Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2021.4.4: Abstract of land transfers

  An abstract of title relating to transfers, sales and purchases of land at Hirst wood - 1866 - 1911 - Information in printed text
• 2024.36: Descriptive Index Catalogue of the Library of the Saltaire Club and Institute

  A full catalogue of the contents of the Library of the Saltaire Club and Institute. Has brief details in the front of the volume of the operation of the LIbrary. Most of the 1665 pages consist of an alphabetical listing of the items held in the Library.
• F1a-191: 'The Alpaca - Its Introduction to Australia

  A paper read before the Society of Arts London by George Ledger. George Ledger was the brother of Charles Ledger the main importer of alpacas from Peru. The paper outlines the story of Titus Salt's involvement with the early production.
• 2024.34: 1872: When samurai came to Saltaire

  A research document from local historian Les Brook on the visit in 1872 of the Japanese Iwakura Embassy visit to Saltaire. The Iwakura Embassy was a high-level governmental group from Japan who toured the world to investigate the latest developments in industry and technology. They visited Saltaire to view the renowned Salts Mill and the model village of Saltaire. Contents include: What was the Iwakura Embassy? The Embassy’s historical backstory The members of the Embassy The Embassy in the USA Four months in Britain The visit to Bradford and Saltaire DAY 1: Thursday 24 October 1872 DAY 2: Friday 25 October 1872 DAY 3: Saturday 26 October 1872 DAY 4: Sunday 27 October 1872 DAY 5: Monday 28 October 1872 From Yorkshire to London The Embassy in continental Europe, and beyond
• 2024.115.3: Connecting the threads: From Altiplano to Airedale: 3. The journey from Puno to Arequipa

  One of a set of research documents on the production of alpaca wool in Peru and its subsequent journey to the United Kingdom for use in the textile industry. Part three details the difficulties of transporting alpaca wool from the remote, high Andean region of the Altiplano down to the coast of Peru where it was to be transported by ship.
• 2020.6.2: Saltaire Overlookers 1830-1914

  'Saltaire Overlookers 1830-1914' by Roger Clarke, with contributions by Colin Coates: Includes items relating to individual overlookers and the social life of overlookers
• 2022.51: The history of Pace

  The story of Pace Microtechnology from its foundation in the early 1980s to its acqusition by Arris in the 2010s. Based on original research by Mike Farren, including extensive interviews with the founders David Hood and Barry Rubery and key manager Rob Fleming.
• C3b-272a-b: The Land Acquisitions of Titus Salt in Shipley & Baildon

  2 copies of booklet: 'The Land Acquisitions of Titus Salt in Shipley & Baildon' by Ian Watson
• 2024.10: Sir James Roberts leaves Saltaire (The land disposals of Sir James Roberts)

  Document describing the land holdings of Sir James Roberts in Saltaire and nearby Milner Field following his sale of the Salts textile business in 1918. The research is based mainly on letters exchanged between Sir James Roberts and his representative in Saltaire, John Baker.
• 2024.115.1: Connecting the threads: From Altiplano to Airedale: 1. Introduction

  One of a set of research documents on the production of alpaca wool in Peru and its subsequent journey to the United Kingdom for use in the textile industry. The Introduction gives information on the sources used, and sets the scene for telling the story of how a few firms in West Yorkshire made a huge imapct in a remote part of Peru.
• 2025.68.89: Wheelie bins

  Wheelie bins
• B1-093a-d: Main Processes in the Worsted Textile Spinning and Manufacturing Industry

  A typewritten booklet produced by Salts (Saltaire) Limited to describe each stage of turning raw wool into finished cloth. Each stage is accompanied by a sample of the wool as it would appear at that stage.
• C2b-240: Jamie Roberts visit with alpacas

  Album of photographs of Jamie Roberts' visit to Saltaire with his alpacas on 6th August 2013. Jamie Roberts is a decendant of Sir James Roberts
• 2024.67: The Schedule of Sites of Scientific Interest in West Yorkshire 1990 Site name Hirst Wood.

  The Schedule of Sites of Scientific Interest in West Yorkshire 1990. Site name Hirst Wood A4 photocopied typewritten documents and maps, one with 8 pages and the other has 7 pages with 2 extra maps and information about Ogden Water
• C2b-386.24: Dark satanic mills become UN sites of world heritage

  Dark satanic mills become UN sites of world heritage. The Independent Saturday 15 December 2001 newspaper cutting. Article by Michael McCarthy looks at the granting of world heritage status to Saltaire, the Derwent Valley in Derbyshire and New Lanark in Scotland
• 2024.68: Second tier sites of ecological importance in West Yorkshire. Site name Shipley Glen

  Second tier sites of ecological importance in West Yorkshire. Site name Shipley Glen. 13 pages of A4 photocopied typewritten pages and maps
• A1-062a-b: Journal of a visit to Australia and New Zealand

  Handwritten journal of a visit to Australia and New Zealand (1861). Written by Marmaduke Lawson.
• 2024.150.5: The adventures of Al and Mo (aka Alison Paca and Mo Hair)

  An A4 activity sheet featuring 7 twin boxes with a pciture of a mohair sheep (Mo) in conversation with an alpaca (Al). A children's activity for the 2015 Conversazione in Saltaire.
• A3-169g: Letter to Catherine Salt about the visit of Princess Beatrice

  Letter (and envelope) from Sir Henry Ponsonby regarding Princess Beatrice's visit to Milner Field for the opening of the new School of Art and Science in Saltaire.
• World Heritage Day

  World Heritage Day is an informal name for International Day for Monuments and Sites, nominally 18 April. Annual events are organised around this date to celebrate the concept of UNESCO World Heritage sites, such as Saltaire. In Saltaire, events are often held at the weekend near to 18 April. The actual celebrations vary from year to year, but have included heritage exhibitions, small festivals based in Roberts Park, and public processions at dusk featuring a range of lights.