Saltaire Collection

Items

• 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.
• 2019.4.3: Exhibition medals

  Exhibition medals from the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition one with an image of Queen Victoria and another with the Saltaire Crest. Stored in a purple box with signs of wear. One medal has an image of Queen Victoria bordered by a floral wreath pattern and includes the text 'The Royal Yorkshire Jubilee - Exhibition - Saltaire 1887' around the edge. The other medal has an image of the Saltaire crest with the text 'Registered common seal of the governors of the salt schools shipley' around the edge of the medal.
• Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition

  During the 1880s there was an increased demand for school places in Saltaire. A new School of Art and Science was built on the edge of Saltaire, behind Victoria Hall on what is now Exhibition Road. To help pay for the costs, Titus Salt Junior proposed a major exhibition that would also be a memorial to his late father Sir Titus Salt. The exhibition was held in 1887, and named the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition to also celebrate the golden jubilee of Queen Victoria. The exhibition was opened by one of Victoria's children, Princess Beatrice of Battenburg. Unfortunately, the exhibition failed to meet its costs and that of the new school.
• 2022.74: Saltaire's Allotments: A history

  A history of the various allotments in Saltaire researched by Les Brook with major contributions from Colin Coates and James Roberts. A detailed history of the provision and use of allotments in Saltaire, including many changes to their extent and location.
• 2022.1: Royal Yorkshire Exhibition 'Saltaire 1887' silk scarf

  Silk scarf printed with 'Royal Yorkshire Exhibition 'Saltaire 1887' surrounding the Salt Coat of Arms, multiple times. See also 2021.2 for a similar item.
• D3-117: Chinese Sculpture

  Chinese stone sculpture found during the excavations prior to building the greenhouses for Shipley College Gardens and horticulture students. It is believed that the sculpture was part of a Japanese Village which was part of the in the 1887 Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition. It is a Taoist scuplture depicting several deities, accourding to a letter from the Deputy Keeper of Ceramics in the Victoria and Albert Museum in 1968. From the left the deities are the Ch'ang the Moon Queen, Ch'ih-chang the Sun King, Shou Lau the God of Longevity with his deer and the central figure is Fu Hsing or Lu Hsingthe God of happiness or weath.
• 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
• A3-040.1: 2 Commemorative Programme to Celebrate the Opening of the Refurbished Exhibition Building by HRH The Princess Royal January 11th 1996

  A copy of a, 'Commemorative Programme to Celebrate the Opening of the Refurbished Exhibition Building by HRH The Princess Royal (Princess Anne) January 11th 1996'. The booklet includes a Forward (Jean McAllister, Principle), A History of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition at Saltaire -1887 (by Ian Watson and Dorothy Sharpe), A Chronology of the planning of the Exhibition, Titus Salt Junior, Adaptations to the Art and Science Schools; The Developing College and the college today.
• 2019.46.21: Main hall of Exhibition Road building

  Two black and white photographs (16.7cmx12.1cm) showing the main hall of Exhibition Road building showing the balcony. Marked 'A.Anderson' on reverse.
• Exhibition Building, Saltaire, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom

  The Exhibition Building opened in 1887, built by Titus Salt Junior, Sir Titus’s youngest son, in memory of his father. The building costs were supposed to be covered by the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee held in Saltaire in 1887, but this failed to raise the required sum. The Exhibition Building was built to house the School of Art and Science. This quickly became Shipley Technical School (incorporating the School of Art). These schools eventually went on to become Shipley College, a further education college and important institution in Saltaire today which occupies several of the original buildings. The Saltaire Collection is housed inside the Exhibition Building and can be visited by appointment.
• 2018.2: 1887 Jubilee Exhibition medallion

  On the front: picture of Victoria Hall, surrounded by the words 'The Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition' with '1887' at the base. On the reverse: Head of Queen Victoria. Laminated photo of the medal - Front & back
• 2018.3.16.2: Inside a building of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee exhibition 1887

  Portrait photograph of inside one of the exhibition buildings, the room is open to the ceiling with windows reminiscent of the top floor of Salts Mill. The exhibit includes a clock and ceramics. This was part of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition in 1887, which was opened by Princess Beatrice.
• 2018.3.17: The Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition, Saltaire 1887, Programme of the Proceedings on the opening of the Exhibition Programme by the Royal Highness the Princess Beatrice in the Queens Name and by her Majesties command.

  Original Programme for the opening of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition. The programme includes a short history of the exhibition and the words to a song, 'Great Britain's Sons and Daughters, by Joseph C Bridge.
• 2026.2: A history of the New Mill Estate, Saltaire

  A 71 page document with notes, photographs and some excerpts from plans and maps all relating to New Mill. part of the Salts Mill complex. The document covers the history of the site fom the seventeenth century to the early twenty first centiury, including: - Dixon Mill, a corn and fulling mill built in 1635, occupied the site where New Mill was later constructed.? - As part of the building of the original Salts Mill, a gas works on teh same site was proposed in 1852, serving both the mill and the village. - The Mill was expanded in 1868 by builkding New Mill, with a notable campanile chimney. - The estate experienced significant events such as a major fire in 1881 and a breach in the weir in 1884, causing mill shutdowns. - ?By the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the estate saw further extensions, infrastructure improvements, and the introduction of electric power. - In the mid-1990s, the estate was repurposed for offices and apartments, with remnants of its industrial past still visible today.
• C2b-102/14/2: 1887 exhibition site

  1887 exhibition site. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• 2018.3.16.1: Triumphal Arch in Victoria Road for the Opening of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition

  Photograph of the Triumphal Arch in Victoria Road for the Opening of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition. The Arch is covered in foliage, with 'Welcome to Saltaire' and the arch is topped with Angora Goats. This was part of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition in 1887, which was opened by Princess Beatrice.
• A3-040.2: Commemorative Programme to Celebrate the Opening of the Refurbished Exhibition Building by HRH The Princess Royal January 11th 1996

  A copy of a, 'Commemorative Programme to Celebrate the Opening of the Refurbished Exhibition Building by HRH The Princess Royal Princess Anne) January 11th 1996'. The booklet includes a Forward (Jean McAllister, Principle), A History of the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition at Saltaire -1887 (by Ian Watson and Dorothy Sharpe), A Chronology of the planning of the Exhibition, Titus Salt Junior, Adaptations to the Art and Science Schools; The Developing College and the college today.
• C2b-102/14/4: Opening of the exhibition

  Opening of the exhibition. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• C2b-102/14/5: Exhibition medals

  Exhibition medals. One of a collection of Slides relating to Saltaire compiled by Albert Bowtell.
• E1a-062: Letter to school governors about the Royal Yorkshire Jubillee Exhibition

  Transcribed extract from a letter by William Fry to the Salts Schools Governors regarding the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition and the need to clear the debt of the building of the new School of Art and Science in Saltaire