Saltaire Collection

Items

• 2016.2.1: Two calling cards

  Two cream cards printed on one side and handwritten on the other. Name of Mrs. S Parrish of 80 Grange Avenue, Leeds, Liberal Women's Suffrage Union printed on one side. 4 Huckaback towels 1915 handwritten on one card. 5 Royal Towels (fringed) 6fringed towels embroidered in coloured (writing is illegible) May 192(?) Date is incomplete due to small holes in the card. Cards appear to be receipts for items loaned.
• 2016.3: Lotherton Hall

  Booklet 'Lotherton Hall' by Leeds Museums and Galleries. The Hall has some furniture owned by the Salt Family and originally at Milner Field.
• 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
• 2017.2: Sir Titus Salt and sons: A farming legacy

  Recounts the interest of Sir Titus Salt and some of his sons in agriculture and farming. Includes Sir TItus's continuing interest in this area; his fourth son Herbert who became a gentleman farmer rather than going into the textile business; and TItus Salt Junior's establshment of a 'model farm' next to his grand new house at Milner Field.
• 2017.3: Bingley: A living history

  History of Bingley fom the middle nineteenth century to the early twenty first century. Has four sections: Governance including Chronological Time Lines - Change; Photographs of Bingley Town Centre Capturing the Changes; Places and People Places; Living History. Inlcudes some details on Milner Field, the home of TItus Salt Junior.
• 2018.10: Grace Salt

  Laminated Photocopy of a photo of Grace Salt taken from Nick Salt's phone during a visit to saltaire
• 2018.11: Daniel Salt

  Laminated Photocopy of a photo of Daniel Salt taken from Nick Salt's phone during a visit to saltaire
• 2018.14: The Silentman

  Poster for 'The Silentman', a play by Ian Byfield, produced by the Saltaire Youth Theatre, mid-late 20th century.
• 2018.3.30: Annual Conversazione and Ball at Saltaire

  Original page from The Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News, of black and white drawings of the High School, and the Institute in a London Newspaper on the Conversazione at Saltaire
• 2018.36.1: A Welcome for Prince & Princess of Wales on the visit Bradford, Saltaire and Milner Field

  A poem titled 'A Welcome for Prince & Princess of Wales on the visit Bradford, Saltaire and Milner Field. The poem was privately printed to celebrate the opening of the Technical Schools in Bradford. The poem is set out in the centre of the page in gold lettering and is surrounded by a border of the Prince of Wales feathers.
• 2018.40.2.1: Will of Sir Titus Salt

  A leather bound copy of the Will of Sir Titus Salt, this was created by the solicitors, possibly to give to the Executors. The dates of the documents and the executors names are laid out on the front page. The will is laid out with the wording in one column and a précis of the paragraph on the right hand side.
• 2018.40.2.2: Will of Sir Titus Salt

  An original copy of the Will of Sir Titus Salt, this was created by the solicitors, possibly to give to the Executors. The dates of the documents and the executors names are laid out on the front page. The will is laid out with the wording in one column and a précis of the paragraph on the right hand side. It has its original envelope date stamped Bristol and is sealed with red sealing wax and an alpaca stamp.
• 2018.41.5: Denys Geoffrey Crossley Salt 4th May 1918 - 21st December 2014

  Order of Service and Notice (in English and German) of the death and cremation of Denys Salt who died on - Dec. 2014 and was burried Friday 13th February 2015.
• 2018.42.1: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 1. 1870

  1 of 5 volumes of the public ation 'Yorkshire Past and Present'. The book contains prints of: Sir Titus Salt, Francis Crossley, Bradford, Huddersfied, Leeds etc
• 2018.42.2: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 2. 1870

  2 of 5 volumes of the public ation 'Yorkshire Past and Present'. There are no prints in this volume
• 2018.42.3: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 2. 1870

  3 of 5 volumes of the public ation 'Yorkshire Past and Present'. Contains prints of Bradford, Saltaire etc. This volume contains a history of the principle cities of Yorkshire.
• 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.
• 2018.42.5: Yorkshire Past and Present Vol. 2. 1875

  5 of 5 volumes of the public ation 'Yorkshire Past and Present'. This volume contains the history of several boroughs in Yorkshire, details of the Parliamentary divisions of Yorkshire and prints of Halifax and York, Leeds etc.
• 2018.45.1: Shipley Technical School, Textile Department, student book, Spinning

  The book is a student work book, which has been beautifully written in Copper plate writing. It has been used to record the lesson on Spinning, detailing the process with images, that the student learnt at Shipley Technical School, which later became Shipley College. Many students at the college went to work in the Mill and then attended classes in the evening.
• 2018.45.2: Shipley Technical School, Textile Department, student book, Spinning

  The book is a student work book, which has been beautifully written in Copper plate writing. It has been used to record the lesson on Spinning, detailing the process with images, that the student learnt at Shipley Technical School, which later became Shipley College. Many students at the college went to work in the Mill and then attended classes in the evening.