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Total number of records: 346

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Archives327
Books and printed items19

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Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture312
Business Archives6
Quaker Collection1
Leeds Russian Archive1
Brotherton Collection1

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textile industry346
occupations311
persons141
clothing and dress135
play103
community life103
implements, utensils etc100
nature96
culture91
material culture88

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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
Aston, Michael Geoffrey9
Slinn, Gillian A9

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From 20001

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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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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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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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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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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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Adolph Jacobs and Company Limited, Business Archive

Adolph Jacobs and Company Limited

1929-1953

The material includes the archives of successor companies to Adolph Jacobs and Company Ltd.

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Archive Collection

S. Tempest and Company, Business Archive

S. Tempest and Company

1906-1936

Summary of Contents: I. Manufacturing Books. 1906-30s.

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Archive Sub-series

Social Questions

[1960s-1970s]

This subseries, comprising one file only, contains items relating to labour and industrial unrest. This includes an ms. account, compiled from an original ms. source, of a Luddite attack on Cartwright...

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Archive File

Quarry Bank Mill: The Development of a Folk Museum

Price, Sarah M

1978

A dissertation describing the development of Quarry Bank Mill as a museum, tracing the history of the village of Styal where it is situated, the mill and, briefly, the Lancashire cotton industry. In d...

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Archive File

A Study of the Hat-Making Craft

Bell, M W

1964

A study describing the history of, and contemporary manufacturing processes within, the hat-making industry. Particular reference is made to the Offerton branch of the Battersby Hat Company . Sixteen ...

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Lace: An Enquiry into the Art of Making Lace Either by Hand or Machine with Particular Reference to the Vocabulary and Folklore of both Industries

Slinn, Gillian A

1964

A dissertation on lacemaking, with particular reference to the industry in Nottingham. The first chapter presents a general history of lacemaking, whilst the second focusses on pillow lace, with secti...

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Commercial Basketmaking in the West Riding: A Study of the Craft of Basketmaking with Especial Reference to the Present-Day Basketmaking Industry in the West Riding of Yorkshire

Aston, Michael Geoffrey

1965

A study concerned with the past and present state of the basketmaking industry in the West Riding, and the manner in which the craft is practiced. The collector's observations are based largely on a s...

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