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Business Archives7
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture2

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textile industry10
business records6
commercial correspondence2
culture2
letters2
occupations2
buildings1
clothing and dress1
community life1
family archives1

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Barker, Benjamin (1838-)1
Bryon, Fiona1
Christopher Waud and Company1
Edward Ripley and Son1
Hart, Solomon Alexander (1806-1881)1
Hobson, Clegg and Company1
James France and Company Limited1
John Reddihough Limited1
Ripley, Edward1
Ripley, Henry William1

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Tapestry (Norway)
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Tapestry (Norway)

January 1965

Tapestry from Østerdalen ( Østdal?) (Norway). The tapestry is made up of two pieces sewn together, and is heavily patterned with floral and geometric designs. It dates to around 1830, and is housed ...

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John Reddihough Limited and William Gawthorp & Company, Business Archive

John Reddihough Limited; William Gawthorp and Company

1875-1922

Summary of Contents: 1. Private Business Records of John Reddihough. 1875-1922. 2. Records referring to William Gawthorp & Company. 1882-97. See W. R. Millmore, 'John Reddihough Ltd, Bradford: a...

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Hobson, Clegg and Company, Business Archive

Hobson, Clegg and Company

1876-1889

Comprises: (1) Personal letters including a letter to 'Jonas' from B.L.' expressing displeasure at the way business had been conducted in his absence, dated 1876. Three letters, dated 1877, to the ...

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Christopher Waud and Company, Business Archive

Christopher Waud and Company; Waud, Christopher (1806-1866)

1885-1919

Records, 1885-1919, in chronological order. 1. Debtors' Ledger. 1885-1898. Accounts of named purchasers of yarn and noils. All seem to be located in West Riding. Discounts on payments are detailed. ...

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Sound Recording, [West Yorkshire]

Bryon, Fiona

10 Dec 1980 - 15 Dec 1980

Jim Roche, recorded in his home, talks about the Leeds clothing industry in the 1920s/30s; starting work at John Baron's; describes contracting out, machinery, processes, hours of work, health (T.B. p...

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Bound volume of artwork by Solomon Alexander Hart

Hart, Solomon Alexander (1806-1881); Barker, Benjamin (1838-)

1835-1902

Around 600 sketches by Hart mounted in a scrapbook which was owned by the Barker family. The artworks are in pencil and ink and wash, with some watercolours. The artworks have been allocated a conse...

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Wormalds and Walker Limited, Business Archive

Wormalds and Walker Limited

1810-1913

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Some of the...

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Edward Ripley and Son, Business Archive

Edward Ripley and Son; Ripley, Henry William; Ripley, Edward

1831-1950

----------- Please see the attached Concordance.pdf to ascertain the relationship between the numeration of the records and the shelf numbers used by Special Collections. ----------- Large colle...

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Thomas Boyd (Leeds) Limited, Business Archive

Thomas Boyd Limited Leeds

1889-1932

Summary of Contents: I. Cash Books. 1889-1932. II. Ledgers. 1896-1923. III. Finishing Books. 1893—1913. IV. Employment and Wages Records. 1891-1917. I. CASHBOOKS. 1889-1932 These ...

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James France and Company Limited, Business Archive

James France and Company Limited

1838-1913

Miscellaneous records recording work done: 1) Day Book. June 1838—April 1849. Apparently a daily record of the yarn spun possibly giving the names of customers (‘France’s & Fox’s), the type...

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