Catalogue description Records of William Marples and Sons, tool manufacturers

This record is held by Hawley Collection at Kelham Island Museum

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Reference: MAR
Title: Records of William Marples and Sons, tool manufacturers
Description:

Price lists and correspondence c1880-1954; copies of papers relating to purchase of industrial buildings from 1896; standard list for bar iron 1924; lecture on tool manufacture by O'Connor Fenton 1930, with report; tool catalogue pages, c1933; scrapbook of advertising literature from 1935; foreign orders for edge tool department 1938-1942; volume of production costs 1939-1943; minutes of extraordinary general meetings 1948 and 1961; business cards for Marples and Co incorporating Slater Bros of Beehive Works, Sheffield. Also firms history [FH.164-167].
Date: c1880-1961
Held by: Hawley Collection at Kelham Island Museum, not available at The National Archives
Language: English
Creator:

William Marples and Sons, tool manufacturers
Physical description: 7 boxes
Subjects:
  • Marples and Co of Sheffield
  • Slater Bros of Beehive Works, Sheffield
  • Fenton, O'Connor, fl 1930, tool manufacturer
  • Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire
  • Metal industry
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