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Total number of records: 1390

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SubjectCount
textile industry13
business records11
commercial correspondence4
teachers1
woollen and worsted manufacture1
dyes and dyeing1
diaries1
letters1
samples (commerce)1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Oates, Arthur Donald1
Messrs Rhodes and Kitchener Limited1
Lupton, William1
Rider Armitage & Co.1
Marriner, William Lister (1825-1906)1
Samuel Cockcroft and Company Limited1
William Willans and Company Limited1
William and Jonn Clarkson Limited1
William Ackroyd Limited1
Willans, William (1800-1863)1

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Archive Collection

Jonathan Akroyd Business Archive

Akroyd, Jonathan

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...

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Calverley papers : petitions, letters and other documents from Sir Walter Calverley and others, concerning the Broadcloth Acts of 1725, 1733, 1741 and 1765

Calverley family

1639-c.1768

These papers mainly concern the renewal of the Broadcloth Acts in 1733 and 1741. They were given to the Library in 1922 by Mr Clarke-Thornhill. With one exception, they are listed here in chronologica...

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Edward Longbottom and family, Dyers of Batley, Business Archive

Longbottom, Edward

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...

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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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Samuel Cockroft and Company Limited, Business Archive

Samuel Cockcroft and Company Limited

1881-1897

Samuel Cockroft & Co, Ltd. Barkerend Mills, Bradford. Established 1852. Worsted spinners

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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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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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Hobson, Clegg and Company, Business Archive

Hobson, Clegg and Company

1876-1889

Comprises: (1) Personal letters including a letter to 'Jonas' from B.L.' expressing displeasure at the way business had been conducted in his absence, dated 1876. Three letters, dated 1877, to the ...

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Joseph Lee, Business Archive

Joseph Lee

1675-c.1834

A volume used for different purposes at various periods and by a merchant concern (1675-92) previous to its use by Lee,1675-92. Invoices of cloths (plus a few skins) bought and sent to Mr John Sykes (...

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John Raistrick and Sons, Business Archive

John Raistrick and Sons

1864-1893

Comprises: (1) Order book, 1864-77, with a few other papers inserted; (2) Correspondence, in a letter book, with W.H. Chard and Company, Sydney, and W. Pearce and Company, Durban, 1875-90, together wi...

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William Willans and Company Limited, Business Archive

William Willans and Company Limited; Willans, William (1800-1863)

1825-1836

Comprises: (1) Journal, 1825-26, and wool sales, 1831-36; (2) Cash book, 1825-30; (3) General ledger, 1825-30; (4) Scrapbook of invoices and correspondence, 1825-31.

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