Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2016.4: Derwent Valley Textile Mills

  A booklet on the history of the Derwent Valley Textile Mills. Produced from original in: Industrial Archaeology Review Vol. XVI, Number 1, Autumn 1993
• 2018.16: Mr G Armstrong, Long Service Certificate

  'Coronation Year The Yorkshire Observer Roll of Honour' Long Service Certificate awarded to Mr G Armstrong, for employment at Salts (Saltaire) Ltd, from 1907 to Coronation Day, 1953.
• 2018.42.4: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 1. 1873

  4 of 5 volumes of the public ation 'Yorkshire Past and Present'. Containing prints of Rivaulx and Bolton Abbeys and Bradford Wool Exchange. This volume contains the early history of Yorkshire from the Anglo-Saxon period to the 18th century. Includes Daniel Defoes 'Tour of Yorkshire'. Includes the history of the Woollen and Worsted Manufacture of Yorkshire.
• 2018.47: The Victorian Town Child

  A book covering the life of children in the Victoran Age
• 2018.55: Sir Titus Salt Bart. Sons and Co Limited

  Promotional booklet for the Salt company. Booklet is similar to others from the same time but has text in French. Contains photographs of processes in the mill. Has two pages of introductory text.
• 2018.56: Saltaire

  Souvenir booklet for the visit of King George V and Queen Mary on 29 May 1918 to Salts Mill. The Mill had recently been purchased from James Roberts by a group of local businessmen whose photographs are featured in the booklet. It also contains photographs of Salts Mill, and a brief textual history of the mill and Saltaire. There is a plan of the mill site with different areas identified. The booklet contains a brief desciption, photographs of processes in the mill, and a plan of the mill showing the location of various processes. In the centre pages there is an artists impression of the King and QUeen in the Burling and Mending room.
• 2018.57: Cloth from Great Britain

  Promotional brochure for the subsidary companies of Illingworth, Morris Group. There is some brief introductory text. There are individual double-page presentations for each of the companies. One page features samples of cloth produced by the company. The other page is a photograph of a 'typical' scene from the Britain of the time. Salts (Saltaire) Limited is featured on pages 32-33. There is an index of overseas agents at the back of the book. Companies included: - Broadhead and Graves Limited - John and Thomas Clark Limited - J and J Crombie Limited - Josiah France Limited - Hunt and Winterbotham Limited - Kemp and Hewitt Limited - Learoyd Brothers Limited - R G Neill and Sons Limite - Pepper, Lee and Company Limited - William Playne and Company Limited - Reid and Welsh Limited - Salts (Saltaire) Limited 1 - Salts (Saltaire) Limited 2 - Samuel Salter and Company Limited - Strachan and Company Limited - James Sykes and Son Limited - Sykes and Hebblethwaite Limited
• 2018.61: Titus of Salts

  A book about the history of the Titus Salt's company and the development of Saltaire village. It includes photographs and contemporary drawings of the village.
• 2018.9.2.3.1: Wage and Household Account Books

  Two Wages Books for Mabel Mary Hutchinson at Springwood, Oxted (1918-1968)
• 2018.9.2.3.2: Wage and Household Account Books

  Household Account Book (1953-1961). Household Account Book contains loose flyer for public meeting of League of Nations Union & Federal Union, with speakers' topics on 'The Industrial Problem in the Post-War World' and 'Federation: Peace Aim and War Weapon'.
• 2018.9.2.3.3: Wage and Household Account Books

  Small booklet of 'papier poudre' papers for the skin
• 2018.9.2.3.4: Wage and Household Account Books

  Envelope containing parchment papers for vacuum flask use
• 2019.4.10: Product tag

  Small product tag. The label states Registered trademarks. Brown with certification.
• 2019.4.11: Product tag

  Small green product tag with a green alpaca tag. The label states Registered trademarks.
• 2019.4.6: key ring

  Small cream keyring with the words Saltaire fabric on it. Possibly given out by the Sales or Marketing Representatives at trade shows or to clients.
• 2019.4.7: Product tag

  Small product tag. The label states Registered trademark, Super Pelecia Pepper Lee; green, black and red certification.
• 2019.4.8: key ring

  Small red keyring with the words Saltaire fabric on it. Possibly given out by the Sales or Marketing Representatives at trade shows or to clients.
• 2019.4.9: Product tag

  Small product tag. The label states Registered trademarks. Black with certification.
• 2019.43: Salt's Plush Coats

  Newspaper cuttings containing advertisements for Salts Mill Plush Coats sold in the United States. See also 2020.4 for an example of such a coat
• 2019.45.11: Saltaire Overlookers

  Saltaire Overlookers Part 1-Part 5 1853-1959