Saltaire Collection

Items

• F1a-068: Bradford personalities and Horton Lane Chapel

  Ring Binder of items on Bradford personalities and Horton Lane Chapel
• F1a-090: General notes on Saltaire

  Ring Binder of hand-written general notes on Saltaire by Clive Wood
• H2-119: The Letters of John Baker

  Booklet: 'The Letters of John Baker' compiled by Ian Watson. John Baker acted as local agent in Saltaire for Sir James Roberts after Sir James' retirement and move from Saltire. The letters contain a great deal of information on land dealings, rents, pensions and other business issues.
• H2-119b: Various Lists from Baker's Papers

  Booklet: 'Various Lists from Baker's Papers' compiled by Ian Watson. John Baker acted as local agent in Saltaire for Sir James Roberts after Sir James' retirement and move from Saltire. The letters contain a great deal of information on land dealings, rents, pensions and other business issues.
• 2024.99: Research papers on Iwakura mission visit to Saltaire in 1872

  Set of unbound, copied research papers on the 1872 Iwakura (Japanese) Mission visit to Britain (mostly assessing Victorian London, Parliamentary Process and British Education)
• 2024.99.1: Handwritten notes on visit by Iwakura Mission to Yorkshire

  Five handwritten notes (in Japanese with English tranlsation) on arrival of Hirofumi Ito and others in Bradford, Saltaire, Halifax Bolton Abbey and Sheffield in October 1872. The visit was part of the global Iwakura Mission.
• 2024.99.10: The Iwakura Mission

  Copy of an email to local historian Marcus Barlow sent 30 January 2005 entitled 'Record of a Journey' by Caroline Moseley. From the Princeton Weekly Bulletin October 19, 1998. Translators and Japanese colleagues retrace route of nineteenth century delegation. Also features a black and white photograph of Martin and Akiko Collcutt
• 2024.99.2: Members of the Iwakura Mission

  Two green pages of handwritten notes listing the names, the Government posts held, and the age of members of the Japanese Iwakura Mission
• 2024.99.3: Notes on official letters regarding Iwakura MIssion visit to Britain

  Three photocopied pages of handwritten notes dated March 3rd 1873 concerning the Iwakura MIssion's visit to Britain. The first page is a translation of 3 pages of a letter signed by B.S Watson Charge' d'Affaires in Japan. Pages 2 and 3 are a translation of a letter signed by Queen Victoria, countersigned by Granville. The letters relate to ambassadors extraordinary and associate ambassadors, including the appointment of Tomomi Iwakura as Ambassador Extraordinary.
• 2024.99.5: Notes on Iwakura Mission's global travel

  Nine handwritten blue/green pages in Japanese together with two photocopied pages of translation relating to the Iwakura Mission's travel around the world between 1871 and 1873. Includes visits to Bradford, Saltaire, Halifax and Sheffield. The document is probably a summary of the original documents made by a Japanese speaker.
• 2024.99.6: Arrival of Iwakura MIssion at Saltaire

  A photocopy of pages 79 and 80 from 'Saltaire and its founder, Sir Titus Salt, Bart' by Abraham Holroyd published 1873. The pages detail the arrival of Japanese Ambassadors and Suite of the Iwakura MIssion at Saltaire on 25th October 1872. Also included is a handwritten envelope asking whether Nakki could find anything about this visit from the Japanese side.
• 2024.99.7: About the Iwakura Mission

  One page of handwritten notes entitled 'About the Iwakura Mission'. The page mentions the countries visited by the Japanese Mission between December 1871 and September 1873. It also includes a list of places visited whilst in the UK and mentions that there were 3 meetings with the British Home Secretary
• 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
• 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
• 2024.110: Changes to House Numbers in Saltaire

  Maps and information about changes to house numbers in Saltaire
• B1-032/3: Commentary by Dave Shaw on the photographs of and brochures about Salts Mill machinery from the Bowtell Collection.

  Commentary by Dave Shaw on the photographs of and brochures about Salts Mill machinery from the Bowtell Collection. 'Photographs exist of some of the machinery installed in Salts Mill during its days of textile production. Several of the photos were used in two promotional brochures produced by the company, the first (in French) in 1918 (approx) under the name Sir Titus Salt Bart Sons & Co Ltd; the second, in 1924 (approx) under the name Salts (Saltaire) Ltd. (Further commentary on the two brochures can be found overpage). Additionally, there are photos of the Mill departments following removal of machinery, presumably taken in the 1980s. The photographs were held by the late Mr Albert Bowtell, and subsequently (2007) donated by his widow Mrs J Bowtell to the Saltaire Archive. The original photos have been digitally scanned to minimise further handling and many are reproduced here for easy reference. We are anxious to document as much as we can about the type of machinery seen in the photos, its date of use, the mill department in which it was used etc etc. If you can help us to this end, please add your comments (together with your name and contact details) to the sheets accompanying the photos. The Industrial Museum has in its Reference Library a few Salts Mill brochures which are a very good source of information. Two of the brochures date from around the 1920s, one being in French, the other being in English. The French-language brochure was designed and printed by W. N. Sharpe Ltd., of Bradford and London. The Mill's company name in the brochure is 'Sir Titus Salt Bart Sons & Co Ltd'. Its text has mention of a Royal visit in 1918, so it dates from after that event. I currently judge it to be 1920-ish. (Also it is judged to have been produced by letterpress (indicated by the imprint on p15/16). The English language brochure was designed and printed by Percy Lund, Humphries and Company Ltd, The County Press Ltd, Bradford. The Mill's company name in the brochure is 'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd'. The brochure carries a page of photos of the company's board members of 1924, which presumably allows us to date it as being of that year. (This brochure is thought to have been produced by litho-press). Much of the text and the illustrations are common to the two public ations. The French-language text is briefer than the English-language text, and the English-language brochure has more illustrations. Although most of the illustrations are common, many of those of the English-language brochure have been 'improved' — eg blemishes in photos have been removed; indistinct features have been sharpened by hand etc. Even the Belwarp and alpaca trademarks of the two public ations are not quite identical. An illustration of the Mill, viewed from the SW, is common to both brochures but with modifications having been made in the later one — for example, cars have replaced horse-drawn carts seen in the other (earlier) brochure. What is also of interest is that several — perhaps the majority — of the photos are the same as those in Mr Bowtell's collection, including the ones which have been touched up. As we investigate the various photos in more detail, the two brochures will help date the textile machinery that features in the photos in the collection of Mr Bowtell.'
• B1-226a-f: Death of Isaac Smith

  Collection of cuttings and notes on the death of Isaac Smith. Smith was one of the four businessmen who purchased the business of Sir TItus Salt Bart and Sons Company Ltd. in 1893 from the Salt family. a - Notes from Clive Wood b-c - Yorkshire Observer 30th August 1909 d-f - Bradford Weekly Telegraph - 3rd September 1909
• 2025.124: William Beanland 1822-1886 biography

  3 photocopied pages of historical biography on William Beanland by Pauline Shieldhouse 2020. William Beanland was born in Bradford 1822 and became one of the founders of the building firm J & W Beanland, based in Bradford. The firm went on to build part of Salts Mill, Bradford Wool Exchange, Bradford Post Office at Forster Square and the Swan Arcade Bradford among others.
• 2019.57.3: Tom Firth

  Photograph of Tom Firth, Gamekeeper of Northcliffe with members of the Saltaire Rifle Volunteers
• B1-172: Mill with original stone-pillard bridge

  52 9.5 by 6.5 inch cards showing old print of mill with bridge