Diploma awarding honorary membership of the London Vaccine Institution, London, England, 1826 Archive 1826
Textile sample book, around 1835, containing samples of printed cotton fabric. Textile sample book Archive 1835-1860
A script and a storyline for episodes in Coronation Street broadcast. Script and story outline for Coronation Street Archive 1985
[Original aeroplane design drawing by S.F. Cody. Whole views and component details. Black ink or pencil on both sides of sheet. No scale] [Original aeroplane design drawing by S.F. Cody. W Archive ca.1909-1910
[One of 820 civil and engineering drawings, chiefly of Bramah & Robinson. Drawing no. 1/23: 'Plan and Sections of a Tread Mill, by J. Bramah & Sons, Engineers, Pimlico, proposed for the Gaol at Norwich'. ca.1820. Line drawing with wash. Scale 1" : 4'] Plans and Sections of a Tread Mill ... Archive c. 1820
[Original aeroplane design drawing by S.F. Cody. Whole views and component details. Black ink or pencil on both sides of sheet. No scale] [Original aeroplane design drawing by S.F. Cody. W Archive ca.1909-1910
[Letter] 1910 Jan 6, North Road Works, St. Helens [to] S.F. Cody, Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool / Fred Brown, builder & contractor [&] timber merchant. [Letter] 1910 Jan 6, North Road Works, St. Helens Archive 1910
[One of 34 printed advertisements (34)] Henry Maudslay & Co. Engineers, London. [See Pt1] Printed advertisements Archive 1812-1813
[Copy bills, 2 on 1 leaf, to] Messrs. Lloyds, Gosport / Sam'l Jallicoe [Jellicoe, and] Thos. Lewis, [re machinery supplied Jul-Sept] Copy bills, 2 on 1 leaf Archive 1805
[Letter] 1910 Jan 28, North Road Works, St. Helens [to] S.F. Cody, Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool / Fred Brown, builder & contractor [&] timber merchant. [Letter] 1910 Jan 28, North Road Works, St. Helens Archive 1910
The Gurney Cash Book: Ledger of The London Warming Co. for period 1856 Aug to 1868 Jul. [Includes information on associated Museum object 1959-10, a Gurney stove from Gloucester Cathedral. 1 vol., 176 (i.e. 352)p.] The Gurney Cash Book: Ledger of The London Warming Co. Archive 1856-1868
[Ms. letter] 1802 Apr 19 [to] Brigadier General Bentham, Plymouth Dock / Mc. Brunel. [2p. on 1 leaf, holograph signed. He will call on Mr Poole and ask him 'to delay the further progress of the patent'. He has 'not yet compleated the little Machine' for he has been making 'a small instrument to assist me in cutting the Screws'. Re Bentham's letter to the Admiralty Brunel adds 'I feel particularly gratefull for the favourable manner in which you express yourself respecting my Block Machines'] [Ms. letter] 1802 Apr 19 [to] Brigadier General Be Archive 1802
A New [printed] List of .... Bevil, Spur, and Mitre Gear .... At Peel and Williams' Iron and Brass Foundry, Shudehill-pitts and at Soho Foundry, Manchester. 1814 Mar 25. [Bears engraved illustrations of scenes at the foundry] list of manufactured products Archive 1814
[Edition of the Daily Express (of 5 Oct 1936) reporting riots in the East End of London] Daily Express Archive 1936
[Collection of letters, 1840-1888, to Dr. John Percy F.R.S. from individual donors etc of specimens to what became the Science Museum's Percy collection of metallurgy. Each letter, or group of letters, bears a number which relates to the numbers in the 'Catalogue of the collection of metallurgical specimens formed by the late Dr. Percy, F.R.S.' (1892) by Prof. J.F. Blake, a copy of which is kept with the letters. Slips accompanying some of the letters are very often later notes written by Percy clarifying the specimens' provenance. Many items also bear similar notes by Percy, but are not always mentioned in the listing which is available of the letters. 1 box, plus 1 box of miscellaneous] Collection of letters, 1840-1888, to Dr. John Percy Archive 1840-1888
Collection of papers, operating manuals and component specifications for the maintenance and operation of ROSA BOSOM, Radio Operated Simulated Actress, by Bruce Lacey, 1965. Papers and operating manuals for ROSA BOSOM robot by Bruce Lacey Archive 1965
Photographic print showing the solar eclipse of 29 May 1919. From an expedition to Sobral, Brazil, which confirmed predictions of Einstein's general theory of relativity. Archive reference code: EVER/A/3/E251. Photograph of solar eclipse, 1919 Archive about 1919
Poster produced by Greenpeace with the text 'It’s deadly serious Mr Reagan / Nuclear Weapons Testing must Stop', and a graphic portrait of Ronald Reagan, President of the United States, about 1985. This forms part of the Walt Patterson archive, and is autographed to Patterson from Greenpeace in silver pen in the top right-hand corner. Anti-nuclear Greenpeace poster: 'It’s deadly serious Mr Reagan' Archive about 1985
Function and circuit diagrams of each separate unit in LEO II. Including logic flow diagrams for each function and timing charts, 1957-60. Function and circuit diagrams for LEO II Archive 1957-60
Factory Records Shareholder's Analysis No. 3 "Factory By Moonlight", issued to advertise Factory Records events at the Moonlight Club, West Hampstead, London on 2 to 4 April 1980. The line up for the three day event included The Royal Family, Crawling Chaos, Section 25, Blurt, Kevin Hewick, A Certain Ratio, John Dowie, X-O-DUS and The Durutti Column. The document is a photocopy of a typescript on Factory Records letter headed paper. There are 2 copies of the document. Factory Records Shareholders Analysis No. 3 Archive 1980-04
Archival material including 2 framed originals of the signatures of the workforce at the Macintosh Factory in Manchester thanking Thomas Hancock on his retirement; signed copy of Thomas Hancock’s Specifications of Fourteen Patents; bound printed copy of Bewley vs Hancock court case; 1 box of archival material comprising predominantly printed and manuscript business papers; 8 box files of research on the Hancocks by Frank James; about 40 green files of research on the Hancocks by Frank James Archival material Archive
Receipt from Barratts of Manchester Ltd for equipment hire at the Russell Club. Barratts of Manchester Ltd receipt Archive c 1979
Contracts issued to Stephen Morris, Bernard Dickin and Peter Hook for their participation in the Joy Division performance on What's On. Stapled together with correspondence from Granada TV. Invoice for sale of services. Granada TV contract Archive 1978
A collection of digital archive material relating to the development of the Virustatic snood, a fabric face covering with an anti-viral protein coating which traps and disables certain viruses, by Virustatic and the University of Manchester, 1918-2021. The archive material consists of prototype sketches, lab results, test reports (embargoed), a copy of the US Patent for the Viruferrin™ anti-viral protein, communications documents including graphics showing the snood in use and explaining how the protein works, logos, marketing photographs, information leaflets and user guide, and a photograph of the inventor’s grandfather who inspired the technology. A collection of digital archive material relating to the development of the Virustatic snood Archive 1918-2021
Contract for Ian Curtis for his participation in the Joy Division performance on What's On. Granada TV contract Archive 1978