Saltaire Collection

Items

• B1-461a: Salts Mill

  Original brochure: 'Salts (Saltaire) Ltd' c.1950 + 1 Photocopy
• B1-463a-b: Salts (Saltaire) Ltd - A Wool Record Survey

  A public relations brochure detailing the major modernisation of textile machinery and processes in Salts Mill during the early 1970s. The text describes how the space in the Mill was reorganised to improve efficiency using a 'flow line' principle of production. The entire ground floor of the Mill was restructured. There was large-scale replacement of machinery by up-to-date models. There are photographs of the new machinery, including: 'Scourmatic' large scale scouring machines; 'Volkman' two-for-one twisting machinery; Hattersley and Knowles warping machines and Benninger warping machines; Sulzer weaving equipment; and Mount Hope machines for wet finishing and weft straightening. There are also full-page adverts for some of the equipment suppliers.
• B1-464a: Salts Mill

  A booklet: 'Salts Mill and Museum - A short history and guide'. Contains a brief history and black and white photographs. They appear to be photocopies of the original.
• B1-465a-c: Salts Mill

  3 photocopies of a selection of newspaper cuttings relating to Saltaire Mills (1846-1854)
• B1-466: Salts Mill

  Photocopy of a photograph of an office with desks in Salts Mill ?
• B1-467a: Salts Mill

  Photocopy of an old print of Saltaire Mill showing wash-house chimney (c.1860s)
• B1-468: Museums in Saltaire

  Collection of Telegraph & Argus cuttings on the planned museums in Salts Mill
• B1-469: Salts Mill

  Typed notes: 'Textile Testing'
• B1-470: Amalgamated Textiles, Ltd - Directors Report

  Original copy of Amalgamated Textiles Director's Report in 1921. At this meeting the name changed to Illingworth, Morris Ltd. (They did not own Salts Mill until 1958)
• B1-471: Illingworth Morris & Co. Ltd Directors Report.

  Original copy of the Directors Report for what was formerly Amalgamated Textiles. Director's Report 1922. (They did not own Salts Mill until 1958)
• B1-472a-b: Why you should support your UK directors

  2 copies of Illingworth Morris & Co. pamphlet: 'Why you should support your UK directors' (1st October 1981)
• B1-473: Salts Mill

  Copy of Illingworth, Morris & Co. Report and Accounts 1981
• B1-474a-b: Salts Mill

  A letter with envelope from Casper Weinberger (Office of the President Elect, Washington) to Hanson, Donald (1981)
• B1-475a-b: Salts Mill

  2 copies of Illingworth, Morris & Co. Chairman's Statement (28th August 1981)
• B1-476: Salts Mill

  Brochure from Crombie Ltd.
• B1-477: Pension Scheme report

  Brochure 'Illingworth, Morris Group Pension Scheme: Report to members 31 March 1993
• B1-478: Salts Mill

  Loose page from a journal of the Bradford Textile Society re. installation of Hanson, Donald as President
• B1-479: Donald Hanson: an Extraordinary Life

  Booklet: 'Donald Hanson- An Extraordinary Life' by Maggie Smith (2013), self printed with a spiral binding. Biography of Donald Hanson who was manager of Salts Mill whilst it was owned by Ilingworth Morris. His Great Grandfather William Hanson was Chief Engineer for Sir Titus Salt
• B1-480a: Dayton Coal & Iron Co

  Letter from W.J. Isaacson to the Dayton Coal & Iron Co. (1886)
• B1-481: Donald Hanson's life: Business career and charity work

  Typed notes on Donald Hanson's life: Business career and charity work