Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2018.3.1: Dinner service

  Part of a set of dinner service, they are part of a collection of decorated Davenport dinner plates purchased by Catherine and Titus Salt Junior. They were probably from used for dinner parties, but were definitely used for the Royal Visits in 1882 and 1887 (Princess Beatrice and Prince Henry of Battenburg).
• 2018.37.7: Glass wine jug

  Plain glass wine jug, for decanting wine for dinner parties. Decortated with the Salt family crest.
• A3-025: Salt Family: Royal Visits

  Photocopy of items from The Illustrated London News of the visit of the Prince & Princess of Wales to Bradford-July 1882
• 2018.57: Cloth from Great Britain

  Promotional brochure for the subsidary companies of Illingworth, Morris Group. There is some brief introductory text. There are individual double-page presentations for each of the companies. One page features samples of cloth produced by the company. The other page is a photograph of a 'typical' scene from the Britain of the time. Salts (Saltaire) Limited is featured on pages 32-33. There is an index of overseas agents at the back of the book. Companies included: - Broadhead and Graves Limited - John and Thomas Clark Limited - J and J Crombie Limited - Josiah France Limited - Hunt and Winterbotham Limited - Kemp and Hewitt Limited - Learoyd Brothers Limited - R G Neill and Sons Limite - Pepper, Lee and Company Limited - William Playne and Company Limited - Reid and Welsh Limited - Salts (Saltaire) Limited 1 - Salts (Saltaire) Limited 2 - Samuel Salter and Company Limited - Strachan and Company Limited - James Sykes and Son Limited - Sykes and Hebblethwaite Limited
• 2018.9.4.56: Various postcards and photographic images

  Photograph of Isabel Salt in later life in 5 Aug 1941 on visit with Mabel at Linbro. Ave
• 2018.9.1.2: Assorted papers

  Assorted papers relating to Isabel Salt and her mother Catherine Salt, [1887]-1968. Includes: 1) Blank invitation card From 'Mr & Mrs Titus Salt', Milner Field, 'To meet Their Royal Highnesses The Prince & Princess Henry of Battenberg.' [1887]. 2) Page 2 [of a letter] on Milner Field headed paper. With reference to Venice, Naples and Rome. [Pre-1903]. 3) Book of c70 international stamps, labelled: 'Stamp book M.I. Salt Jan 17.80'. Late 19th-early 20th century. 4) Hotel bills from Grand Hotel 'Verdi' Rapallo, 1913. 5) Two invitation cards to a Liberal Women's Suffrage Union meeting in Leeds, 1913. One addressed to Mrs Lucan Davies M.A., Wakefield Women's Liberal Association (WLA); one addressed to Mrs Harold Sutcliffe, Kirkstall WLA. 6) NSPCC invitation card for 'Meeting of Ladies', from Mrs Titus Salt, 1915. 7) Passport, covers 1919-1926. 8) Visiting cards for: 'Miss Salt. 20 Spring Grove, Harrogate'; 'Mrs Titus Salt. Miss Salt. Denton Park'; 'Miss Salt, Springwood, Oxted'. [1920s]. 9) Estate agent's description of 'Edgerton' property (renamed Springwood), [1925]. 10) 'Catalogue of contents of residence, Old Rectory, Boston Spa (order of Mrs Titus Salt)' re auction sell, 1925. 11) Schedule of investments, 1936. 12) Certified copy of an entry of birth certificate re Mary Isabel Salt, 1945. 13) Booklet. 'Quid Non' (Salts High School, 1950). 14) Two letters from Lloyds Bank re Income Tax. With handwritten notes on 'Bank balance, 1961'. 1960-1961. 15) Crematorium bill and certificate certifying death of Mary Isabel Salt on 23.5.1968. 16) 'Grotto' note book, with notes on speaking foreign languages, and guide to Esperanto, undated. 17) Chocolate pudding recipe, undated.
• 2019.42: Shipley College Part-time Course Guide 2019/20

  'Part-time Course Guide 2019/20' : Includes photograph of Dan Snow's visit to Saltaire Archive (p.9)
• F1a-205: Official Visitors Guide to Bradford District

  'Official Visitors Guide to Bradford District' (2004). This is a full guide for visitors to the area, it includes an attraction or places to visit guide with accommodation and events in the year including Saltaire. This style of booklet very common and widely used before the internet took over. Tourist information would find accommodation for visitors, this was done for a fee but with the rise of the internet this is no longer viable.
• F1a-206: Official Visitors Guide to Bradford District

  'Official Visitors Guide to Bradford District' (2008). This is a full guide for visitors to the area, it includes an attraction or places to visit guide with accommodation and events in the year including Saltaire. This booklet includes maps for each area with larger maps for sale at the back of the book. This style of booklet was very common and widely used before the internet took over. Tourist information would find accommodation for visitors, this was done for a fee but with the rise of the internet this is no longer viable.
• F1a-207: Official Visitors Guide to Bradford District

  'Official Visitors Guide to Bradford District' (2009) with an image of Saltaire Congregational Church on the front cover. This is a slightly slimmer guide than 2008's with maps at the back of the booklet. This is a guide for visitors to the area, it includes an attraction or places to visit, with accommodation and events in the year including Saltaire which has a full spread at the front of the booklet. This style of booklet very common and widely used before the internet took over. Tourist information would find accommodation for visitors, this was done for a fee but with the rise of the internet this is no longer viable.
• H2-209.1: James Roberts Diary 1884

  Copy of a diary written by James Roberts on a visit to Australia in 1884
• H2-209.2: James Roberts Diary 1884

  A4 copy of a diary written by James Roberts on a visit to Australia in 1884
• 2018.36.11: Catherine Salt

  Framed photograph of Catherine Salt (nee Crossley, wife of Titus Salt Junior.) as a young woman. This photographs is possibly of Catherine Salt in the white dress and pearls she wore for one of the Royal visits. This is one of a pair of photographs, with one of Titus Salt Junior at about the same date.
• A1-190: Salt family at opening of Saltaire Studies Centre

  A collection of photographs on the visit of the Salt family for the opening of the Saltaire Studies Centre at Shipley College in 1995
• A2-108: Salt Family Residences: Milner Field

  Framed photograph of royal carriages at the entrance to Milner Field 1887
• A3-051: Titus Salt Junior. & Catherine Salt

  Photocopy of photos of Titus Salt Junior. & Catherine Salt
• A3-112: Catherine Salts dresses

  Laminated Photocopy of photos of dresses worn by Catherine Salt
• B1-315a-e: King George VI visits Saltaire

  A collection of 5 photographs showing King George VI and the Duke of Kent visiting Salts Mill in October 1937
• C2a-027: Saltaire village - Images (People).

  Photograph of the arrival of Princess Beatrice for the opening of the Technical School
• C2a-075a.4: Photographic memories of Louie North (Burling & Mending Manager)

  2 Photographs of the Blackpool visit by the Salts Mill Mending Department in 1953 taken at a train station