Items

• 2022.2: Saltaire And Its Founder by Abraham Holroyd

  An account of Titus Salt and the founding of Saltaire
• 2022.20: Bygone Bradford

  A book of black and white photographs from the commercial archive of the Bradford Telegraph and Argus newspaper. The book includes views of many events and places in Bradford and the surrounding areas. Includes the following photographs relevant to Saltaire: page 113, the statue of Sir Titus Salt in its original position outside Bradford Town Hall (it is now located in Lister Park in the outskirts of Bradford); page 115, Salts (Saltaire) LImited private fire brigade pictured with their fire engine in 1939; page 127, the Salts Silver Band in the village in 1931.
• 2022.21: Memories of Bradford: Wonderfully nostalgic images of Bradford people, places and events, 1930 to 1970.

  A book of black and white photographs mainly from the commercial archive of Wood Visual Communications, Bradford. The book includes an 'At work' section which has several images of people involved in various parts of the textiles industry.
• 2022.22: Gordon Terrace, Saltaire and the Saltaire Picture House

  A wooden picture frame containing two photographic picture postcards of scenes from Saltaire. The upper postcard shows Gordon Terrace, a parade of shops along the main road at the top of Saltaire; some shops have awnings extended. The second postcard shows the Saltaire Picture House, now demolished.
• 2022.23: Saltaire: Hidden Histories

  The History of the Dining Hall and the Saltaire Club and Institute: 1855 to 1955 - Includes colour and black and white photographs.
• 2022.24: The Story of Bradford - authoured by Margaret C.D. Law

  A basic history of Bradford from ancient times to modern times (circa 1930s)
• 2022.25: Round About Bradford - Volume One - authoured by William Cudworth

  Round About Bradford - A series of sketches (Descriptive and Semi-Historical) of Forty-Two Places Within Six Miles Of Bradford. Short History of Bradford
• 2022.26: Round About Bradford - Volume Two - authoured by William Cudworth

  Round About Bradford - A series of sketches (Descriptive and Semi-Historical) of Forty-Two Places Within Six Miles Of Bradford. Short History of Bradford - includes chapter of Saltaire
• 2022.27: The Journal of Dr. John Simpson of Bradford 1825

  Diary of Day to Day Record - Jan 1st to July 25th 1825 - by Dr John Simpson - Picture of John Simpson on 1st page. Originally published in 1825.
• 2022.28: Bradford City Hall - A History and Guide

  Coloured paperback book - Map of Bradford on 1st page. Coloured and black and white photographs inside
• 2022.29: Chasing the sixpence: The lives of Bradford mill folk

  Paperback book. History of textile workers in Bradford during the period 1920s to 1970s. Accounts of their working and living conditions based on interviews with dozens of former mill workers.
• 2022.3: An Italian Immigrant Abroad 1950

  Handwitten booklet donated by the author Assuntina De Matteis during a surprise trip back to Saltaire organised by her daughter Rossana Pinto. This is a reminiscence of leaving the Italian village of Montefalcione on 20 March 1950 to travel to Britain to find work. Describes arriving in Britain and travelling to Yorkshire by train. Brief description of working in a mill (unidentified) in Shipley where it was 'very noisy'. Also describes staying in a nearby hostel with other Italian women similarly employed in the mills. Includes copies and transcriptions of postcards sent from Assuntina to her mother as she travelled to Britain. Also inlcudes copies of photographs of Assuntina, friends and of her husband who she met in Britain.
• 2022.30: The Great Paternalist - Titus Salt, The Growth of Ninteenth-Century Bradford by Jack Reynolds

  A general history of the story of Titus Salt and the origins of the textile history in the Bradford area - Includes hand-written-notes notes written by Phillip Barlow in preparation for the reprint and addition ainformation of the book 'Balgarnie's Salt' by 'Barlo & Shaw'
• 2022.31: Employers and Labour in the English Textile Industries 1850-1939 by J.A. Jowitt and A.J. McIvor

  Various aspects of the textie trade covering: Employers, trade Unions and Women in textiles.
• 2022.32: 'A Penny for Going - A history of Saltaire and its regeneration told through its shops' by Roger Clarke

  Book of text and black and white and coloured photos relating the story of the history of shops in Saltaire and Shipley
• 2022.33: A Dose of Salts by Vera Hornshaw

  The autobiography of a nurse at Salts Hospital
• 2022.34: Model Industrial Communties in Mid-Nineteenth Century Yorkshire- Edited by J.A.Jowitt

  A series of papers by various authors on various 'model villages' in Yorkshire - Including Saltaire, Copy , Ackroydon,West Hill Park etc.
• 2022.35: Textile History 1968-70 - volume 1. Edited by K.G. Ponting

  Chapters on various textile businesses including 'Titus Salt's Day Book 1834-7 by J.R. Iredale. Includes black and white photographs
• 2022.36: Milner Field - The Lost Country House of Titus Salt Jnr by R.L. Van den Daele and R.D. Beale

  A book of text with colour and black and white photographs telling the story of Milner Field house and the people who lived in it. Frontispiece contains the coat-of-arms of Titus Jnr and the signatures of Richard L. Van den Daele and David Beale
• 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'