Items

• 2024.92: The Saltaire Journal Vol.1 No.4 March 2010. The Whitlam Family?....Who are they?

  Includes snippet about Saltaire Park and Sir James Roberts. Includes a book review of The Buildings of England : Yorkshire West Riding : Leeds, Bradford and the North by Leach and Pevsner and a CD review of Shipley St Pauls Church which mentions burials of Saltaire residents
• 2024.93: The Saltaire Journal Vol.1 No.5 March 2012 The Second Lord of Saltaire, The Family History of Sir James Roberts by David King.

  Includes a snippet about the rally of suffragettes on Shipley Glen 31st May 1908. Includes book reviews of Milner Field the lost country house of Titus Salt junior by Richard Lee-Van den Daele and R David Beale and Rebel Girls by Jill Liddington
• 2024.94: Saltaire Model Village and Mill

  Saltaire Model Village and Mill. A yellow guide with map produced by the Arts, Museums and Libraries Division of the City of Bradford Metropolitan Council
• 2024.95: Saltaire a village of Parliamentarians from Sir Titus Salt to the 21st century

  An orange leaflet with information about Sir Titus Salt, Lord Wallace of Saltaire, Chris Leslie MP and Richard Corbett MEP
• 2024.96: Saltaire shop front design

  Saltaire shop front design. An illustrated leaflet about Saltaire shop front design. This leaflet sets out guidelines when considering proposals for shop fronts and signs
• 2024.97: Saltaire original designs and detailing

  Saltaire original designs and detailing. This illustrated leaflet looks at the original Victorian building materials and the special design features of Saltaire
• 2024.98: A Short History of the Bradford Tradesmen's Homes

  A book about the almshouses in the Lily Croft area of Bradford. Mentions the donation made by Sir Titus Salt and the official opening of the refurbished chapel by Sir Anthony Salt in 1989
• 2024.99: Research papers on Iwakura mission visit to Saltaire in 1872

  Set of unbound, copied research papers on the 1872 Iwakura (Japanese) Mission visit to Britain (mostly assessing Victorian London, Parliamentary Process and British Education)
• 2024.99.1: Handwritten notes on visit by Iwakura Mission to Yorkshire

  Five handwritten notes (in Japanese with English tranlsation) on arrival of Hirofumi Ito and others in Bradford, Saltaire, Halifax Bolton Abbey and Sheffield in October 1872. The visit was part of the global Iwakura Mission.
• 2024.99.10: The Iwakura Mission

  Copy of an email to local historian Marcus Barlow sent 30 January 2005 entitled 'Record of a Journey' by Caroline Moseley. From the Princeton Weekly Bulletin October 19, 1998. Translators and Japanese colleagues retrace route of nineteenth century delegation. Also features a black and white photograph of Martin and Akiko Collcutt
• 2024.99.2: Members of the Iwakura Mission

  Two green pages of handwritten notes listing the names, the Government posts held, and the age of members of the Japanese Iwakura Mission
• 2024.99.3: Notes on official letters regarding Iwakura MIssion visit to Britain

  Three photocopied pages of handwritten notes dated March 3rd 1873 concerning the Iwakura MIssion's visit to Britain. The first page is a translation of 3 pages of a letter signed by B.S Watson Charge' d'Affaires in Japan. Pages 2 and 3 are a translation of a letter signed by Queen Victoria, countersigned by Granville. The letters relate to ambassadors extraordinary and associate ambassadors, including the appointment of Tomomi Iwakura as Ambassador Extraordinary.
• 2024.99.4: The Iwakura Mission

  Discussion paper on The Iwakura Mission in Britain 1872 dated March 1998 No.IS/98/349 Includes 'Life in Victorian England through the eyes of Kume Kunitake, chronicler of the Iwakura Mission' by Dr Andrew Cobbing, School of Oriental and African Studies, 'The Iwakura Mission in Britain:their observations on education and Victorian Society' by Dr Akiko Ohta, Keio University, Tokyo and Clare Hall, Cambridge, 'The Iwakura Mission, industries and exports by Mrs Olive Checkland, formerly University of Glasgow and 'Public statements and private thoughts : the Iwakura Embassy in London and the religious question ' by Dr John Breen, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
• 2024.99.5: Notes on Iwakura Mission's global travel

  Nine handwritten blue/green pages in Japanese together with two photocopied pages of translation relating to the Iwakura Mission's travel around the world between 1871 and 1873. Includes visits to Bradford, Saltaire, Halifax and Sheffield. The document is probably a summary of the original documents made by a Japanese speaker.
• 2024.99.6: Arrival of Iwakura MIssion at Saltaire

  A photocopy of pages 79 and 80 from 'Saltaire and its founder, Sir Titus Salt, Bart' by Abraham Holroyd published 1873. The pages detail the arrival of Japanese Ambassadors and Suite of the Iwakura MIssion at Saltaire on 25th October 1872. Also included is a handwritten envelope asking whether Nakki could find anything about this visit from the Japanese side.
• 2024.99.7: About the Iwakura Mission

  One page of handwritten notes entitled 'About the Iwakura Mission'. The page mentions the countries visited by the Japanese Mission between December 1871 and September 1873. It also includes a list of places visited whilst in the UK and mentions that there were 3 meetings with the British Home Secretary
• 2024.99.8: The Iwakura Mission

  Photograph showing the opening times of the Diplomatic Record Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Documents relating to the Iwakura Mission are deposited in this office.
• 2024.99.9: The Iwakura Mission

  Photograph showing a lady (Akiko Colcutt?) standing outside of the Diplomatic Record Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• C4a-013.1: The Saltaire Journal Vol.1 No.1 November 2007 Traces of Salt in London by Barlow and Shaw

  Includes mention of The Woolsorters Baths and Gardens in Frizinghall and the life of Herbert Salt
• C4a-013.2: The Saltaire Journal Vol.1 No.2 March 2009 The Saltaire Conversazione by Roger Clarke

  Includes a snippet about Titus Salt donating a stuffed alpaca to the Leeds Philosphical and Literary Society for a meal of alpaca meat at the Queen's Hotel Leeds. Another snippet mentions the grave of George Salt 1833-1913. Includes book reviews of A Time in Our Lives by Greg Thomson and Wool City : A History of the Bradford Textile Industry in the 20th Century by Mark Keighley.