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Archival material relating to the employment of Alan Bardsley at Ferranti

Computer Department Catalogues

Digital Computer MK.I. Machine Organisation

Technical Booklet for 'The Ferranti Battery Two 1931 Model' Radio

60 Items

Papers relating to Ferranti Computer Systems Division

14 items

Photographs of Ferranti products

1 file containing 6 items

Items relating to Ferranti Pegasus computer and Type TR5 High Speed Tape Reader

0.02 linear metres

Training Manuals and Logic Sheets for the Argus Computer

0.04 linear metres

Quotations for Supplying Electrical Cable and Meters

3 boxes

Technical Manuals and Publications for the Ferranti Argus Series of Computers

10 linear metres

Ferranti Family and Business Papers

6 items

Publications relating to the Ferranti Pegasus Computer

1 box containing 4 items

Publications - Ferranti Electricity Meter Catalogues and Maps

4 files

Research Papers of H V Botley into Microwaves and Klystron Testing

1 file containing 5 items

Report on MicroNor II Integrated Circuits and Articles on Transistors

4 folders plus photographs

Papers and Photographs from a Ferranti Engineer

16 items

Records of the High Voltage Test Department at Ferranti

7 items

Papers relating to the Employment of E H Lomas at Ferranti Plc

9 boxes

Collection of Ferranti Ltd Business Records

6 boxes

Collection of papers relating to the development of the Ferranti oscillogyro

3 boxes, 10 volumes and 1 envelope

Miscellaneous collection of computing papers

3 files, 8 photographs, 3 newspapers, 3 booklets 9 items, 2 pages.

Collection of Ferranti International Mitchell Hydraulics Division

2 Items

Pegasus Programming Manuals

2 items

Brochures relating to Ferranti Cathode Ray Tubes and Display Equipment

0.6 linear metres

Documents relating to the Ferranti Argus 400 computer

3 items

Advance 86 User Guide

0.2 linear metres

Manuals for the Argus 200 computer

0.06 linear metres

Manuals, Brochures and Photographic Images Relating to the Ferranti Atlas and Mercury Computers

3 linear metres

Greater Manchester County Fire Service Computer Assisted Mobilising System

4 items

Collection of Ferranti International Ordinary Share Certificates

0.05 linear metres

Manuals and Papers relating to Ferranti Computers

3 boxes containing 61 items

Archive of Eric George Lofthouse

3 boxes containing 4 lever arch files and 1 bundle

Brochures and Newsletters for Ferranti Computers, Ferranti-Syseca and Ferranti-Thomson Sonar Systems

21 items, consisting of 3 booklets and leaflets, 1 volume, 10 photographic prints and 6 contact sheets, 1 plan

Documents Related to Ferranti Computer Systems

1 box

Papers of Roy Bradbury, Electrical Engineer

Collection of booklets and catalogues produced by gas meter manufacturers including Parkinson Cowan Ltd of Manchester.

Collection of Gas Meter Booklets and Catalogues

9 items

Collection of Leaflets for Domestic Appliances

6 boxes

Collection of Deeds of Conveyance for Union Iron Works, West Gorton

Glass plate negatives of LM & S Chemical labs and technical literature

Glass plate negatives of LM & S Chemical labs and technical literature

4 items

Article and Photographs - 1952 Northern Radio and TV Show

Typed publication issued by Ferranti titled 'Argus 700 Disc Dump to Magnetic Tape 7UDM5 Function Description'. Publication No. D72825 Issue 1. The document describes the stand-alone version of Disc Dump to Magnetic Tape and includes instructions for its use.

Publication - 'Argus 700 Disc Dump to Magnetic Tape 7UDM5 Functional Description'

Amended Rule Book 1965 for the 'FERRANTI (Wythenshawe) RECREATION CLUB' belonging to J.B. Schumm. Red cover with 'Premium Bond No. 42' and 'Senior Staff' written on inside front cover.

'Ferranti (Wythenshawe) Recreation Club' rules

Retirement card for James Barry Schumm signed by members of staff.

Retirement card for James Barry Schumm

Cards for the thirty-sixth, thirty-seventh and thirty-eighth Ferranti Staff Dinner. Includes Menu and Programme of events. Card for 1959 includes a seating card for 'Mr J.B. Schumm'.

Ferranti Staff Dinner cards

File containing miscellaneous documents relating to Torness Power Station. Documents include: power station information brochures; Ferranti programme for a visit by South of Scotland Electricity Board and National Nuclear Corporate Ltd; Friends of the Earth leaflet about Chernobyl; copies of newspaper articles; Design Report for Torness PS unit and station alarm systems; contractor instructions; mix of a variety of handwritten and typed internal memoranda and external correspondence; progress records for the project; testing records and technical drawings.

Documents relating to Torness Power Station

Working documents of James Barry Schumm produced in the closing stages of the Torness Power Station group of contracts. It includes a mix of handwritten and printed documents comprising: internal memos, design information bulletins, document appraisal responses, correspondence between Ferranti and CEGB, goods notes, draft meeting notes, monthly reports and design changes to the build schedule. The file was removed from a Ferranti branded lever arch file which also contained the items catalogued as 2023-585/1/1/1.

File relating to the closing stages of Torness Power Station group of contracts

Argus 700 System Reference Manual, Ferranti reference WP30/473. Manual is typed and the 'Associated Publications' page has been annotated in pencil. Sheets are loose with holes suggesting they were originally spiral bound.

Manual - 'D78000 Argus 700 System Reference Manual'

5 Items

Torness Power Station

7 Items

Project Documents