Saltaire Collection

Items

• E1a-063: Letter from William Fry concerning Vincent Riordan

  Handwritten letter and typed transcription of a letter by William Fry to Salts Schools Governors regarding Vincent Riordon. Fry was helping to organise the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition in Saltaire and Vincent Riordan was a possible contact to assist sourcing exhibits. In the letter Fry expresses his concern that Riordan may not be a reliable person with which to do business.
• Fry, William

  William Fry started working life on the railways but his life was transformed in his thirties when he moved to Saltaire to become the long-serving Secretary and General Manager of the Salt Schools. The 'Salt Schools eventually incorporated the High School (for Girls and Boys), the Saltaire Club and Institute, and the Technical and Art School In the late 1880s a new School of Art and Science was instigated by Titus Salt Junior. To help fund the new school and partly celebrate its opening, and Queen Victoria's diamond jubilee, Salt devised the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition. William Fry became heavily involved in its planning, travelling round the country to visit other exhibitions at Edinburgh, Folkestone and Liverpool as well as the Colonial Exhibition in London. He wrote numerous letters to obtain exhibits and enlist support for the Exhibition. This was a difficult task because of competition with other exhibitions and attractions. William wrote that ‘obscurity, too small an affair’ were ‘prominent ideas to be combated’. William also became Secretary of the Sir Titus Salt's Hospital, likely after the management ot the hospital was passed to the Salts School Board in 1887.
• C4a-015.27: William Fry from station master to secretary of the Salt charities

  A4 laminated poster for Saltaire History Club for 29th November 2012. 'William Fry from station master to secretary of the Salt charities' by Tish Lawson
• 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.
• A3-004: Arrangements for 1887 Royal Exhibition

  Extract from Report dated June 1886 by William Fry regarding arrangements for the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition in 1887
• C3a-164: Letter regarding pension

  Letter from William Fry to Mrs M. Giles regarding the continuation of her late husband's pension from the Sir Titus Salt's Hospital. The amount was seven shillings to be collected weekly
• A3-121: Arrangements for the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition

  Mounted card with details of 'Extracts from William Fry's Arrangements for the Royal Yorkshire Jubilee Exhibition' (June 1886)
• E1a-022: George Morrell's Presentation Book

  Illuminated Address and Presentation book for George Morrell on the occcasion of his retirement. December 1905. Containing the signatures of James Roberts and members of the Testimonial Committee. Text written by W. Arthur Fry, Hollywood, County Down. Morrell had worked for 45 years as a teacher and headteacher in various schools in Saltaire and nearby Shipley.
• E1a-022a: George Morrell's Presentation Book

  Copy Illuminated Address and Presentation book for George Morrell on the occcasion of his retirement. December 1905. Containing the signatures of James Roberts and members of the Testimonial Committee. Text written by W. Arthur Fry, Hollywood, County Down. Morrell had worked for 45 years as a teacher and headteacher in various schools in Saltaire and nearby Shipley.
• 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
• E2-004a-c: Report and Balance Sheet of the Fancy Fair

  3 Photocopy pages from :'Report and Balance Sheet of the Fancy Fair'. The Fair was held in the Saltaire Institute (now known as Victoria Hall) from 12 to 22 February 1896. The Fair was held to raise funds to clear debts owned by Saltaire Schools, largely from the construction of the new Technical School on Exhibition Road, opened in 1887. The document gives thanks to the many people involved in producing the Fair. It reports there was a profit of £3702 and 19 shillings, a large sum at that time. The accounts show the sums raised by the various stalls, and details payments to various entertainers.
• 2018.9.4.59: Various postcards and photographic images

  Photographs of Mr & Mrs Carlisle by Elliot & Fry - Mrs Carlisle formerly Mrs Joseph Crossley (Isabel's mother's stepmother)
• H2-068a-b: Sir James Roberts standing

  Sir James Roberts, standing with hands behind his back