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Total number of records: 38

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Business Archives26
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture10

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
textile industry38
business records25
commercial correspondence9
occupations9
community life9
agriculture7
nature7
food7
manners and customs6
culture6

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Ellis, Stanley (1926-2009)7
Dyson, Wilsey3
Barry, Michael V (1935-)3
Wakelin, Martyn F2
Teare, John Thomas2
Lobb, Mrs.2
Lobb, Francis James2
S. Tempest and Company1
Robert Jowitt and Sons Limited1
Sidney1

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From 16002
From 17004
From 180020
From 190012

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Up to 199933

Archive Collection

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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Marshall and Company, Business Archive

1788-1886

The firm was founded in 1788 by John (1765 - 1845), son of a Leeds draper, to take advantage of recent developments in the spinning of flax by machine. He set up a partnership with Samuel Fenton and R...

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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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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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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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