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Total number of records: 34

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Business Archives25
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture7

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textile industry34
business records24
commercial correspondence22
diaries8
culture7
occupations7
community life6
agriculture4
buildings4
clothing and dress4

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Shaw, David H3
Barker, Aldred F (1868-1964)1
Barker, Benjamin (1838-)1
Bull, Mrs. Walter1
Bull, Walter1
Bushby, Lawrence1
Christopher Waud and Company1
Cooper, Mary1
Cooper, William1
Croot, Mrs Oscar1

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Archive Collection

Aldred Farrer Barker correspondence and papers

Barker, Aldred F (1868-1964); Barker, Benjamin (1838-); Hart, Solomon Alexander (1806-1881)

1869-1931

The collection contains the professional and personal papers of Aldred Farrer Barker. These include papers and correspondence about his textile related interests and his work on sheep breeding and wo...

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John Raistrick and Sons, Business Archive

John Raistrick and Sons

1864-1893

Comprises: (1) Order book, 1864-77, with a few other papers inserted; (2) Correspondence, in a letter book, with W.H. Chard and Company, Sydney, and W. Pearce and Company, Durban, 1875-90, together wi...

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William Willans and Company Limited, Business Archive

William Willans and Company Limited; Willans, William (1800-1863)

1825-1836

Comprises: (1) Journal, 1825-26, and wool sales, 1831-36; (2) Cash book, 1825-30; (3) General ledger, 1825-30; (4) Scrapbook of invoices and correspondence, 1825-31.

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George Hattersley and Sons Limited, Business Archive

1845-1888

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

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Jeremiah Ambler and Sons Limited, Business Archive

Jeremiah Ambler and Sons Limited

1828-1933

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

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Miscellaneous antiquarian notes, mainly relating to the Yorkshire textile industry, compiled by William Bunting Crump, ca. 1920-1935

William B. Crump

c.1920-1935

1-3 Small note books on navigations and woollen industry, c. 1920-30. 4. Note book "C" on common fields, 1924. 5. Note book "P" on enclosure awards, 1929. 6-8. Packets of loose papers on enclosures an...

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Leeds Tailoring Industry Papers

Smith, Paul (1947-)

[1970-1992]

Items collected for a project on the Leeds tailoring industry, with related papers. A large proportion of these items are photocopies, and it is unclear when the copies were made. The date range for t...

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Isaac Holden and Sons Limited, Business Archive

Isaac Holden and Sons Limited; Holden, Sir Isaac (1807-1897)

c.1830-1910

Summary of Contents by Box No. I. Papers referring to patents and other business affairs. 1830s-50s. II. Journals and notebooks. 1844-88. III. Newspaper cuttings, parliamentary bills, addr...

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A Grammar of the Dialect of Addingham in the West Riding of Yorkshire

Moody, Frederick William

1950

A study of the dialect spoken in Addingham and its immediate neighbourhood in the late 1940s, based on fieldwork data collected from eight principal informants. An Introduction presents information on...

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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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Robert Jowitt and Sons Limited, Business Archive

Robert Jowitt and Sons Limited; Jowitt, John (1811-1888); Jowitt, Robert (1784?-1862)

1775-1955

Summary of Contents: I. Debtors and Creditors Ledgers. 1775-1911. II. Private Ledgers (several series). 1803-1913. III. Journal (Stock). 1896-1901. IV. Correspondence. 1775-1909. V. Cash books...

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Trade - General

1964-1976

This file contains items relating to aspects of trading, including a typed paper by Ted Spiegel on Handslag, or striking a bargain, by farmers ([2] leaves); a typed extract listing bad luck beliefs in...

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