Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2022.37: Saltaire and its Founder, Sir Titus Salt Bart. by Abraham Holroyd

  A book of text with black and white prints relating the life story of Sir Titus Salt, by a man who new him personally. Includes information on Saltaire Societies and Institutions, and the text of 'A Song of Saltaire'
• 2022.38: Saltaire and its Founder, Sir Titus Salt Bart. by Abraham Holroyd

  A book of text with black and white prints relating the life story of Sir Titus Salt, by a man who new him personally. Includes information on Saltaire Societies and Institutions, and the text of: 'A Song of Saltaire'
• 2022.39: Saltaire and its Founder, Sir Titus Salt Bart. by Abraham Holroyd

  A book of text with black and white prints relating the life story of Sir Titus Salt, by a man who new him personally. Includes information on Saltaire Societies and Institutions, and the text of: 'A Song of Saltaire'. Includes a modern Introduction by Dereck Bryant, and a Biblography of historians and web-sites relative to Saltaire
• 2022.40: 'Sir Titus Salt - George Moore' by James Burnley

  A book of text relating the life story of Sir Titus Salt, and George Moore, a self-made man. The frontispiece shows photographs of Sit Titus Salt and George Moore
• 2022.41: The Journal 1961-62

  The 1961-62 Annual of the Bradford Textile Society. Contains text and black and white and coloured photographs and drawings, plus advertisements. Contains several articles on various aspects of the Yorkshire textile trade. Also a loose copy of the Society's syllabus and application form for the 1962-63 season
• 2022.44: 'Bradford Railways Rembered' by Alan Whitaker

  A collection of photographs with text covering the railway network in Bradford district, Airedale and Wharfedale
• 2022.45: 'Saltaire - The Making of a Model Town' by Neil Jackson, Jo Lintonbon and Bryony Staples

  An architectural survey of Saltaire with coloured photographs - also contains a CD Rom containing statistical information
• 2022.46: 'Windhill Weslyan Mission 1835-1961' by Arthur Costigan

  A history of Windhill Mission Chapel with chapters by various members.
• 2022.47: 'Bradford Chamber of Commerce Centenary 1851-1951'

  A book consisting mainly of advertisements relating to the textile trade, including one for 'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd'. Plus some articles, including one on 'Textile Machinery Through The Ages'. and 'Some Notable Industrial Enterprises'
• 2024.152: The Great Paternalist: Titus Salt and the growth of nineteenth-century Bradford

  A general history of the story of Titus Salt and the origins of the textile history in the Bradford area.
• 2025.66: Bradford a centenary city

  Published to commemorate 100 years of Bradford's City status 1897-1997. Includes information on Saltaire
• 2020.10: A Visitors Guide to Saltaire

  A Visitors Guide to Saltaire by David Weber and Barlo & Shaw
• 2020.2.10: The Worsted Overlooker's Handbook

  This copy of 'The Worsted Overlooker's Handbook'. shows calculations, rules and tables useful for a worsted overlooker. It has details about Warping, Spinning, Yarns and Weft. Handwritten inscription inside front cover: 'William Gale, Burnside MIll (Swan Hotel), Addingham. Nov. 8th 1905'. The booklet was used by Harold Kendall during his time at Salts Mill
• 2020.2.11: Handy Reckoner

  This copy of the 'Handy Reckoner' Contains 'Tables of Interest, Income and wages calculations. Percentage tables for profits and discount. Tables of Interest, comparative weights of materials. Tables to calculate wages based on hours worked. The booklet was used by Harold Kendall during his time at Salts Mill
• 2020.2.9: Useful Tables and Formulae for Technical Students

  This 'Useful Tables and Formulae for Technical Students' book consist of: English weights ad measures; Mathematical formulae, Trigonometry; Temperature conversion charts; Definitions of screw threads and Toothed gearing definitions. The booklet was used by Harold Kendall during his time at Shipley Technical School 1913-1915, while he was learning Worsted Spinning.
• 2020.9.1: A Report on the Condition of the Roof Structure to the Mill Building, Victoria road

  A Report on the Condition of the Roof Structure to the Mill Building, Victoria Road,Saltaire for Shipley College. Includes original photographs pasted into the booklet. Produced by Robinson Consulting Engineers
• 2020.9.2.1: Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment: Proposals

  Report and plans for Shipley College Mill Building Refurbishment - Nov. 1997 produced by J.H. Langtry-Langton Partners, Architects and Project Managers
• B1-087.3: Fowler Textile Calculator instructions

  Instructions for the use of the Fowler Textile Calculator' (photograph-copied booklet).
• C3a-077c: Jack Hogg: a personal history

  A personal history by Jack Hogg, born in Saltaire in 1922. His account includes details of growing up in Saltaire, including attending Albert Road School.
• C3b-148: Bygone Bradford

  Copy of a November 1986 Telegraph & Argus Special Edition 'Bygone Bradford'