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Thomas Hield and Sons, Business Archive

Archive Collection: BUS/Hield

Details

Type of record: Archive

Title: Thomas Hield and Sons, Business Archive

Level: Collection

Classmark: BUS/Hield

Creator(s): Thomas Hield and Sons Limited()

Date(s): 1906-1916

Language: English

Size and medium: 3 vols

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/6935

Collection group(s): Business Archives

Description

Comprises: (1) Letter book, 1906-7; (2) General ledger, 1907-11, with a separate index inserted; (3) Order book, 1912-16.

Biography or history

Thomas Hield and Sons Limited, of 25 Wellington Road, Dewsbury, were exporters of carpet yarns, established in 1881. In 1914 the owners were Thomas Hield, William Donald Hield and Philip Hield.

System of arrangement

The BUS/Hield catalogue is based on an historic inventory, created in 1972. The arrangement of material does not necessarily represent the original order of the archive and it is considered partly processed by an archivist. When making requests to consult, please be aware that there may be discrepancies between description and physical arrangement. The retrievable unit for this collection is file level.

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Access to this material is unrestricted.

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