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Archive File: MS 2077/1/2/2

Letters to Gratton Puxon (L-Z)

May/1964 - Apr/1971

Letters from various correspondents (L-Z) to Gratton Puxon [and others] as Secretary of the (National) Gypsy Council. [Some correspondents do not mention surname and are undated]. Correspondents inc...

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Archive File: MS 1314/PU/143

Incomplete article "Principles and problems of Adult Education"

1929

Summary of Sadler’s presentation to the First General Session of the World Conference on Adult education, held at Cambridge August 22-29 1929 pp1-4,4pp. Annotated in pencil “17” top left on fro...

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Archive Art Item: BC MS ROM 1/5/1/17 Contains digital media

"Jim Kingdon. Kirkstall.1948."

1948

Pencil portrait titled, "Jim Kin(g)don, Kirkstall, 1948." Signed J.A.

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Archive Item: BC MS ROM 1/4/1/1

Photograph of Joseph Appleyard "Painting Gypsies at Seacroft. June 1952"

Yorkshire Post

Jun 1952

Loose B & W photograph with caption, "Painting Gipsies at Seacroft. June 1952. " Signed "Joseph Appleyard."

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Archive Item: BC MS ROM 1/4/1/58

Photographs (2) of Mrs N.Wood at Lee Gap Fair.1939

Yorkshire Post

24 Aug 1939

2 x black and white photographs of a woman mounted on an album page with accompanying typed text: "Mrs N. Wood, one of the Caravan Colony at Lee Gap Fair, West Ardsley; wearing her necklet decorated ...

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Textile: ITC 2011.140.1 Contains digital media

Vegetable Fibres: Flax [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Linen Industry Research Association

1936

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 12 annotated photomicrographs of lengths and cross sections of flax as used in textiles. Top row: Six images of lengths s...

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Textile: ITC 2011.100 Contains digital media

Hand Woven Silk Fabrics [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Warner & Sons

1932

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 9 annotated samples of dyed silk textiles in different types of weave. Some samples glued to apertures, some attached wit...

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Textile: ITC 2011.101 Contains digital media

Woollen Cloths [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Winterbotham, Strachan & Playne, Stroud

1932

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 7 annotated samples of dyed woollen textiles. Samples are glued to apertures, one with additional tape. 1. Bleached Fla...

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Textile: ITC 2011.102 Contains digital media

Billiard Cloth [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Howard & Powell, Ltd, Stroud

1931

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 7 annotated samples showing the stages of preparation of billiard cloth, with a 3 month period of manufacture from wool bl...

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Textile: ITC 2011.103 Contains digital media

Handwoven Cloths From Handspun Yarns Dyed with Natural Dyestuffs [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-); Home School of Crafts Saffron Walden

1931

A cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry referencing the Home School of Crafts in Saffron Walden. It displays 6 samples of hand-woven cloth using yarn dyed with natural dye...

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Textile: ITC 2011.104 Contains digital media

exhibit card of linen and cotton ticks

University of Leeds (1904-)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 6 annotated samples of dyed linen and cotton ticks and canvas. Samples are glued to apertures. The left hand column has t...

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Textile: ITC 2011.105 Contains digital media

Cotton Gaberdines; Cotton Coverts [exhibit card]

University of Leeds (1904-)

early 20th-mid 20th Century

Cream museum exhibit card from the Department of Colour Chemistry, displaying 6 annotated samples of dyed cotton gaberdines and 3 sampes of cotton coverts. Samples are attached to appertures with tap...

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