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Total number of records: 395

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives373
Books and printed items22

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture312
Business Archives49
Brotherton Collection2
Quaker Collection1
Leeds Russian Archive1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
textile industry395
occupations311
persons141
clothing and dress135
community life103
play103
implements, utensils etc100
nature96
culture91
animals88

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)88
Walkley, F.40
Outhwaite, T. G.27
Witton, Lesley A19
Taylor, Harry17
Murphy, William S12
Malden, John12
Upton, Clive S11
Slinn, Gillian A9
Aston, Michael Geoffrey9

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 180049
From 1900345
From 20001

Count of Latest date

Latest dateCount
Up to 189913
Up to 1999380
Up to latest2

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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J. T. Clay and Sons Limited, Business Archive

J.T. Clay and Sons Limited

1812-1928

Stock account book and scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, letters and notices. The stock book is lettered on spine: 'Clay & Earnshaw Stock 1812 and 1814, and on the front cover: 'Clay & Earnshaw Crow...

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Robert Clough (Keighley) Limited, Business Archive

Robert Clough Limited, Keighley

1806-1939

Comprises: (1) Day books; (2) Sales and purchase ledgers; (3) Wages books; (4) Miscellaneous ledgers; (5) Letters; (6) Cash and account books; (7) Plans

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John Crabtree and Sons Limited, Business Archive

John Crabtree and Sons Limited

1882-1940

One volume contains a few newspaper cuttings from November 1887 about the death of John Crabtree to 1940, the centenary of the company. Manuscript notes on the history of Bradford written in 1882 ha...

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George Crowther and Company Limited, Business Archive

George Crowther and Company

1833-1883

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

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W. and E. Crowther Limited, Business Archive

W. and E. Crowther Limited

1872-1977

Comprises: (1) Miscellaneous cash, wage, trade, and private ledgers; (2) Inventory and valuation records; (3) Miscellaneous invoice, stock-taking, in-letter, counter-foil, lot, and company minu...

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John Foster and Son, Business Archive

John Foster and Son

c.1820-1950

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

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E. Fox and Sons Limited, Business Archive

E. Fox and Sons Limited

1896-1913

Comprises: (1) Sales and purchase books, 1896-1913;

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James France and Company Limited, Business Archive

James France and Company Limited

1838-1913

Miscellaneous records recording work done: 1) Day Book. June 1838—April 1849. Apparently a daily record of the yarn spun possibly giving the names of customers (‘France’s & Fox’s), the type...

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William Hanson and Company Limited, Business Archive

William Hanson and Company Limited

1924-1954

Comprises: 1) Credit ledgers, 1931-1951; 2) Debit ledgers, 1927-1950; 3) Invoice day-books for payments, 1929-1951; 4) Day-book for receipts, 1943-1951; 5) Wage books, 1924-1950; 6) Purcha...

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George Hattersley and Sons Limited, Business Archive

1845-1888

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

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Thomas Hield and Sons, Business Archive

Thomas Hield and Sons Limited

1906-1916

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

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John Hirst and Sons, Business Archive

John Hirst and Sons

c.1890-1900

Comprises: (1) Weave designers' notebook; (2) Sample and weave patterns made by Tom Woodcock, late of 43 North Farm Road, Leeds.

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