Larvin Collection

Item set

Identifier
COL82
Title
Larvin Collection
Description
Items donated by the estate of Donald Larvin . Donald collected information and did research on the history of Saltaire and its neighbourhood.
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  • 2024.58: The Salt Saga volume 1
    Blue hardbacked lined notebook with handwritten notes and cuttings. Research notes about Saltaire village, the mill and Sir Titus Salt, compiled in 1971.
  • 2024.59: The Salt Saga volume 2
    Blue hardbacked lined notebook with handwritten notes and cuttings. Research notes about Saltaire village, Salts mill and Sir Titus, compiled in 1971.
  • 2024.60: The Salt Saga volume 3
    Blue hardbacked lined notebook with handwritten notes and cuttings. Research notes about Saltaire village, Salts mill and Sir Titus, compiled in 1971.
  • 2024.61: Scipeleia and all that
    Blue hardbacked lined notebook with handwritten notes and cuttings. Research notes about Shipley (Scipleia is an Old English spelling of Shipley) compiled in 1971.
  • 2024.62: Saltaire - An album of postcards and prints
    Red album with black pages containing 104 postcards and prints of images of Saltaire
  • 2024.63: Saltaire, publications on etc
    Album with plastic pockets containing miscellaneous images and loose items. Contains 26 images in the pockets with 4 loose items. Images are a mixture of buildings, people, Salt family and mill and 2 images of Compound Engines at Salts Mill together with images of the railway station. Loose items include: poster from The Yorkshire Post and Leeds Mercury October 19th 1956 titled 'Salts Saltaire Ltd, Saltaire a guide by D Larvin'; a photograph of Titus Salt House Sailors Children's Society 1966; and an envelope containing a black and white image of Saltaire and farmland.
  • 2024.64: Sir Titus Salt and George Moore
    Sir Titus Salt and George Moore by James Burnley. Green hardback book with image of oil lamp. Part of The World's Workers series. Contains two biographies, one of Sir Titus Salt and the other of his contemporary George Moore who was a lace merchant and philanthropist. This particular book has a handwritten enscription on the first page. It states that the book was presented to 'Wm. Hollingsworth' as a prize for attendance at the Wesleyan Synday School in 1886. Signed by 'Thos. Townsend, Secretary'