Wright Collection

Identifier: COL79
Title: Wright Collection
Description: A collection of items related to Joseph Wright. From very humble beginnings, and with some very elementary education at the Factory School in Saltaire, Wright went on to great academic achievements eventually becoming a Professor of Philology at the University of Oxford.
Associated place or event: Wright, Joseph
Associated person or organisation: Wright, Joseph
Type: Collection

F1a-371: Notes on Joseph Wright
Folder booklet: 'Joseph Wright 1855-1930' A collection of notes and photgraphs
F1a-372: Joseph Wright aged 12
Photograph of Joseph Wright age 12
F1a-373: Photograph of Joseph Wright
Photograph of Joseph Wright - 1896
F1a-374: Joseph Wright
Photograph of Joseph Wright in Thackley (A4)
F1a-375: Joseph Wright in Thackley
Photograph of Joseph Wright in Thackley (A5)
F1a-376: Joseph Wright's mother
Photograph of Joseph Wright's mother age 70
F1a-377: Wright Collection
Photograph of Joseph Wright's wife - Elizabeth Mary nee Lea - 1896
F1a-378: From Donkey Boy to Professor of Philology
Copy of page: 'From Donkey Boy to Professor of Philology' from 'The Life of Joseph Wright'
F1a-379: The Factory School - and Board School -1867-1877 (excerpt)
Copy of text: 'The Factory School - and Board School -1867-1877' From 'A Century of Model Village Schooling' by J. Waddington-Feather
F1a-380: Address and Presentation to George Morrell
Copy of page from: 'Address and Presentation to George Morrell'. Morrell was retiring after working for 45 years as a teacher and headteacher in various scools in Saltaire and nearby Shipley.
F1a-381: The Carnegie Library, Shipley
Photograph of the Carnegie Library in Shipley. The Library was opened by Joseph Wright and James Roberts in 1905.