Items

• H2-143: Roberts and Freetrade

  Letter on Sir James Roberts and Free Trade pubished in Yorkshire Observer on 27 December 1909.
• H2-144: James Roberts at Saltaire Rose Show

  Newspaper article entitled 'Famous Yorkshire Rose Show: A Big Success'. Includes a photograph of Sir James and Lady Roberts. Published in Daily Sketch 13th July 1911
• H2-145: Bertram Roberts' funeral

  Article from the Shipley Times & Express 19th January 1912 enttled 'Funeral of Bertram Foster Roberts'
• H2-146: Roberts Newspaper Director

  Photograph of Sir James Roberts as Director of Sheffield Indpendent Press (Sheffield Daily Independent)
• H2-147: Strathallan Castle and convalescent soldiers

  'Strathallan Castle: Convalescent Tommies & Nurses' - article in the Daily Sketch 1915. Strahallan Castle was an estate in Scotland purchased by Sir James Roberts. In 1914 Roberts offered the estate for use for the care of World War One soldiers.
• H2-148: Origins of Saltaire

  'The Founding of Saltaire' (Yorkshire Observer Budget)
• H2-149: Roberts Military Tribunal

  'The Case of Sir James Roberts: The Military Service Tribunal'. Article in the Bradford Pioneer, 1916 concerning an attempt to exempt Joseph Henry Roberts, son of Sir James Roberts, from war service.
• H2-150: Russian Professoral Chair at University of Leeds

  'Sir James Roberts gifts £10,000 to Leeds University for Russian Studies' - an article published in the Bradford Daily Telegraph 1916
• H2-151: Bronte Relicts

  Newspaper article entitled 'Bronte Relicts for Yorkshire & Sir James Roberts'. Published in the Yorkshire Observer 7 January 1929. Concerns Sir James Roberts purchase of Haworth Parsonage and his gift of it to the Bronte Society. The parsonage is now a museum.
• H2-152: James Roberts awarded a Baronetcy

  Newspaper cutting showing the King's Birthday Honours List and featring James Roberts being awarded a Baronetcy. Published in the Yorkshire Observer on 7 Januray 1909
• H2-153: James Roberts' Diamond Wedding

  The Diamond Wedding of Sir James and Lady Roberts' as reported in the Yorkshire Observer 13th May 1933
• H2-154: James Roberts obituaries

  A collection of obituaries of Sir James Roberts. From 'General Press Cutting Association January 1936
• H2-160b: Oxenhope Mill: James Roberts' first employment

  A photograph of Oxenhope Mill where Sir James Roberts first worked as a boy.
• H2-161a: Upper Marsh Farm

  Photograph of Upper Marsh Farm, Haworth. Sir James Roberts' father was a farmer here.
• H2-161b: Upper Marsh Farm

  2 photographs of Upper Marsh Farm, Haworth. Sir James Roberts' father was a farmer here.
• H2-162a: Street decorations for wedding

  Saltaire street decorations for Bertram Foster Roberts' wedding
• H2-163a-b: The Street Decorations

  Newspaper article on Bertram Foster Roberts & Gertrude Denby's wedding - 1903
• H2-164a: Brass Castle, Harden

  2 photographs of 'Brass Castle', Harden. Marked 'Birthplace of Elizabeth Foster'. Elizabeth Foster was the wife of Sir James Roberts
• H2-164b: Brass Castle, Harden

  Enlarged photograph of 'Brass Castle', Harden. Marked 'Mr and Mrs Foster ?' who were the parents of Elizabeth Foster, wife of Sir James Roberts
• H2-165a: Jubilee Souvenir

  Copy of Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons & Co Limited Jubilee Souvenier Brochure - 1903, celebrating 50 years since Salts Mill was opened. The cover features a photograph of Sir Titus Salt and an image of his Croix de la Legion d'Honneur awarded by France for services to the textile industry in 1867.