Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2019.9.1: Inventions

  A double-page spread from a newspaper celebrating the Royal Jubilee Exhibition in Saltaire in 1887. Has a drawing of the exhibition site in the centre surrounded by portrait of notable people (all men) associated with the exhibition, and also depictions of alpacas, the Japanese garden from the exhibition.
• 2019.9.2.2: Town plan

  Showing the town and works of Saltaire and Saltaire Park. From an original plan by Lockwood and Mawson c.1870. The park was under construction in 1870, but was always part of the Lockwood and Mawsons plan for the Town, so this may be a plan for the future or it may be to show the completed work. The corner site at the west end of Gordon Terrace is not yet developed. This site was bought by Sir Titus in 1874.
• 2019.9.2.3: Saltaire town plan

  Showing the town and works of Saltaire and Saltaire Park. From an original plan by Lockwood and Mawson c.1870. The park was under construction in 1870, but was always part of the Lockwood and Mawsons plan for the Town, so this may be a plan for the future or it may be to show the completed work. The corner site at the west end of Gordon Terrace is not yet developed. This site was bought by Sir Titus in 1874.
• 2025.59: Kindergarten guide

  A book by Lois Bates advocating for use in Britain of Friedrich Fröbel's Kindergarten system for the education of young children. The book is a detailed explanation of various aspects of the Kindergarten system, covering: Kindergarten gifts; Occupations; Ordinary school subjects; Singing; and Drill. Lois Bates was a headmistress of Albert Road School in Saltaire and the author of several education-related books.
• A1-142: List of Salt family photographic plates

  'Salt Family Photographic Plates' (A list of photographs held in the Bradford Industrial Museum)
• A1-143a-b: Salt family

  2 copies of: 'Salt Family Negatives' (A list of photographs held in the Bradford Industrial Museum)
• A1-145: Salt medallion

  Medallion commemorating the erection of a statue of Titus Salt in Bradford Town Hall Sq (4.cm): Shows Salt statue on plinth. Inscription around the edge reads: 'Erected in Honour to Sir Titus Salt Bart' 'Bradford 1874; Inscription below the statue reads 'R. Eagle'
• A1-146: Salt medallion

  Medallion commemorating the erection of a statue of Titus Salt in Bradford Town Hall Sq (2.5 cm)Shows Salt statue on plinth. Inscription around the edge reads: 'Erected in Honour to Sir Titus Salt Bart' 'Bradford 1874.
• A4-006: Historic Resource Survey and Contextural Study of the Former Dayton Coal & Iron Company Properties

  Booklet 'Historic Resource Survey and Contextual Study of the Former Dayton Coal & Iron Company Properties' Friends of the Cumberland Trail
• A4-007: Salt family Property Interests: Dayton Tennessee

  Leaflet for 'Tennessee State Parks - Laurel-Snow Natural Area'. The leaflet includes information on the Salts involvment with the Town. The Salt family owned land and Titus Salt Junior took on the project to develop the town of Dayton, Tennessee. The project was not finished before his death in 1887.
• D4-031: Biography of the Reverend Robert Balgarnie

  Notes on the life and death of Reverend Robert Balgarnie, author of author of 'Sir Titus Salt, Baronet; His life and its Lessons'.