Papers relating to Crossley Brothers and Crossley Motors Ltd
- Made:
- 1871-1985
- maker:
- Crossley Brothers Ltd
The collection includes photographs, sales catalogues, newspaper cuttings, erection and operating instructions, part books, correspondence, house magazines, notebooks, directors reports and statements of accounts, and minute books relating to the production of cars, commercial vehicles and internal combustion engines built by Crossley Brothers and Crossley Motors Limited.
Details
- Extent:
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c.9 linear metres
- Identifier:
- YA1990.1031/MS0170
- Access:
- Open access.
- System of Arrangement:
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The collection has been arranged into 13 series to represent the development of the companies and the different media of the archival material. The series are: 1, World War I Royal Flying Corps staff cars and tenders; 2, Material on car and tractor production 1919-1936; 3, Photographs of public service vehicles built 1927-1956; 4, Records of chassis layouts, engines, gearboxes and electrically propelled vehicles from 1930; 5, Photographs of commercial vehicles built 1927-1936; 6, Photographs of vehicles and chassis details built from 1937; 7, Sales catalogues for internal combustion engines; 9, Part books for internal combustion engines; 10, Miscellaneous material; 11, Correspondence relating to purchase of The Sanderson Tractor & Implement Co. Ltd., Bedford in 1922; 12, Directors reports and statement.
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