H2-008a: Roberts' letter book 1914-1917

Identifier: H2-008a
Title: Roberts' letter book 1914-1917
Type: book
Format: typewritten
Date Created: 1917
Creator: Roberts, James, Sir
Description: Book of letters in a red coloured bound ledger, with numbered pages. The letters are mainly typed and are a record of the letters sent by Sir James Roberts while he owned and managed Salts Mill. They cover many business dealings concerning Salts Mill, management of the Mill and Sir James's Milner Field Estate, difficulties in trade during the First World War, the position of his only surviving son in the army during the war. A letter to Mr August Bermann in 1914 dealing with trade in Russia. A letter to Mr Lodge in 1917 discusses the winding up of Belwarp Ltd which was a subsidiary company of Sir Titus Salts Bart., Sons and Co Ltd, based in Argentina. A letter in 1916 to Michael Sadler, Vice-chancellor of the University of Leeds, offers an endowment of £10,000 to establish a chair of Russian.
Subject: Textile industry; Education; Warfare and defence
Associated person or organisation: Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons & Co Limited
Associated place or event: Moscow, Russia
Related dates (range): 1910 – 1919
Source: Gift: Hills, Sue