Textile Industries, Department of

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(1) 3 shots of the Vice Chancellor, Lord Boyle, greeting someone in Clothworkers' Court(2) Shot of the Vice Chancellor, Lord Boyle, receiving a gift from Professor C.S. Whewell, Head of the Department of Textile Industries(3) Formal group shot of staff and students of the Department, taken in Clothworkers' Court, 1903(4) Similar shot, but in sepia, c. 1900(5) 2 similar shots, 1931 and 1934 [(4) and (5) in the same envelope](6) 3 formal group shots of the University of Leeds Textile Department Student Committee, 1908/ 9, 1911/12, 1913/14 (b/w mounted)(7) Formal group shot of staff and students of the Department, c. 1950?(8) Formal group shot of staff and students taken inside the Department n.d. (b/w copy photograph)(9) Shot of a design exhibition in the Department (2 copies)(10) 2 shots showing the operation of the Department's electron microscope, Chief Technician Mr Terry Buckley standing right (2 copies of one photograph, 2 copies of another - both contact prints on 2 separate
strips)(11) Shot of the Handloom Weaving Shed(12) Shot showing the testing of stays for aeroplanes (b/w negative)(13) Shot showing the apparatus for testing khaki cloth [(10 - (13) in the same envelope](14) Shot of prize winners of the Bradford Textile Design Competition, 15 May 1972 (2 copies)(15) 8 shots taken by the Office of Information for a feature on the Department for publication overseas, including shots of spinning, weaving and design(16) Shot of an escape map, printed on silk(17) Shot of an electron micrograph of a single wool fibre, taken by an electron microscope at a magnification of 2600x, showing scales on the outside of the fibre (2 copies).(18) Similar shot of an electron micrograph of a single fibre of axially compressed 'Kevlar' (a regenerated protein fibre) [(17) and (18) in the same envelope](19) 3 shots, showing small groups of students with staff, being taught various aspects of design - one shot shows a demonstration of screen printing(20) Shot of students working
in the Clothworkers' Library(21) 4 further shots showing design work & screen printing taking place(22) 7 shots showing staff & students working with equipment in the Department, 1960s(23) 23 further shots, showing staff & students working with equipment in the Department (24) 1 further shot, showing students working in the Clothworkers' Library(25) Shot of an electron micrograph of layers of molecules within a high strength plastic fibre, at a magnification of approximately 2,500,000x, taken April 1975 [(23) -(25) in the same envelope](26) 8 shots of various equipment & processes being carried out in the department(27) Shot of yarn strength testing machine, donated and designed by Percy J. Neate, taken 1921(28) 2 shots of the Textile Department Swimming Team, 1909/10 (3 copies, one mounted) and 1910/11 (mounted plus negative) - in Plans Chest IV drawer 2(29) 2 shots of Textile Department Tug of War Team for 1905 and in Plans Chest IV drawer 2(30) 8 formal group shots of staff and students
of the Department, all including Professor Roberts Beaumont for 1884, 1892,1894/5, 1895/6, 1897/8, 1899/1900, 1900/01 (b/w copy photographs, all mounted) and formal group shot, n.d. but c. 1902 (b/w mounted, original), all in Plans Chest IV drawer 3(31) 2 shots of Textile Department Association Football Team for 1909/10 and 1920/21 in Plans Chest IV drawer 2(32) Shot of the Textile students' "Woven Fabric Design" exhibition, Hamilton House, London (British Man-made Fibres Federation), showing Professor J.B. Speakman of the Department of Textile Industries, Sir Hubert Holdsworth, the Vice-Chancellor, Sir Charles Morris, and Major D. Beachcroft (Clothworkers' Company) (located in Personalia: Sir Charles Morris)(33) 9 shots of students working etc, c1996(34) 1 b/w shot of Angela Supple using an electron microscope in the department. Graduated under the M&S suppliers sponsorship scheme in July 1987. (Used in the Reporter no. 272 page 6) (35) Photograph of the University of Leeds Textile
Department, 1955-1956, photograph of the department, 1958 and photograph of the department in 1958-1959 (staff and students identified on all three). Donated by Peter Horne through alumni office. (36) 3 shots of staff and students, 1947, 1948, 1949 and 1950. (37) 19 photographs of the department in an envelope that states they were taken by the Yorkshire Post, 1st January 1947, includes 'Dr Astbury and the x-ray tube' and Alginic Spining Plant. (38) 5 repro slides of the Dyeing Department and 1 slide of Dr Ian Holme lecturing to group (from collection given by Dr Holme to the International Textile Collection)

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