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Total number of records: 441

Count of Record type

Record typeCount
Archives388
Books and printed items53

Count of Collection group

Collection groupCount
Leeds Archive of Vernacular Culture313
Business Archives58
Brotherton Collection3
Maurice de Sausmarez Archive2
English Literature1
Herbert Read Collection1
Leeds Russian Archive1
Quaker Collection1

Top 10: Subject

SubjectCount
textile industry441
occupations312
persons141
clothing and dress135
community life104
play103
implements, utensils etc100
nature96
culture91
animals88

Count of Place

PlaceCount
Bradford (England)1
France1
Great Britain1
India1

Top 10: People and organisations

People and organisationsCount
Kissling, Werner (1895-1988)88
Walkley, F.40
Outhwaite, T. G.27
Bradford Textile Society20
Witton, Lesley A20
Taylor, Harry18
Malden, John12
Murphy, William S12
Upton, Clive S11
Aston, Michael Geoffrey9

Count of Earliest date

Earliest dateCount
From 16006
From 170011
From 180051
From 1900347
From 20001

Count of Latest date

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Up to 16991
Up to 17996
Up to 189919
Up to 1999388
Up to latest2

Archive Print Item

About myself, 1863-1930

Turner, Sir Ben (1863-1942)

1930

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Archive Print Item

Vogue

v.130, no.12 (Sep. 1973)

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Archive Collection

William Ackroyd, Otley Mills, Business Archive

William Ackroyd Limited

1817-1963

Comprises various ledgers, notebooks, legal documents, cash and wages books, and books concerning stock balances. -------

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Archive Collection

Airedale Mill Company Limited, Business Archive

Airedale Mill Company Limited

1860-1931

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

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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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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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John Bancroft and Company Limited, Business Archive

John Bancroft and Company Limited

1885-1938

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

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T. Berry (Bradford Limited), Business Archive

T. Berry Limited, Bradford

1906-1922

Comprises a cash book and several purchase, sales, and trade ledgers.

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Henry Booth and Sons Limited, Business Archive

Henry Booth and Sons Limited

1859-1949

Comprises a business journal for the years 1859-1867 and a letter dated 8 August 1949, from Alfred Booth, Director, explaining the terms used in the volume.

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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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William and Jonn Clarkson Limited, Business Archive

William and Jonn Clarkson Limited

1855-1862

William & Jonathan Clarkson, Ltd Smale Well Mill, Pudsey. Woollen cloth manufacturers,

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J. T. Clay and Sons Limited, Business Archive

J.T. Clay and Sons Limited

1812-1928

Stock account book and scrapbook of newspaper cuttings, letters and notices. The stock book is lettered on spine: 'Clay & Earnshaw Stock 1812 and 1814, and on the front cover: 'Clay & Earnshaw Crow...

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