Collection of trade literature from companies including Cunliffe & Croom, Craven Brothers and Kearns-Richards, c 1930-c 1989. The Cunliffe & Croom catalogue of machine tools dates from the 1930s, and includes descriptions of planing machines and horizontal milling machines, amongst other machine tools manufactured by the company. The Craven Brothers brochure documents the range of machine tools manufactured in the 1960s, at a time when the company had already begun to reduce its operations. The Kearns-Richards brochures date from the 1970s and 1980s and provide evidence of the type of machine tools in production in this period. Collection of Machine Tool Trade Literature
Collection of order books containing detailed specifications and quotations for machine tools, supplied to customers nationally and internationally, plus two books of drawing office calculations. Craven Brothers Ltd order books
32 shelves of company records, including minute books, annual reports, accounts, registers of shareholders, stock ledgers, salary ledgers, private account journals, works graphs, orders received, legal and estate documents, correspondence, catalogues, Craven Gazette, records of overseas agencies, contract records relating to Arcos Ltd, publicity photographs (including photographs of products by Shanks Brothers and Kendal and Gent), and newspaper cuttings. Business archive for Craven Brothers Ltd, machine tool makers.
Papers relating to the education and career of William Owen, 1890-1955. Includes training certificates from the Royal Technical Institute, Salford, and blueprints and photographs of Owen’s work as a mechanical engineer and chief draughtsman at William Muir & Co and as Head of Research & Development at Craven Brothers. Papers of William Owen
Material including handwritten notes from Gorton Evening Technical School, which illustrate the type of training engineering pupils underwent in Manchester at the beginning of the twentieth century. The collection also includes original photographic prints of the shop floor at Armstrong Whitworth's works, illustrating an engineering manufacturer's in the post-First World War period. The material relating to Craven Brothers includes publicity material and photographs of the works from the 1930s. Collection Relating to O A Partington's Employment at Craven Brothers
Photographs include a giant double head ingot parting machine [1915] and a locomotive wheel lathe [1927] Black and white photographic prints of machine tools
Twinlock looseleaf binder marked (2) containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. The pages have manuscript annotations, including cancellation notes and some sketches of components. Machine Specifications 12463-13000
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 18900-18981
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 18681-18810
Twinlock looseleaf binder marked (24) containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 16430-16600
Illustrated bound catalogue of machine tools providing description, operating procedures and basic dimensions. Machine Tools Made by Craven Brothers Limited
Twinlock transfer binder marked (10) containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 15250-15660
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 19060-19107
Twinlock looseleaf binder marked (5) containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 13601-13870
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Machine Specifications 18154-18292
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 18481-18580
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 17706-17820
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 18982-19059
Twinlock looseleaf binder marked 6 containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 13871-14149
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 17990-18153
Twinlock looseleaf binder marked (23) containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 16300-16429
Twinlock transfer binder marked (8) containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 14511-14819
Twinlock transfer binder marked (11) containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 15661-16020
Twinlock looseleaf binder marked (3) containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 13001-13299
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 13300-13600
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 18813-18899
Twinlock looseleaf binder marked (28) containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 17031-17167
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 17590-17705
Twinlock looseleaf binder marked (27) containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 16890-17030
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 17291-17449
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 17821-17988
Twinlock transfer binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 14820-15249
Twinlock transfer binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 16021-16299
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 18581-18680
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 19108-19111
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 18293-18480
Twinlock looseleaf binder containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 17450-17588
Twinlock looseleaf binder marked (25) containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 16601-16750
Twinlock transfer binder marked (7) containing typescript pages recording specifications for machine tool orders. Some pages have manuscript annotations. Machine Specifications 14150-14510
