v) Index to letter boo...

Archive Collection:
MS 1698

1912-1960

Comprises: i) Business papers: correspondence, employee registers, blueprints and specifications; ii) Printed brochures, operating manuals and other printed items; iii) Photographs mainly relating to ...

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 1717

1655-1915

Comprises wills, marriage contracts, details of lawsuits and mortgages, plans for improvements to the Mill of the Tournal, doctors' prescriptions, and miscellaneous other personal papers belonging to ...

Archive Collection:
MS 200

1788-1886

The firm was founded in 1788 by John (1765 - 1845), son of a Leeds draper, to take advantage of recent developments in the spinning of flax by machine. He set up a partnership with Samuel Fenton and R...

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:
BUS/Ackroyd

1817-1963

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

Archive Collection:
BUS/Airedale

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...