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Total number of records: 95

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives57
Books and printed items38

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture28
Business Archives26
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive2
English Literature1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
textile industry95
occupations28
business records25
culture25
community life17
play14
implements, utensils etc13
persons13
nature12
clothing and dress11

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Bradford Textile Society20
Murphy, William S12
Langhorne, Richard7
De Sausmarez, Maurice (1915-1969)2
Orton, Harold (1898-1975)2
Airedale Mill Company Limited1
Akroyd, Jonathan1
Baldwin, John R1
Barker, Aldred F (1868-1964)1
Barker, Benjamin (1838-)1

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From 16003
From 17006
From 180020
From 190043

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Up to 199964

Archive Item

Donkey Pack Saddle

Langhorne, Richard

[1970]

Front view of a donkey pack saddle from a collection at the Castle Museum, York.

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Donkey Pack Saddle
Archive Item

Donkey Pack Saddle

Langhorne, Richard

[1970]

Side view of a donkey pack saddle from a collection at the Castle Museum, York.

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Archive Sub-series

Jeremiah Ambler and Sons Limited, Business Archive

1828-1933

Business records received as part of 2018 accrual to collection. Material had been found in a disused safe in a mill in Bradford and was later transferred to Special Collections.

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Archive Item

[Loom Shuttles]

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Six wooden shuttles(?) for weaving with wool, in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Display labelled F. Unmounted.

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Archive Series

Marriner papers

1774-1979

This series is a separate accrual to the main collection.

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Archive Item

Needle Supports (Handknitting)

Langhorne, Richard

18 June 1964

Three leather belts with leather horse-hair stuffed needle support pads from Bradford (West Yorkshire) and Askrigg ( Wensleydale), in the Whitehead Collection at the Castle Museum, York. Display label...

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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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