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Major accessions to repositories in 2018 relating to Business

Business

History of Advertising Trust Archive

  • Maurice Baren (fl 1990-2000), author: brand histories research c1990-2000 (HAT2018/8)
  • Stewart Hasted (fl 1960-1980), advertising agency director: artwork and campaign material c1960-1980 (HAT2018/7)
  • Charles Ernest Wiles (1878-1968), sales and marketing manager: original artwork, notes, interviews and lectures, corresp, and newspaper clippings rel to visits to the USA on behalf of Harrods c1895-1959 (HAT2018/11)
  • Monarch Airlines, charter and scheduled airline, Luton: marketing material, novelties, and uniform pieces 1967-2017 (HAT2018/16)
  • Toys R Us (UK) Ltd, toy retailer: marketing material, store photographs, novelties and awards c1980-2010 (HAT2018/13)

Local

Archifau Ynys Mon / Anglesey Archives

  • Petters family of Amlwch: papers and deeds rel to family, and to Amlwch Tobacco Works 1762-2018 (WM/2662)
  • John Edwards, blacksmith, Llanfihangel: ledgers (2) c1889-1907 (WM/2638)
  • Unnamed builder, Beaumaris: day books, possibly of J D Roberts and Griffith Roberts 1922-1935 (WM/2666)
  • Vickers, Sons & Maxim Naval Construction Works: drawings (44) for Great Western Railway 1897-1905 (WCD/473, WM/2656, WSD/892)

Barnsley Archive and Local Studies Department

  • Sample family, shoe and boot makers: William Sample, boot and shoe repairer, business and personal papers 1893-1955 (A/3794/B)

Bath Record Office

  • Bence family, shopkeepers and property owners, of Twerton, Bath: family papers, mostly rel to property holdings 1846-1977 (1239)
  • Herbert Kellaway (fl 1900-1953), works forman: photograph album of the works of Stothert and Pitt Ltd, engineers, Bath, incl interior and exterior views, official visits, staff social events, and flood and air raid damage 1900-1953 (1283)
  • Cater, Stoffell & Fortt Ltd, wine and spirit merchants, provision merchants, mineral water manufacturers: spirit stock book 1918-1960 (1254)
  • Crisp Cowley, estate agents, Bath: accounting records and ephemera 1930-2005 (1288)
  • Merriman, Porter & Long, solicitors, Marlborough: clients papers, incl Joseph Mighell of Midford and Monkton Combe paper mill 1801-1900 (1227)
  • Woods Fruiterer and Greengrocer, Bath: annual trading and profit and loss accounts and balance sheets 1929-1978 (1248)
  • Bath Butchers' Association: minutes c1886-1982 (1275)
  • Bath Independent Guest Houses Association: records incl minutes, membership records, corresp and papers rel to issues incl relationships with tourist organisations, Bath City Council strategies and attempts to set up computerised booking systems 1989 - 2000 (1238)

Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service

  • Burgess Minerals Ltd: deeds of properties in Oxford Road, Langley Street and Latimer Road, Luton 1851-1973 (Z1337)
  • Duberly & White, chemists of Luton: records incl business records, prescription books, recipe books 1853-1980 (X1001)
  • Harry Hill Ltd, gentleman's outfitters: records incl accounts, photograph, paperwork re shop lease and winding up of business 1959-1984 (Z1700)
  • Photographs and slides of Luton and surrounding area taken by James George Rhind (1915-1995) incl some interior and test shots from Vauxhall Motors c1960-1979 (Z1691)

Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service

  • Berkeley & Co Ltd, manufacturers and patentees of corkscrews, champagne nippers and taps, electro plated and steel nutcrackers, meat tin and sardine openers and steel toys, Birmingham: records 1900-2008 (MS 4938)
  • Bulpitt & Sons (Swan Brand) Ltd, brassfounders, Birmingham: records 1900-1966 (MS 4904 (2018/052))
  • John Hardman & Co Ltd, artists in stained glass: glass negatives c1880-1940 (MS 175 Additional (2018/039))
  • Harris & Sheldon Ltd, shop fitters and manufacturer of shop fittings, Birmingham: records 1897-2001 (MS 4947 (2018/053))
  • Interserve plc, construction and support services: additional records of RM Douglas Construction Ltd and Tilbury Douglas Construction Ltd 1920-2003 (MS 4901 Additional)
  • Lee Crowder & Co, solicitors: additional records 17th-20th cent (MS 3375 Additional (2018/021))
  • Mills & Reeve, solicitors: records c1855-1963 (MS 4939 (2018/035))
  • Webster & Horsfall Ltd, wire and wire rope manufacturers, Birmingham: additional records, with some records of Latch & Batchelor Ltd 19th-20th cent (MS 2860)

Bristol Archives

  • Frederick Greenway (fl 1826-1895), stonemason of Stapleton: estimate and price book, accounts and photographs 1855-1875 (46021)
  • Cameron Balloons Ltd, hot air balloons, Bristol: photographs, newsletters, brochures and digital images 1967-2014 (46017)
  • Nott Brodie & Co Ltd, civil engineers and builders, Bristol: papers incl promotional brochure and work projects c1970-1975 (46204)

Cambridgeshire Archives

  • British Sugar Corporation Ltd: salary registers for employees at Ely 1939-1956 (R118/041)
  • Cambridge Building Society: accounts, deeds and deeds registers, subscription books, collected business and investment records 1847-1995 (R118/032)
  • W Eaden Lilley & Co Ltd, department store, drapers and outfitters, house furnishers and removers: records 20th cent (R118/070)
  • Brewers day book, Cutlacks of Littleport? 1834-1841 (R118/061)

Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies

  • Murad Developments Ltd, mechanical manufacturers, Stocklake: records incl technical drawings and factory photographs rel to production of lathes and two models of car c1950-1959 (AR 43/2018)

Ceredigion Archives

  • David Evans, watchmaker, jeweller and silversmith, Aberystwyth: records incl accounts and day books 1894-1973 (DB/111)

Cheshire Archives and Local Studies

  • British Federation of Business and Professional Women: Cheshire branch: papers incl minutes, corresp and programmes 1957-1994 (D 9129)
  • Chester Wrights and Slaters Company: admittance registers and apprenticeship records 1695-1995 (ZG 24)
  • Joseph Parks and Son Ltd, structural steelwork construction engineers of Northwich: photographs and photograph albums of structural projects in the UK and worldwide 1929-1986 (D 9087)

City of Westminster Archives Centre

  • Paul Dyson (fl 1960-2013), exhibition designer: west end store exhibition photographs c1960-2013 (2968)
  • Fortnum & Mason Ltd, department store: catalogues and brochures c1980-2000 (2967)
  • Liberty plc, drapers, department store, fabric designers, furnishers and upholsterers, manufacturers of jewellery and wallpapers: catalogues, brochures, brand information files and staff magazines 1989-2018 (2963)
  • Phoenix Assurance Co Ltd: leases, mortgages, and other material relating to properties in the Eyre Estate 1821-1842 (2969)
  • Wallace Heaton (City Sale) Ltd, photographic chemists: minute book of Board of Directors, share certificates, and register of members 1918-1984 (2970)
  • Widnell and Trollope, quantity surveyors: job costs books, cash books, and project files 1849-1990 (2960)

Clackmannanshire Archives & Local History Service

  • Patons & Baldwins Ltd, woollen & worsted spinners: example knitting patterns 1950-1999 (A/2018/7)

Coventry Archives

  • Cornercroft Ltd, motor vehicle and aircraft component manufacturers, Coventry: photographs of factory interior and exterior c1920-1979 (PA3218)
  • B Laird & Co Ltd, smallware manufacturers, Coventry: additional records incl ledgers, debentures and photographs 1889-1957 (PA3296)

Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Barrow

  • Barrow Hematite Iron & Steel Co Ltd: business records incl papers rel to workers 1954-1975 (BDB70)
  • Furness Railway Co: enlarged plan and section of the railway line across the River Calder for the Duddon Crossing 1864 (BDX 787)
  • Post Office: records rel to staff and location of post boxes for region of Barrow-in-Furness, the Furness area, Milom and part of West Cumberland 1860-1969 (BDB 79)
  • Poole Townsend solicitors, Barrow-in-Furness: title deeds for Conishead Priory Estate and various properties in Barrow-in-Furness, Ulverston, Dunnerdale, Much Urswick and Hulme Manchester 1728-1965 (BDPT)
  • John Reginald Ivinson, (1909-1987), electrician: collected papers rel to career as electrician for Vickers-Armstrong Ltd incl transcript of log book of visit to Argentina during World War Two 1909-1987 (BDX 776)
  • Records collected by Eric Holland rel to mining incl photos and corresp, reports and information of wages paid to miners in Furness 1881-1890 c19th-20th cent (BDEH)

Cumbria Archive and Local Studies Centre, Whitehaven

  • Cleator Moor Brewing Co Ltd: shareholder minutes, accounts ledger and wages book 1874-1947 (YDB 100)
  • West Cumberland Industrial Development Co Ltd: records incl articles of association, minutes, register of members and photographs 1937-1981 (YDB 60)
  • West Cumberland Building Society: records incl annual reports, sales particulars and minutes 1882-1996 (YDB 63)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle

  • Thomas Altham & Son Ltd, ironfounders, ironmongers and builders merchants: financial and administrative records 1905-2002 (DB 97)
  • Cumberland Building Society: records incl minutes of the board and meeting notes, committee minutes, reports and accounts photographs, booklets and papers 1857-2009 (DB 193)
  • Miles Farrer, grocer: business accounts, particulars of land sale in Braithwaite and other papers rel to local area 1864-1905 (DB 191)
  • Henry Ralph Sealby, Penrith, haulage contractor: ledger and day book (1942), Skelton parish news, press cuttings, bills and papers and ironmonger's stock book 1925-1985 (DB 190)
  • Kidd's Auction Co Ltd: details of a sale of farming stock at Skirwith and account book of Mid Town Farm, Skirwith 1901-1912 (DX 2345)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Kendal

  • Samuel Gawith and Co, Ltd, snuff and tobacco manufacturers: records incl admin, staff and financial records, corresp, marketing material and photographs 19th-21st cent (WDB 14)

Denbighshire Archives

  • Rhyl Chamber of Trade and Commerce: records incl agendas, minutes and corresp c1970-1999 (DD/DM/192 6)

Derbyshire Record Office

  • William Burkitt (c1799-1873), maltster: day book 1858-1861 (D8135)
  • Robert Sucksmith Fitton (b1925), author: research and other papers for PhD and publications rel to the Strutt and Arkwright families and their manufacturing businesses c1950-1959 (D8185)
  • Deepwood Mining Company Ltd, Darley Dale: photographic album showing changings at Enthoven's c1970-1979 (D8759)
  • George Beeland, tailors and drapers, Derby: ledgers 1856-1862 (D8172)
  • Gervase Taylor, carrier and car proprietor, Crich: register of Controlled Premises and Quantities of Coal and Coke Supplied under the Fuel and Lightning Registration and Distribution Order, 1942, work tickets and other papers 1894-1963 (D8133)
  • Richard Granger & Son Ltd, lace manufacturers, Long Eaton: records incl minutes, accounts, employee records, corresp, photographs, lace samples, plans and family papers 1901-2006 (D5533)
  • Robinson & Sons Ltd, textile and packaging manufacturers, Chesterfield: records incl minutes, financial records, corresp, legal papers and title deeds, personnel records, production papers, personal papers of Robinson family 1756-2008 (D5395)
  • SGC Solicitors, Long Eaton: records incl client papers, title deeds, corresp, cash books and deeds 18th-20th cent (D8160)
  • WG & J Strutt Ltd, cotton spinners: business and other records incl accounts, letter book, corresp, plans and photographs c1755-1959 (D6948)
  • Peak District Mines Historical Society: two volumes containing accounts, transcripts and other memoranda concerning lead mining in Derbyshire c1800-1900 (D6967)
  • Armitage & Smith, Architects, Dore: drawings of domestic, commercial and industrial buildings (transferred from Sheffield Archives, ref X672) c1940-1970 (D8174)
  • Plan of the lead mines and veins of the Partners and Proprietors of Portoway Placket Yate Stoop Limekiln and Drake, Winster 1769 (D8163)
  • Research notes and copied sources relating to Cressbrook and Litton Mills compiled by Miss MacKenzie of Sheffield, history teacher and historian (transferred from Sheffield Archives, ref MD6755, MD 6758, MD6801) c1959-1975 (D8175)

Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)

  • Edith Connett (1870-1961), milliner: records rel to the millinery business incl photographs and promotional leaflet from the Great War period 19th-20th cent (ZAQJ; acc D2018/156)
  • John Roque, surveyor and cartographer: plan of Exeter, incl drawings of Exeter Cathedral, Hospital and River Exe 1744 (4110Z/34; acc D2018/56)

Dorset History Centre

  • Mr Shaw (fl 1891-1902), unnamed business of Wareham: business records 1891-1902 (D-3035)
  • Armstrong and Hendy, suppliers to the Armed Forces, Weymouth: accounts for supplies to the York Hussars stationed in Weymouth Barracks 1802 (D-3043)
  • Globe Insurance Co, Dorset: policy books 1853-1866 (D-2921)
  • Jeffrey of Dorchester, gunsmiths: assorted items rel to the family gunshop business during the Second World War 20th cent (D-JEF)
  • Poole Pottery Ltd: patterns designed by Truda Carter in the 1930s, Ann Read artwork, pattern design and rel documents 1956 (D-PPY; D-3073)
  • Corfe Castle Chamber of Commerce: minutes, accounts and reports 2001-2017 (D-2910)

Dudley Archives and Local History Service

  • Joseph Bramah Cochrane (1840-1908), ironfoundry owner: business cash books and research notes 1859-1906 (C10070)
  • Stanley Morris (fl 1945 - 1972), foundry worker: personal papers re work and social events at Coneygre Foundry, Tipton 1952-1972 (C10018)
  • Bailey Pegg & Co Ltd, ironfounders, iron merchants and engineers: records incl financial records, promotional material and plans 1821-2017 (C10121)
  • Oates & Perrens, land surveyors: plans of properties in Stourbridge and Lye 1841-1866 (C10077)
  • Old Hill Colliery: receipt books 1859-1861 (C10099)

Durham County Record Office

  • Amundsen & Smith, chartered shipbrokers, Co Durham: shipping and docking charges records 1945-2009 (D/X 2159)
  • Consett Iron Company, iron and steel manufcturers, Co Durham: draftsman and engineer notebooks 1969-1989 (D/X 2111)
  • East Hetton Colliery, Kelloe, Co Durham: records 1911-1971 (D/X 2165)
  • Harrison and Harrison, organ builders, Co Durham: organ drawings 19th-20th cent (D/Ha)
  • Hawthorn Colliery, Co Durham: technical drawings for modifications to Hawthorn Shaft Combined Mine 1950-2012 (D/X 2145)
  • John Lowes & Sons Ltd, builders and marble works, Co Durham: wages book 1899-1916 (D/X 2143)
  • Thornley Colliery, Co Durham: records rel to strikes, incl court cases of those arrested in Durham and inspection papers 1984-1985 (D/X 2161)
  • Wheatley Hill Colliery, Co Durham: records rel to strikes, incl court cases of those arrested in Durham and inspection papers 1984-1985 (D/X 2161)

East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service

  • Briggs & Powell Ltd, ironmongers: directors minute book and accounts ledgers 1847-1988 (DDX2254)
  • Stephen Watson, haulier: client account books, day books, work and expenses notebooks c1925-1966 (DDX2206)
  • Goole opticians: registers 1928-1964 (DDX2196)

East Sussex Record Office

  • Perigoe family, carpenters and undertakers, of Northiam: family papers 17th-20th cent (ACC 13034)
  • Beckett Newspapers Ltd, Eastbourne: negatives collection, transferred from Eastbourne Library with other photographic material 19th-20th cent (ACC 13260)
  • Colin Humphrey, architect, Wilmington: drawings and papers rel to barn conversions 1978-2016 (ACC 13050)
  • Raper & Fovargue, solicitors, Battle: additional client papers incl Catsfield manorial records 1500-1839, Laughton Turnpike accounts 1766-1797, Land Tax Commissioners' minutes 1839-1864 and Battle Land Tax returns 1721-1800 1499-1873 (ACC 13107)

Edinburgh City Archives

  • Chiene & Tait, accountants, Edinburgh: records 1852-1975 (1163)
  • Edinburgh Leisure: records of Meadowbank Sports Centre c1970-2009 (1167)
  • Example volume of letterhead dies by an Edinburgh printer 1907-1933 (1168)

Essex Record Office

  • J Surridge & Son, auctioneers, estate agents and surveyors, Coggeshall: maps of Felix Hall estate 1839 (1 vol) and plans of Rivenhall Place estate 1828 (1 vol) 1828-1839 (A14956)

Explore York Libraries & Archives

  • G W Harding (1883-1974), linen draper: records incl fabric samples, advertising materials and deeds 1883-1974 (HDG/2)
  • Banks Music, musical instrument retailer, York: incl miniature score stock book and church organ catalogue 1950-2000 (BKS/16)
  • Bedern Hall Company, conference and exhibition centre, York: incl accounts and associated papers 1990-2000 (BED)

Flintshire Record Office

  • Fred Griffiths, Pentrobin Farm, Hawarden: papers incl diaries 1903-1981 (AN5206)

Glamorgan Archives

  • Anthony Ernest (b1936), coffee merchant: additional personal and business papers, records rel to Costa Rica Coffee Co Ltd c1894-2012 (D387)
  • Barnes & Talbot, builders, Abercynon: records incl tenders and plans for work for local authorities and National Coal Board, with deeds to family properties of Walter Richard Barnes 1896-1991 (D1590)
  • Crawshay Brothers (Cyfarthfa) Ltd, iron and steel manufacturers and colliery proprietors: Hirwaun Ironworks ledger 1855-1859 (D1567)

Glasgow City Archives

  • William Malcolm, merchant, Glasgow: notebooks and diary 1833-1932 (TD2016)
  • John Oswald, joiner, Glasgow: day books, sales ledger 1933-1943 (TD2026)
  • John Paterson Motors Ltd, Glasgow: minutes, directors' reports, financial statements, register of members, pension corresp 1934-1995 (TD2042)

Gloucestershire Archives

  • Abdela & Mitchell Ltd, shipbuilders and marine engineers, Brinscombe: photographs of ships, boats and parts made by the company c1920-1928 (D14648)
  • David Burnett, farmer, Gossington: notebook on breeding and selling horses 1884-1901 (D14743)
  • Illman Young Landscape Design Ltd, Cheltenham: additional corresp and project files 2009-2013 (D10830)

Gwent Archives

  • Herbert Lewis Department Store, Chepstow: deeds of properties which form the store site c1770-1940 (Accession 6408)
  • Seargeant Bros Ltd, printers, Abergavenny: records incl private ledger, balance sheets, Chairman's reviews 1907-1970 (Accession 6430)
  • Western Welsh Omnibus Company: records incl of related companies Lewis & James Bus Garage Co of Cross Keys and Newbridge c1920-1975 (Accession 6410)

Hackney Archives

  • Charrington & Co Ltd, brewers, Mile End: papers relating to redevelopment of premises 1936 (2018/19)

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Sir Joseph Causton & Sons Ltd, printers and stationery manufacturers, Eastleigh: papers of Reginald Frederick Dore, General Manager, rel to his time with the company and elsewhere in the printing business, incl staff autograph book and papers rel to employee exemptions from Second World War service c1896-1982 (83A18)
  • Lee Bros Ltd, builders, Aldershot: records incl sales, day books, accounts, purchases, records rel to employees, photographs of properties built 1894-1984 (74A18)
  • James Reeve, farmer, Up Somborne: business and personal financial records incl account books, cash books, labourers accounts, housekeepers accounts 1842-1892 (79A18)

Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre

  • Samuel Bickham (1841-1933), cotton spinning machinery manufacturer and fruit farmer: journal, with inventory of Underdown, Ledbury 1881-1922 (DC59)
  • Bellows & Son, ironmongers, Hereford and Leominster: records incl ledgers, corresp and financial records, with material rel to predecessor Edward Woodhouse, ironmonger, Leominster 1770-1906 (DB89)
  • Bodenham & James, solicitors, Hereford: solicitor's copies of Petty Sessions, Quarter Sessions and Assize papers largely giving briefs for prosecution, defence, appellants and prisoners 1859-1882 (DB93)
  • Hereford Times Ltd, newspaper publishers: photogravure negatives of Hereford United players (DC53)

Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies

  • John S Bonnington Partnership, architects, St Albans: records 20th cent (6098)
  • Aerial photographs of Stevenage and Buncefield oil depot, Hemel Hempstead c1968 (6123)

Highland Archives

  • AI Welders, Inverness: records incl corresp, memoranda, invoices and engineering drawings 1870-1899 (D1)

Highland Archives: Lochaber Archive Centre

  • British Aluminium Co Ltd: photographs rel to the Spey Valley Dam, Laggan Dam, Loch Treig Dam and the building of the British Aluminium Smelter, Fort William c1928-1979 (L/D 190 add.)
  • British Aluminium Co Ltd: additional photographs and glass slides rel to Lochaber Aluminium Smelter c1930-1979 (L/D 190)

Hounslow and Feltham Local Studies Service

  • DP9 Consultancy Ltd, London: part of Rectory Farm, Cranford Heston planning application to create a warehouse complex with public park, on behalf of Formal Investments, investment and asset management, Cheltenham 2018 (HALS/ARC 484)

Hull History Centre (Hull City Archives)

  • House of Fraser plc: records, incl of predecessor bodies Hammonds and Binns, incl glass plate negatives, minute books, share registers, plans and photographs c1920-2000 (C DBFR)
  • Chartered Institute of Bankers, Hull and District Centre: records incl committee and AGM minutes, secretary's reports, list of presidents and map of local centres 1925-1986 (C DSBI)
  • Unnamed fisheries company: commission book to record financial details 1937-1955 (C DIWY)

Huntingdonshire Archives

  • Thomas Bloodworth, of Kimbolton (fl 1839-1854), surveyor: survey and accounts book 1839-1854 (6001)
  • C G Tebbutt, timber merchants, St Neots: records 1935-1991 (5970)
  • Roger Gaskell Rare Books, Warboys: book sale catalogues 1991-2014 (5998)

Isle of Wight Record Office

  • Herbert Arthur Barnes (1902-1962), barber, Newport: cashbooks 1925-1952 (2018/048)
  • Alfred George Riley (1889-1956), barber, Newport: cash books 1925-1952 (2018/048)
  • Needles Hotel Company Ltd: records incl corresp, accounts, plans and accounts for the Needles Chairlift Company c1920-1980 (2018/037)

Lancashire Archives

  • Pearson & Pearson, solicitors: various North Lancashire deeds and material rel to Kirkby Lonsdale 1815-1942 (DDX 3232)
  • G F Singleton, auctioneer: sales catalogues and associated papers 1923-1980 (DDX 3209)
  • John Whitehead & Co Ltd, brick, tile and pipe making machinery manufacturers, Preston: records incl corresp, work estimates and letter book designs c1906-1916 (DDX 3224)
  • Lancashire Sinfonietta: administrative and business records and records rel to performances incl concert programmes and photographs 1996-2013 (DDX 3228)

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for

  • Anglo-American Brush Electric Light Corporation, Loughborough: leases and manufacturing agreements 1881-1888 (DE9615)
  • Brown Brothers Bag Stores Ltd, Leicester: accounts, plans, corresp and photographs c1890-2000 (DE9732)
  • Cascelloid Ltd, manufacturers of plastic, Leicester: photographs and ephemera c1940-1987 (DE9588)
  • The Direct Birmingham and Leicester Railway: plans, section and book of reference 1845 (DE9619)
  • Flint and Shenton, surveyors, Leicester: plan of proposed new arrangement of Leicester Racecourse 1855 (DE9710)
  • Hart and Levy, clothiers, Leicester: advertising material, corresp, invitations and programmes from works outings c1880-1965 (DE9564)
  • TW Kempton Ltd, knitwear manufacturers, Leicester: records incl advertising material, share certificates, legal agreements and photographs c1900-1989 (DE9698)
  • Leicester Hide and Skin Company: photographs of staff and operations, wage book, trade research papers and reports c1959-1989 (DE9607)
  • Benjamin Russell & Sons Ltd, hosiery manufacturers, Leicester: records incl advertising material share certificates, legal agreements and photographs c1900-1989 (DE9698)

Lincolnshire Archives

  • Blackstone & Co, farm implement maker, Stamford: glass negatives (41) 20th cent (MISC DON 2033)
  • Deeds and papers rel to a Butcher's shop in Market Place, Billinghay 1841-1961 (MISC DON 2046)

Liverpool Record Office

  • British Engine Insurance Ltd: photograph album re Queen's Aware for Exporting Achievement 1976 (ACC 7227)
  • RS Clare & Co Ltd oil refiners and distillers: records incl minutes, accounts, photographs and shipping lists 1889-1998 (ACC7197)
  • Cleaver, Holden & Co, solicitors: wills 1856-1920 (ACC7149)
  • Everton Football Club Co Ltd: scout book and notes, programmes and memorabilia 1894-2018 (796 EFC)
  • Hill & Co, builders: accounts 1893-1964 (ACC 7229)
  • Hirst Conservation Ltd: conservation records re re-gilding, Lewis's department store Liverpool 2017 (ACC7140)
  • Hunter Fowles & Co Ltd, timber traders, Liverpool: accounts 1923-1928 (ACC 7264)
  • The Liverpool Football Club and Athletic Grounds Ltd: fixture cards 1984-2008 (ACC 7165)
  • Lockheed Precision Products Ltd, aircraft hydraulics manufacturers: data sheets and technical publications 1970-1977 (ACC7201)
  • Percy Phillips Sound Recording Service, Liverpool: copy logbooks, audio recordings 1955-1958 (ACC 7182, 7183)
  • Prescot Colliery: mine maps for Carrs, Halsnead, and Tenlands 1892-1905 (ACC 7164)
  • R Silcock & Sons Ltd cattle and poultry food manufacturers: letter 1936 (Acc 7255)
  • The Timber Trades' Benevolent Society: minutes and miscellaneous records 1905-1997 (ACC7143)

London Metropolitan Archives: City of London

  • Craig-Hubbuck Ltd, paint and varnish manufacturers, London: records incl corresp, paint formulae and samples, price lists and plans of a laboratory and mill, also rel to subsidiary companies, Thomas Hubbuck & Son Ltd, and Andrew G Soutter & Co Ltd 1897-1968 (B18/118)
  • Gordon & Gotch Ltd, exporters of British newspapers and magazines, London: Public Relations Office: photographic negative transparencies and glass plate negatives, contact sheets and prints showing staff and business activities, leaflets, artwork and advertising 1947-1985 (B18/075)
  • Usher & Cole, chronometer and watchmakers, Clerkenwell: records incl ledgers, work books, Barraud and Lund serial number and main serial number books, orders and letter book and chronometer rate book 1859-1956 (B18/130)
  • VGLee, signwriters, London: photographs, promotional material and examples of work c1980-1990 (B18/017)

Manchester Archives and Local Studies

  • Francis Shaw & Co Ltd, manufacturers of machinery for the rubber, plastics and allied industries: records rel to employees and brochures rel to rubber and plastic industries c1930-1980 (2018/65)
  • Refuge Assurance Co Ltd: union and staff council minutes and conference reports 1923-1975 (2018/85)
  • Bernard James Turner (1914-1998) and James Edgar Turner (1919-2004), smallholders and pig farmers at Highfield, Levenshulme: account book and photographs rel to smallholding 1955-1977 (2018/41)

Norfolk Record Office

  • William Black Atkins (fl 1815-1837), farmer: diaries 1815-1837 (ACC 2018/51)
  • J & J Colman Ltd, mustard, cornflour and starch manufacturers, Norwich: papers rel to Carrow Works and Norwich Theatre Royal 1916-2013 (ACC 2018/136)
  • Fowell, Thorold & Prentice, solicitors, Norwich: financial records c1930-1950 (BR 400)
  • Geoffrey Watling Limited, property developers, Norwich: deeds and papers 1884-1997 (ACC 2017/182)
  • Irelands Arnold Keys, Land Agents, Norwich: property sales registers c1913-1968 (BR 401)
  • Johnson, Burton and Theobald Ltd, ironmongers, Norwich: directors minutes, short notices, finance, wages, sales records and photographs c1901-2001 (ACC 2018/39)
  • Steeles Law Solicitors, solicitors, Norwich: deeds rel to The Eagle Public House in Attleborough and freehold property in Thurlton and Norton Subcourse 18th cent-20th cent (ACC 2018/121)
  • Stratfords, clothing store, Kings Lynn: minutes, financial records, photographs and deeds c1901-1994 (ACC 2018/55)

North Devon Record Office (South West Heritage Trust)

  • Ilfracombe Gazette: newspapers 1910-1920 (B1362)
  • Satterleigh farmer's diary 1869 (B1358)

North East Lincolnshire Archives

  • Brown & Buttrick, architects, Scunthorpe and Winterton: building plans rel to Brown & Buttrick incl the predecessor firms of W H Buttrick, Derek W Brown and Buttrick & Buttrick c1927-1988 (1472; 2018/021)
  • J S Doig Ltd, shipbuilders, engineers and boilermakers: records 1934-1967 (1479; 2018/027)

North Yorkshire County Record Office

  • Robert Ackrill Breare (1953-2013), businessman: papers incl corresp 20th cent (Z.1619)
  • Northallerton Ladies Probus Club: minutes and programmes 1988-2017 (Z.1609)
  • Angus Dalrymple Smith, (fl 1934-1948), physician: medical day book 1934-1948 (Z.1599)
  • Oakleys, builders, Yorkshire: records incl ledgers and wages books 1866-1870 (ZOF)

Northamptonshire Archives

  • Clipston Bakery: ledgers 1946-1956 (N321)
  • Samuel Dunmore, carrier: account book 1870-1929 (N318)
  • Gotch Pearson, Architects: plans of buildings in and around Northamptonshire c1960-2010
  • Northampton Chronicle and Echo, newspaper: photographic archive c1980-2016 (NCEP)
  • Wyatt, architects: plans, elevations and layouts showing proposed alterations to Fawsley Hall 1813 (N306)
  • Stanley L Hunt, Printing firm, Rushden: business records incl ledgers, deeds, corresp and quotation and invoice book 20th-21st cent (N353)

Northumberland Archives

  • Dickson, Archer & Thorp, solicitors, Alnwick: vols (2) of First World War corresp and military badges, insignia and Military Cross of Robert Thorp, also incl photographs 1914-2000 (B/DAT)
  • National Coal Board: seam plans of Stobswood colliery incl Yard Seam, Five Quarter Seam, New Seam, Plessey Seam, Three Quarter or Bottom Main Seam, Tilley Seam, Bottom Beaumont Seam and Top Beaumont Seam c1960 (NRO 11716)
  • Prudhoe colliery: records incl working charges, agreements and pay sheets c1840-1861 (NRO 11695)
  • Shulton Co Ltd: records incl photographs, plant history, newsletters and papers rel to Old Spice jubilee edition c1960-2000 (NRO 11697)
  • Wylam Colliery: records incl working charges, agreements and pay sheets c1840-1861 (NRO 11695)
  • Tait & Inness, joiners and undertakers, Warenford, Northumberland: business ledger 1937-1955 (NRO 11651)
  • Recording rel to the Hartley colliery disaster c1970 (T/986)

Nottinghamshire Archives

  • Barber, Walker & Co Ltd, colliery proprietors: records of ropes used at different collieries 1870-1948 (9400)
  • Cooper, Tate, Marsden and partners, architects, Nottingham: plans, sections and elevations of various buildings c1930-1949 (9324)
  • Cotgrave Colliery: photograph album 1956-1960 (9432)
  • W H Radford & Son, civil engineers, Nottingham: records incl accounts, deeds and corresp c1880-1960 (9352)

Oldham Local Studies & Archives

  • Carney family of Oldham: papers, primarily rel to James Carney and his work at Platt Brothers and Co Ltd, Hartford Works, ironfounders and textile machinery manufacturers 1919-1984 (M236)
  • Oldham Chronicle, local daily newspaper: records 1894-2013 (2018/2)

Oxfordshire History Centre

  • Alfred Truman, solicitors, Bicester: clients papers c1620-1959 (Acc 6663)
  • Buckell and Ballard, auctioneers and estate agents, Oxford: business and personal papers of Fred Ballard, senior partner (Acc 6695)
  • Carter Jonas, estate agents, Oxford: sale catalogues of properties in Oxfordshire c1933-2000 (Acc 6708)
  • Darby and Son, solicitors, Oxford: records incl registers of deeds and financial ledgers 19th-20th cent (Acc 6661)
  • Richard Seymour Aram and Co, solicitors, Reading: deeds of properties in Goring, Sonning Eye, Woodstock and Temple Cowley 1776-1964 (Acc 6660)

Perth and Kinross Council Archive

  • David Beveridge Ltd, builders and contractors, Perth: cash books and other financial records, draft letter books 1910-1965 (18/01)
  • Stanley Mills (Scotland) Ltd, cotton manufacturers: additional business records incl minutes, financial, production records and inventories 1887-1978 (18/124)
  • United Auctions (Scotland) Ltd, livestock salesmen and auctioneers, Perth: additional business records incl diaries (36) of JM Fraser, founder, MacDonald Fraser & Co, auctioneers c1860-1999 (18/137)

Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

  • Pearn and Proctor of Plymouth, architects: reports, plans and drawings c1950-2010 (4200)

Powys Archives

  • Williams, Gittins & Tomley, solicitors, Newtown: client papers incl deeds, probates, and register of members for Patrick Brick & Tile Co Ltd c1800-1999 (M/D/WGT)

Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library and Archive

  • Rooks, Rider & Co, solicitors, London: property deeds rel to Garrick's Villa, Hampton and the surrounding area 1742-1902 (AD36)

Rotherham Archives and Local Studies

  • James Turner & Son Ltd, quarry proprietors: minute book and plans of quarries at North Anston 1914-1958 (1072-B)

Sandwell Community History and Archives Service

  • Boulton, Watt & Co (afterwards James Watt & Co), engineers and ironfounders: engineering drawings 1800-1895 (2018/70R)
  • Chance Brothers Ltd, glass manufacturers, Smethwick: plans of Directors room and site of works 1957-1980 (2018/19R)
  • WJ Hayward, mining engineer: collection of business corresp 1894-1902 (2018/23R)
  • Smith & Davis Ltd: Director's minute book 1918-1959 (2018/59)
  • West Bromwich Institute: annual reports and accounts 1860-1962 (2018/14R)

Sheffield City Archives

  • Job Preston Ltd, chemists: records incl account book 1887-1890s (X833)
  • River Don Millowners Association: records incl minutes 1898-1986 (X777)

Shropshire Archives

  • Cleobury Mortimer Gas Company: misc documents incl company ledgers 19th-20th cent (9492)
  • L V Priestley and Sons, solicitors, Church Stretton: deeds and documents rel to properties and clients 19th-20th cent (9495)
  • WH Smith & Co (Whitchurch) Ltd, ironfounders and agricultural and structural engineers: papers 20th cent (9425)
  • Unnamed motor garage, Shawbury area: ledger detailing fuel and services provided to named customers 1938 (9528)

Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)

  • Martin Charles Broker (fl 1960-2017), solicitor, of Burnham on Sea: personal and professional diaries, incl rel to Barrington & Sons, solicitors (closed to public access) 1973-2017 (A/ENX)
  • Chanin & Thomas, estate agents, Minehead: records c1951-2011 (A/EMI)
  • Percy Daniel & Co, organ builders, Clevedon: client files and contracts with records rel to Cawston Organs Ltd 1938-2005 (A/ELY)
  • Donati Architects, Minehead: records incl accounts and photographs c1950-1979 (A/EMM)
  • James Gillingham, shoemaker and artificial limb manufacturer, Chard: photographic negatives believed to relate to James Gillingham's family and to production of artificial limbs c1863-1920 (A/BEN/83)
  • Oakhill Brewery Co Ltd: additional accounts and staff photograph c1895-1925 (A/EOY)
  • Samuel Winter Summers, drapers and outfitters, Milverton: customer ledgers, with family papers and farm ledger 1887-1959 (A/EMT)
  • Tropicana, entertainment venue, Weston super Mare: tourism slides and images, with illustrations of proposed seafront developments c1990-2010 (A/EOE)
  • David Wheadon, photographer, Chard: photographs and negatives incl wedding, press and other commercial work c1948-2005 (A/EOM)

Special Collections, The Mitchell Library

  • Dallas, McMillan & Sinclair, solicitors, Glasgow: records incl press cuttings, photographs, corresp, court documents, maps, photographs, drawings and charts rel to January 1971 Ibrox Football Stadium disaster 1949-1974 (1001091)

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office

  • ST Bowen & Son, sandal manufacturer, Stafford: album of orders and related corresp 1949-1952 (7605)
  • Henry Benn Burslem, draper, Brewood: business and personal accounts 1863-1872 (7620)
  • Deavall family, farmers, Manor House Farm, Gayton: business records c1950-1989 (7658)
  • Norman's Stores, Yoxall: business accounts c1888-1903 (7604)

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Stoke-on-Trent City Archives

  • William Moorcroft (1872-1945), potter and designer: personal and commercial papers c1890-1950 (SD 1837)
  • Doulton & Co Ltd, Royal Doulton Potteries: presentation photograph album of Lambeth employees 1849-1901 (SD 1809)
  • Hayden & Co, clothiers, Tunstall and Stoke on Trent: scrapbook, newspaper cuttings, photographs, letters and catalogues rel to company and employees, particularly Edward Allman c1920-2000 (G343)

Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds Branch

  • Thomas Ridley & Son Ltd, grocers and paint merchants: account book 1846-1863 (HD3410)
  • Rookery Farm, Wickhambrook: diaries (2) 1948-1949 (HD3418)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

  • Dora Brown (fl 1970-2010), farmer: papers and diaries 1970-2010 (HD4139)
  • Allen, Cadge and Gilbert Solicitors, Bungay: deeds for properties in Westleton, Weybread 19th-20th cent (HB467)
  • Environment Advice Ltd, consultancy, Woodbridge: papers incl reports, bulletins and meetings 1979-2009 (HC613)
  • Footman Pretty & Co Ltd, store, Ipswich: photographs c1931 (K1037)
  • Margary & Miller Solicitors, Suffolk: deeds, papers and files 18th-19th cent (2547)
  • Neal Sons & Fletcher, surveyors, estate agents and auctioneers, Woodbridge: drawings and plans of property in the Woodbridge area of Suffolk 20th cent (HE405)
  • Saunders Ltd, stonemasons and concrete specialist, Ipswich: documents and papers incl accounts, illustrations and ephemera 1898-1990s (HC612)

Surrey History Centre

  • Bowyer family of Betchworth, Charlwood and Redhill: published history of the family, papers and photographs rel to H&A Trower Ltd, millers and corn merchants, Redhill c1915-1994 (9876)
  • Elkins family, brewers of Guildford: family papers and photographs c1820-2016 (9855)
  • David Ash (1954-1982), head proof reader, Billing and Sons Ltd, Guildford: working papers 1954-1982 (9953)
  • Kenneth Stevens (fl 1950-1990), engineer and printer: papers rel to businesses, properties and Vickers-Armstrong, engineering, Westminster c1950-1990 (9986)
  • Friary, Holroyd and Healy's Breweries Ltd, Guildford: papers rel to titles to properties 1895 (9924)
  • Mayo Wynne Baxter, solicitors, Lewes: deeds rel to property in Dormansland, Burstow and Reigate 1713-1892 (9973)

Teesside Archives

  • William Lane Foundry, Middlesbrough: records incl deeds, plans, photos and financial records 19th-20th cent (7637)

Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives

  • East End Dwellings Co Ltd, Whitechapel: rent ledger 1938-1948 (B/CAP/A/3/2)

Trafford Local Studies

  • G B B Bradshaw photographers, Altrincham: photograph rel to the homecoming of the William Grey 9th Earl of Stamford (1850-1910) 1906 (TRA1841)

Tyne and Wear Archives

  • Cook & Nicholson Ltd, Wear File Works, manufacturers: records incl articles of association, register of directors and members, minutes, catalogues and price lists c1870-1993 (DS.CN)
  • Raisbeck family, merchant adventurers and boothmen, Newcastle upon Tyne and Stockton on Tees: guild papers for three generations of the family 1683-1767 (DX1701)

Warwickshire County Record Office

  • Automotive Products Ltd, Leamington Spa: photographs of factory 1936-1955 (PH 1330)
  • Automotive Products Ltd, Leamington Spa: records of the AP25 Club, associated with the business, incl minutes, newsletters, corresp, programmes and printed material 1991-2010 (CR 4945)
  • Chapel End Chemist, Nuneaton: prescription book 1951-1975 (CR 4972)
  • Lockheed Precision Products Ltd, aircraft hydraulics manufacturers: aerial photograph of Lockheed Hydraulic Brake Co factory and papers rel to wartime bomb damage c1940-1959 (PH 1323)
  • Sale, Hill & Davenport, solicitors, Atherstone: business records incl corresp, deeds and client papers 18th-20th cent (CR 4935)
  • Shawell Sand & Gravel Co Ltd, Cliften, Rugby: records incl corresp and plans c1960-1969 (CR 4992)

West Glamorgan Archive Service

  • John Andrews (Bakers) Ltd, Swansea: records 1891-2000 (D/D Z 1052)
  • Briton Ferry Ironworks: documents from the estate of Dr CW Roberts rel to the Ironworks 19th-20th cent
  • Swansea Chamber of Commerce Incorporated: minutes 1925-1932 (D/D C/C)

West Sussex Record Office

  • Richard Cobden (1804-1865), statesman and businessman: letters (17) to various correspondents 1846-1862 (19097)
  • Centaur Press, independent publisher, Sussex: records rel to business and to founder Jon Wynne-Tyson c1930-2009 (19041)
  • Crawley Advertiser, newspaper: glass plate negatives c1950-1969 (19324)
  • Peter Fleming, architect, Chichester: practice records c1935-1991 (19332)
  • Mid Sussex Times, newspaper: Mid Sussex newspapers 1883-2007 (19170)
  • Sena Sugar Estates, Mozambique: architect plans and drawings of estate factories 1907-1926 (19109)
  • South East Employers Agency: records 1929-1989 (19206)
  • Westup Farm, Balcombe: accounts 1843-1854 (19345)
  • Farm accounts for farms in Wiston, Framfield, Buxted, Pevensey, Hethfield, and Steyning c1860-1915 (19303)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford

  • Bradford Chamber of Trade: records 2018 (56D85)
  • Harrison, Parkinson & Co, chemists: business records 1833-1870 (WYB771)
  • Bradford and District Guild of Handweavers, Spinners and Dyers: records incl minutes of AGM, newsletters, exhibition invitation and events programme. 1993-94 (WYB770)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale

  • Henry Head (fl 1877-1894), shopkeeper, shoe and bootmaker: papers incl accounts for boot and shoe mending 1877-1894 (WYC:1900)
  • Hard Platts Farm: deeds and probate papers 1667-1964 (WYC:1887)
  • William Brenard, paperhanger, ironmonger and cabinetmaker: ledger 1877-1881 (WYC1886)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Kirklees

  • Ernest Beaumont (1895-1905), jeweller, watchmaker and optician: seven cash books 1895-1905 (WYK1859)
  • Bentley & Shaw, Lockwood Brewery: records incl postcards 19th-20th cent (WYK1734)
  • Britannia Mill: records incl deeds and account books 1852-2018 (WYK1860)
  • Meltham Silica Fire Brick Company Ltd: records incl photo album 1920s-1983 (WYK1870)
  • W & J S Pratt, textile manufacturers, Huddersfield and Barnard Castle: records incl production, financial papers and insurance policies 1899-1988 (WYK1869)
  • Huddersfield and District Carding Engineers Association: records incl minutes 1916-2018 (WYK1874)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Leeds

  • Francis Thornton (fl 1839-1851), grocer and tea dealer: records incl receipts and invoices 1839-1851 (WYL2571)
  • Moorhead Mill, wool and cloth manufacturers, Gildersome: stock book owned by Henry Booth 1909-1916 (WYL2569)
  • Joshua Tetley & Son Ltd, brewers: Wheelwright's department: collections account rel to employee donations to the Red Cross 1922-1971 (WYL2578)
  • Theatre & Opera House Leeds Ltd: records incl minutes 1876-1976 (WYL2559)
  • Unnamed doctor's surgery, Leeds: records incl account book 1896-1946 (WYL2577)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield

  • Ackton Hall Colliery Co Ltd: records incl leases and land agreements 19th cent (WYW1903)
  • John Dickinson and Son, solicitors: deeds and papers mainly rel to Daniel Gaskill's School 1884-1908 (WYW1895)
  • Fryston Colliery: accounts 1911 (WYW1916)
  • Kinsley Colliery: profit and loss accounts 1986 (WYW1916)
  • Records incl wage book, letters and diaries rel to various collieries incl Nostell, New Sharlstone and Silkstone 19th-20th cent (WYW1751)

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

  • John Sawtell & Co, bed manufacturers: accounts, sales brochures and information rel to firm's history c1930-1970 (4417)
  • Manor Farm, West Grimstead: farming accounts incl milk production book, wages books, loose invoices and rel papers 1910-1949 (1537A)

Wirral Archives Service

  • FJ Broadbent & Son, builders: business records incl accounts and letter books 1896-1991 (2344)
  • Caldy Manor Estate Ltd: records incl minutes and title deeds 20th cent (2374)
  • Robert Smith & Son, iron and steel merchants: records incl accounts and corresp 1878-1952 (2377)

Wolverhampton City Archives

  • Carillion plc, building and construction, Wolverhampton: photographs, publicity material and publications c1990-2009 (Acc 2873)
  • F Jennings & Sons, funeral directors, Horseley Fields: corresp, press cuttings, and photographs (DB-83)
  • FBC Manby Bowdler, solicitors, Wolverhampton: deeds 1807-1926 (DX-1054)

National

British Library, Manuscript Collections

  • David Plenderleath (fl 1750-1770), merchant: journals 1751-1771 (Add MS 89325)
  • Maggs Bros Ltd, antiquarian booksellers, London: archive 1881-1979 (Add MS 89311)

British Library, Music Collections

  • Otto Haas, music antiquarian firm: records 1901-2000 (Music Deposit 2018/09)

Historic England Archive

  • Brims & Co Ltd, public works contractors: photograph albums showing UK dock and road construction c1939-1964 (BCA01)

Island Archives, Guernsey

  • T B Banks, printers, St Peter Port: financial records c1890-1919 (2018-011)
  • Trump family, greenhouse owners, La Rocquette, Vazon, Guernsey: financial records of the vinery (greenhouse) c1950-2001 (AQ 1564)

Jersey Archive

  • George Medland (fl c1920-1979), butcher: personal papers, rent books, family wills and business receipts c1920-1979 (JA/3259)
  • Peter Barbenson Mourant (fl 1859-1889), banker: letters to his sister Mary Jane Mourant, with a transcription of 'The Journal of Jean de Carteret, his voyage from Jersey to settle in New Zealand, 1859' c1859-1889 (JA/3260)
  • Beaumont Dairy, Jersey: milk delivery books c1940-1949 (JA/3352)
  • FG de Faye (Chemist) Ltd, Jersey: records incl prescription registers and records rel to predecessor businesses c1870-1910 (JA/3294)
  • Guiton Group, printers and publishers, Jersey: records incl Jersey Evening Post ledgers, microfilm copies of newspapers (1919-40) 1919-1977 (JA/3291)
  • Pitcher & Le Quesne, funeral directors, Jersey: additional company records c1968-1989 (JA/3296)
  • Pitcher & Le Quesne, funeral directors, Jersey: additional company records c1990-2010 (JA/3321)

Manx National Heritage Library & Archives

  • James Brown (1815-1881), journalist, founder of Isle of Man Times: diary and scrapbook 1864-1939 (MS 14488)

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

  • John Barr (1793-1862), weaver: letters 1817-1822 (Acc. 13901)
  • William Wallace Hozier (1825-1906), 1st Baron Newlands, businessman and soldier: diary 1847-1848 (Acc. 13928)
  • Allan Scott, bookseller, Glasgow: letters and bills incoming 1793-1833 (Acc. 13994)
  • James Wilson, stockingmaker, Scotland: corresp and accounts 1780-1845 (Acc. 13922)

National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services

  • Gregynog Press: papers of Anthony Harvey rel to the Press
  • Gwasg Gee, publisher: records incl manuscripts, proofs and administrative files 1978-2010 (GEEANY)
  • Gwasg Gomer, publisher: records incl financial records, scrap books, photographs, company history and diary of John D Lewis 1853-2016 (99900842102419)
  • Undeb Amaethwyr Cymru: records (99885710302419)

National Museum of the Royal Navy

  • Norrey & Sons, provisions merchants, Portsmouth: supplied accounts ledger rel to supplying local naval and civil establishments and ships 1938-1944 (NMRN 2018/153)

National Museums Liverpool: Maritime Archives and Library

  • Ocean Steam Ship Co Ltd (Blue Funnel Line): drawings of Blue Funnel ships 1850-1930 (MMM.2018.11)
  • Frank Bustard, (1886-1974), shipping owner: vols (25) of Continental Traveller's Reports incl documentation of variety of meetings with diplomats, government officials etc. on behalf of White Star 1919-1932 (MMM.2018.15)
  • South Wales and Liverpool Steamship Co: cash book 1886-1895 (MMM.2018.20)

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)

  • William Betty (1759-1904), of Co Fermanagh: farm account book 1759-1904 (D2347/1)
  • Islandreagh Dyeing and Finishing Company, Dunadry, Co Antrim: sample thread books, accounts, plans and letters c1780-1980 (D4656/UNL/1)
  • H & J Martin Builders, Belfast, Co Antrim: papers incl indentures, certificate of registration and incorporation 1860-1994 (D4662/UNL/1)
  • UTV, Northern Ireland: tapes, cine film and digitised material c1959-1993 (D4677)

Science Museum Library and Archives

  • Hancock family of Marlborough: business and research papers c1800-2000 (HANC)
  • WF Stanley & Co Ltd, surveying equipment manufacturers: drawings and technical information rel to the output of the business 1923-1987 (STAN3)

Search Engine (National Railway Museum)

  • Ronald Nelson Redman (1931-2013), author: material rel to Hudswell, Clarke and Company Ltd., Leeds, incl photographs, steam index cards, corresp, manuals, reports engineering drawings and scrapbooks 1876-1996 (2018-236)
  • Railfuture Ltd: records, incl of predecessor bodies, incl promotional material rel to campaigns, reports, corresp and minutes c1950- 2017 (2018-212 / RFT)

Tate Gallery Archive

  • Marcus Brumwell (1901-1983), businessman, art patron and collector: personal papers and records rel to Stuart's Advertising Agency, London, and the Design Research Unit, design consultancy 1924-1983 (TGA 201815)

V&A Archive of Art and Design

  • Corgi Books, publishing house, London: records c1950-1960 (AAD/2017/2)
  • Rayne, shoemakers, London: records c1954-1985 (AAD/2017/6)

Special

Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) Archives

  • YearCo Ltd, engineering, London: board meeting minutes, agenda papers and material rel to Year of Engineering Success (YES) campaign 1996-1998 (NAEST 291)

Mills Archive

  • James Bowman & Sons Ltd, mill owners, Hitchin: ledgers, plans, drawings, correspondence and photos rel to history of Whitley Bridge Mill 1904-2017 (WBMC)

Religious Society of Friends Library

  • Armfield family of London: family papers and records of South Place Temperance Hotel 1850-1939 (MSS 1035)

Science and Industry Museum

  • Martin Figg (fl 1983-1995), general manager of Mitchell Hydraulics Division, Ferranti Instrumentation Ltd: records rel to the running of the business, incl early outline and structure of the company and the manufacturing of precision hydraulic components c1983-1995 (2018-21)
  • Hubert Thorn Gooding (1903-1988), chief testing engineer, British Insulated Callender's Cables (BICC): research work enabling the detection of faults in high tension cables laid in streets and coal mines, without having to dig up lengths of cable to find the fault 1930-1970 (2018-366)

The Waterways Archive

  • Aire & Calder Navigation Co: survey maps of towpath ownership & charges (1777) and transparencies showing Stanley Ferry area with 'Tom Puddings' (1970) 1777-1970 (CRT/BMT/62-63)
  • Aire & Calder Navigation Co: information, tenders and drawings rel to new office at Leeds 1904-1904 (BW167/25/15/3)
  • Birmingham Canal Navigation Co: corresp and business records 19th cent (CRT/BCNC)
  • Droitwich Canals Trust Ltd: minutes 1973-1982 (CRT/BMT/18)
  • Grand Union Canal Co: Braunston Lock Keeper's log book 1958-1961 (CRT/BRAUNSTON)
  • H H Robertson Co: business records rel to purchase and operating procedures for the Wolverhampton Corrugated Iron Company Ltd 1950-1959 (CRT/ROBERTSON)
  • Shropshire Union Railway & Canal Co: corresp and drawings rel to disputed responsibility for the clearing of drain, Marbury Brook at Willymore, Cheshire 1842-1863 (CRT/BMT/54)
  • Marine Surveys Ltd: construction drawings of West Yorkshire Keel 'Gwendoline' 2018 (CRT/GWENDOLINE)
  • Peter Fraenkel & Partners, civil engineering firm: a study of Operating & Maintenance Costs 1975 (CRT/BMT/16)
  • Lawrence Sands Photographic Services: black and white and colour negatives showing Anderton lift and environs 1960-1969 (CRT/BMT/49)
  • Councillors, Messrs Greenwood & Turner (Canal Carriers) and Greenhalls Property Management: corresp rel to proposed harbour revision order at Walton Lock etc, Warrington 1991 (CRT/BMY/106)

Working Class Movement Library

  • Shell Chemicals UK Ltd, Carrington plant works and shop stewards committees: trade union papers 1948-1992 (ACC272)

University

Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre

  • Canadian Natural Resources Ltd: Murchison oil field papers, incl of predecessor companies (Conoco (UK) Ltd, Oryx UK Energy Co, Kerr-McGee) c1970-2018 (863)

Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York

  • Nestle Co, food and drink manufacturers: records of Nestle UK Ltd and other subsidiary companies, incl administrative, estate and production records, annual and directors' reports, accounts, promotion and sales, corresp, health and welfare records, and photographs 1897-2018 (R, RM, M; R/DF/AA/57)

Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections

  • Penguin Books Ltd, publishers, London: archive, primarily rel to the history of the business c1935-1990 (DM2804)

Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives

  • William Kemp (1788-1864), engineer and businessman: corresp, incl letters from Charles Darwin (1809-1882), naturalist, and Robert Chambers (1802-1871), publisher 1840-1861 (MS Add.10252)
  • Letters to Oliver Joseph Simon (1895–1956), printer 1918-1956 (MS Add.10263)

Glasgow University Archive Services

  • George Payne & Co, tea, coffee and confectionery producers, London: additional records incl minutes, ledgers, retirement fund 1896-2018 (4195)
  • John Wood & Co, shipbuilders, Port Glasgow: drawing of the paddle steamer Comet 1800-1820 (4178)

Heriot-Watt University Heritage Service

  • George Roberts & Co, woollen manufacturers: additional sales book and tartan pattern book 1840-1909 (GR)

Heritage Quay - University of Huddersfield Archives

  • Dorris Lee and Gordan Howell Textiles: records incl fabric sample books 1840-1960 (HUD/TC/ADA)

Manchester Metropolitan University Library

  • William Ronald Trenbath & Valerie Antonia Trenbath, architects: architectural plans and drawings, incl student and professional work 1902-1987 (TRE)
  • Cotton Board: Colour, Design and Style Centre: photographic negatives 1951-1966 (COT)

Museum of English Rural Life

  • George Stephenson & Sons Ltd, agricultural machinery manufacturers, Nottinghamshire: business records incl accounts, patent records, trade literature, photographs and company history c1880-2004 (DX2271)
  • Stock valuations rel to businesses and farms in Hampshire, by an unidentified company 1927-1928 (DX2234)

Newcastle University: Special Collections

  • Bloodaxe Books Ltd, Newcastle: archive material incl editorial rel to contemporary poetry by Lauris Edmond, Paul Valery, Allistairs Elliot and Simon Armitage 1990-2017 (BXB)
  • Live Theatre, Newcastle: archive incl material rel to marketing, governance and individual performances 1973-2018 (LIV)

Nottingham University Library, Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections

  • Cecil Howitt & Partners, architects and surveyors, Nottingham: copy plans of proposed houses for Wortley Hall Close, University Park, University of Nottingham 1953 (MS 1500: acc 2958)
  • Grove Press, publishers, New York: documents rel to the first US unexpurgated publication of 'Lady Chatterley's Lover' 1959 (La Mc 2/8: acc 2943)
  • Thomas Oliver & Son, lace manufacturers, Nottingham: press copy letter book 1898-1902 (MS 1005: acc 2909)

Sheffield University: National Fairground Archive and Circus Archive

  • Stumcke family of Southend-on-Sea: collected material, incl scrapbooks, programmes, photographs and some business records, rel to the family and their work at the Kursaal and Bertram Mills Circus 1829-1974 (NFA0162)
  • Savages Ltd, agricultural engineers, traction and ploughing engine manufacturers, founders: plans and drawings for fairground rides collected by Ernie Summerhay c1901-1950 (NFA0124)

Strathclyde University Archives

  • Keith Clark Brown (b1943), stockbroker and investment banker: investment reports, speeches and presentations on the UK, European and international banking industry 1970-1995 (Accession 1664)

University of Liverpool: Special Collections and Archives

  • Cunard Steamship Co Ltd: passenger lists, menu cards and postcards rel to the Queen Mary 1952-1952 (D1184)
  • Cunard Steamship Co Ltd: Queen Mary photographic material 1949-1967 (D1181)

University of Reading: Special Collections

  • Additions to the Paper Mills Collection incl information rel to St Neots Paper Mill 1888-2003 (MS 5644)

University of the Arts London: University Archives and Special Collections

  • Lloyd Northover, brand designers, London: business and personal papers incl graphic design material 1960-2000 (LN)