Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2024.129: Saltaire Road Shipley

  Saltaire Road Shipley. Black and white postcard showing a view looking up towards Saltaire Village from Shipley. On the reverse it says published by the Saltaire Village Society and Saltaire Tourist Information Centre 1996.
• 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.
• 2024.115.2: Connecting the threads: From Altiplano to Airedale: 2. Life on the Altiplano

  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 two details the farming of alpacas for their wool in the Altiplano region of Peru. The focus is on the relations of production and the roles taken on by various groups in the process.
• 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.
• 2018.9.1.1.2: Correspondence

  Letters written to Isabel Salt
• 2018.9.3.3.2: Loose news cuttings, 1905-1915

  Loose press cuttings kept by Isabel Salt, 1905-1915. Comprises: - 'Burley Women Liberals - Annual Meeting' (29.10.1909) - 'Saltaire Hospital Re-opening', The Yorkshire Post (03.11.1909) - 'The Saltaire Hospital - Re-opening After Extension', The Yorkshire Observer (03.11.1909) - 'Saltaire Hospital - Re-opening Ceremony', Times & Express (05.11.1909) - Saltaire Hospital - Re-opening Ceremonial by Mrs Salt of Denton Hall, Ilkley Free Press (Nov 1909) - Minehead Liberal Association - Conversazione and Meeting (with address by Miss Salt on the licensing Bill) (1909) - Ilkley Women Liberals - Lecture by Mr WM Wade on the Budget - Miss Salt in the chair, Wharfedale & Airedale Observer (1909-10) - Flyer for Poole Women's Liberal Association Public Meeting. Address by Miss Salt (02.12.1909) - 'The Liberal Campaign - meeting. Miss Salt speaker', The Bath Herald (03.01.1910) - 'Liberal Meeting', with speech by Isabel Salt, The Wiltshire Times (08.01.1910) - 'Shipley Women Liberals - Address by Miss Salt', Times & Express (11.11.1910) - Liberal Women and the Vote - Four points of View Presented at Otley. Miss Salt & Adult Suffrage,Wharfedale & Airedale Observer (1910) - Ilkley PSA Bazaar - Excellent Effort in the Wesleyan Assembly Hall - Miss Salt's Encouragement, (Mar/Apr 1911) - 'Yorkshire Women Liberals Conference', The Yorkshire Observer (05.04.1911) -'Wisdom While You Wait' (including quote from Miss Salt), The Morning Leader, London (06.04.1911) - 'Liberal Conference at Yeadon', The Ilkley Free Press & Addingham Courier (07.04.1911) - 'Wharfedale Board of Guardians - Salary Question Discussed', [The Ilkely Free Press & Addingham Courier] ([7].04.1911) - Good Citizenship - Address by Miss Salt - PSA Meeting, Ilkley (30.4.1911) - 3 items - 'Denton - Change of Tenancy of the Hall', The Ilkley Gazette (06.05.1911) - 2 items - Flyer for Outdoor Gathering, Ipswich Women's Liberal Association, address by Isabel Salt (20.07.1911) - Coronation Gift to Queen Mary (Miss Salt organiser for Central Wharfedale) (1911) - Miss Salt at the PSA (address on Thoughts & Actions) (1911-1912) - Menston Women Liberals. Address by Miss Salt on Home Rule, Welsh Disestablishment & Revision of Electoral System (2.2.1912) - 'Otley Women Liberals - Miss Salt's Views of the Coal Crisis & Disestablishment - address by Miss Salt', [Wharfedale Observer] [08.03.1912] - 'The Deeper Side of the White Slave Traffic Problem', letter to the editor from Isabel Salt, [Ilkley Free Press] [29.11.1912] (2 items) - Address by Miss Salt at PSA Sunday Service on 'On Helping one another', Ilkley Free Press (1912) - 'Facing the Future' - Isabel addressed the Huddersfield Women's Liberal Association - undated - Letter head for Yorkshire Council of Women's Libeal Association (1914) - Letter from Yorkshire Council of Women's Liberal Associations re meeting in Leeds (16.06.1915) - Programme for Annual Meeting of Yorkshire Council of Women's Liberal Associations, Leeds (chaired by Miss Salt) (18.10.1915) - 'Women Liberals. Yorkshire Associations conference in Leeds', Yorkshire Evening News & Agenda (18.10.1915) - 2 items - 'Women and War Problems - Prospects of a Sex Conflict', Leeds Mercury (19.10.1915) - 'Women Discuss War-time Economies' (article re Yorkshire Council of Women's Liberal Associations meeting in Leeds), 'Miss Salt elected as President', Daily News & Leader (19.10.1915) - 'Yorkshire Women Liberals - Meeting in Leeds - Solving the Problems of War-time' (annual meeting of the Yorkshire Council of Women's Liberal Associations - Miss Salt president), The Yorkshire Observer (19.10.1915) - 'Yorkshire Women Liberals. Discussion of War Topics at Annual Meeting', The Yorkshire Post (19.10.1915) - Yorkshire Women Liberals - Discussion of war topics at annual meeting - Threat of a sex war in industry - The Yorkshire Post (19.10.1915) - Otley Division Woman's Liberals: The Voluntary Spirit & True Patriotism. Address by Miss Salt on 'What Women can do for the Race', Yorkshoire Observer (24.11.1915) - Readers Views - The War & After -Harrogate & Caro Times (31 Dec 1915) - 7 items
• Salt, Edward

  Third son of Titus Salt
• Anne, Princess

  Only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
• George VI, King

  King of the United Kingdom 1936-1952. In October 1937, King George and Queen Elizabeth visited Salts Mill.
• City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council

  The local government authority for the Bradford area which includes Saltaire. The council was formed in 1974 as part of the national local government reorganisation. Saltaire had previously fallen under Shipley Urban District Council.
• Ordnance Survey

  The Ordnance Survey (OS) is the national mapping agency for the United Kingdom.
• Bradford Beer and Cider Festival

  The Bradford Beer and Cider Festival is an annual social event held in Victoria Hall, Saltaire. The Bradford branch of the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) organises the event. It has run each year, under various names, since 1998 (apart from the Covid years). The festival usually features many tens of different types of beers and ciders. The event is very popular and attracts visitors from across Bradford, the wider region and beyond.
• 2018.40.22.1: Catherine Salt's Day Book (1866-1917)

  Mrs [Catherine] Titus Salt's inventory and day book, leather bound hand written. Dates of entry range from 1866 to 1917. Although later entries are in a different hand includess some loose notes and list
• 2018.42.1: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 1. 1870

  1 of 5 volumes of the public ation 'Yorkshire Past and Present'. The book contains prints of: Sir Titus Salt, Francis Crossley, Bradford, Huddersfied, Leeds etc
• 2018.9.3.2.1: Recipes

  Handwritten recipe books (mostly in pencil), titled 'Cookery Book, M. I. Salt, Oct.98.' The recipies include, Shrimp pasties, Chocolate Souffle, Ben Rhydding pudding and gravy
• 2018.9.7.1: Milton: Select poems with notes by the Rev. H. R. Huckin M.A

  Milton, John, 'Milton: Select poems with notes by the Rev. H. R. Huckin M.A.' . Title page signed 'I Salt'.
• 2018.9.7.2: The Expansion of England

  Book by J.R. Seeley entitled 'The Expansion of England'. The book contains two courses of lectures. Course I relates to England, English History and the expansion of the Empire. Course II relates to India and the British Empire.
• 2018.9.7.4: Towards Spiritual Democracy

  Book compiled by Henry Stone with a Preface entitled 'Towards Spiritual Democracy'. The book is about Religion and its place in modern society and relating it to politics. The Preface discusses the place of religion in life especially in the light of War.
• 2018.9.7.5: Tennyson's Poetical Works

  The works of Alfred Lord Tennyson poet Laureate, with the alternative title 'Tennyson's Poetical Works' on the front cover. This is an anthology of Tennyson's poems. The pages are printed in two columns. Flyleaf signed ‘Mary Isabel Salt’.
• 2019.58: Boldness Be My Friend

  A paperback book 'Boldness Be My Friend - Remembering Bob Cryer MP' by Bradford Libraries