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Illustrations collected for Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive (London: Locomotive Publishing Company, 1923) and included in the 1st edition

Copy and original illustrations collected for but not included in Timothy Hackworth and the Locomotive (London: Locomotive Publishing Company, 1923)(1st edition) some images may have been included in 2nd and 3rd editions

Material from G.W.J. Potter

Correspondence and accompanying documents accumulated by Robert Young and Edith Mary Young (nee Lees)

Material from Samuel Holmes

Illustrations

Publications

Letter from Lord Furness, Grosvenor Square, London to Samuel Holmes, New York

Letter and envelope from Edward/Charles Young, Batley to Robert Young, Penang Steam Railway, Penang, Straits Settlement

Envelope from Office of the Director General of the World’s Columbian Exposition, Chicago to Robert Young, Hull

Letter from Samuel Holmes, Chicago to Robert Young

Postcard from J. Gelpin [?], 18 Victoria Place, Leeds to Robert Young and Mrs Sinkington [?], Wallace Street, New Wortley

Letter from George Edward Young/Jane Young (nee Hackworth) [father and mother of Robert Young], Warrington to Robert Young

'Notes on the Colours of Early Locomotives'

'Appendix M: One of the Oldest Railroads in Canada'

Copy of correspondence in the ‘Glasgow Herald’ on the first Railway in Great Britain (the first public railway)

'Appendix B: the Clarence Railway'

Typescript copy of a letter from Robert Morrow to The Editor of the ‘Engineer’

Letter from an unknown sender at Ramsey's Glass Works, London to Robert Young

Memorandum from R. Young & Co., Ltd, Engineers, 1 Downing Street, Penang

John Wesley Hackworth’s Valve Gear with attached specification ‘valve gear for locomotive, marine and other engines’ No 2448

'An Old Stockton and Darlington Railway Locomotive'

Publication entitled 'The Newcomen Society Constitution and Rules'

'Appendix D: John Dixon'

Letter from J.G. Pangborn, The Baltimore and Ohio Railway, Baltimore to G.W.J. Potter, London

Printed autograph sheet entitled 'Autographical memorials of eminent men of science. Engineers and Mechanics of the Nineteenth Century'

Unordered and miscellaneous notes, some not in Robert Young’s hand

Partial letter from John Hennon Hackworth, John Hennon Hackworth & Company, London to Robert Young [?]

Printed proof, some pages missing

Typescript draft, some pages missing

Article entitled ‘Timothy Hackworth’ from the Northern Echo

Printed advance proof from ‘The Engineer’ Newcomen Society (abridgement), a paper read before the Newcomen Society at Caxton Hall

Letter from Secretaries of A A Anthony & Co., Penang, Straits Settlements to Robert Young, Penang

Letter from Samuel Holmes, New Jersey to Robert Young

Letter from Samuel Holmes, New Jersey to Robert Young

Letter from F.F. Bainbridge, New Shildon to Robert Young, Hayward’s Heath

Letter from Samuel Holmes, New Jersey to Robert Young

Letter from Samuel Holmes, New Jersey to Robert Young

Letter from Samuel Holmes, New Jersey to Robert Young

Letter and envelope from F.F. Bainbridge, Gateshead to Robert Young, Western Road, Penang, Straits Settlements

Letter and envelope from Samuel Holmes, New Jersey to Robert Young

Letter from Marshall [?] to 'My Dear Sir' Likely Robert Young, or passed to Robert Young

Letter from Samuel Holmes, New Jersey to Robert Young

Letter from John Hennon Hackworth, Bognor to Robert Young

Letter from Samuel Holmes, New Jersey to Robert Young

Letter from Samuel Holmes, on Board S.S. Lapland to Robert Young

Letter from Samuel Holmes, New Jersey to Robert Young

Letter from Samuel Holmes, New Jersey to Robert Young

Letter from Samuel Holmes, New Jersey to Robert Young

Letter and envelope from F.F. Bainbridge, New Shildon to Robert Young, Heyward's Heath