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Leonard Raisbeck Archive

Leonard Raisbeck Archive

Letter from George Stephenson to Philip Maddison Regarding Engine Designs

Letter from George Stephenson to Philip Maddison Regarding Engine Designs

Papers of Harold Holcroft

Papers of Harold Holcroft

Papers of George and Robert Stephenson Regarding the Moreton Rail-Road

Papers of George and Robert Stephenson Regarding the Moreton Rail-Road

Issue of "The Strand" magazine, December 1920

Issue of "The Strand" magazine, December 1920

Issue of "The Strand" magazine, March 1921

Issue of "The Strand" magazine, March 1921

Photograph of Elsie Hill (formerly Wright) and Glenn Hill

Photograph of Elsie Hill (formerly Wright) and Glenn Hill

Photograph of Elsie Wright, Polly Wright and Elizabeth Fieldhouse (Grandma Curtis)

Photograph of Elsie Wright, Polly Wright and Elizabeth Fieldhouse (Grandma Curtis)

Side elevation of the Rocket locomotive engine

Side elevation of the Rocket locomotive engine

Photograph of Frances Way (Griffiths), Cecil Way, David Way and Christine Way

Photograph of Frances Way (Griffiths), Cecil Way, David Way and Christine Way

Postcard featuring portrait of Elsie Wright

Postcard featuring portrait of Elsie Wright

Side elevation of the Rocket locomotive engine

Side elevation of the Rocket locomotive engine

Postcard featuring portrait of Frances Way (formerly Griffiths) with children David and Christine

Postcard featuring portrait of Frances Way (formerly Griffiths) with children David and Christine

Sectional drawing of the engine boiler

Sectional drawing of the engine boiler

Photograph of Elsie Hill (formerly Wright) and Glenn Hill

Photograph of Elsie Hill (formerly Wright) and Glenn Hill

Side Elevation of the Rocket locomotive engine

Side Elevation of the Rocket locomotive engine

Sectional drawing of the engine boiler

Sectional drawing of the engine boiler

Letter to Mr Robertson from George Stephenson

Letter to Mr Robertson from George Stephenson

5 documents

Drawings of Robert Stephenson's steam engine Rocket by John Dobson Wardale

C. 6,000 individual components

William Henry Fox Talbot Collection

30 boxes containing approximately 14,000 individual components

Archive of Walter Nurnberg

1 clamshell box

Marjorie Curtis Collection

1 box

Papers of John Melling, Locomotive Superintendent

2 linear metres

Documents relating to Charles Benjamin Redrup, Engineer

4 documents

Correspondence relating to Robert Stephenson and George Stephenson

4 files (128 items), 1 item

William D Slade Archive

Three items

Major John Yarnton Mills Broderip Baird collection

7 boxes and a drawer of oversize designs (c. 1100 items)

John Cooper Collection

4 boxes

Archive of the Heritage Railway Association

11 items

Papers of Arthur Osborne Ladell

2 items

Notebooks relating to Cotton Weaving

2 boxes, 38 x 29 x 13 cm

John Albert Rasell Archive

41 volumes, 12 drawings and 23 files of papers

Archive of Robert Stephenson & Co Ltd

1 clamshell box

Printed materials relating to the Rank Travelling Matte process

45 bankers boxes, including one larger box with oversized objects. 15/45 boxes have been re-homed into archive boxes.

C.O. Stanley Archive

42 items

International Correspondence Schools Course Materials - Textile Manufacturing

Photograph, 132mm x 85mm

Photograph of Elsie Wright

Postcard, 138mm x 88mm

Postcard of Frances Griffiths with fairies

Postcard, 138mm x 88mm

Postcard of Frances Griffiths with fairies

1 file

Press cuttings

1 file containing family photographs

Family photographs

1 minute paper from the Heritage Railway Association Membership Committee. Also includes member survey sheets and a membership report for a meeting on 20/01/2001. The Committee administered the membership of the Association, and organised the InterRail Pass for free or reduced travel on heritage railways.

HRA Membership Committee Minutes

Postcard, 85mm x 136mm

Postcard of Percy Curtis, Elsie Wright's Uncle

20 minute papers, loose letters and press cuttings from the Heritage Railway Association Heritage Committee; also includes minutes from the Association of Independent Railways and Preservation Societies' Heritage Committee. The work of the Committee was previously undertaken by the Association of Railway Preservation Societies, and included advising and assisting members on the heritage aspects of their activities, including establishing and maintaining rational object collecting and interpretation policies.

HRA Heritage Committee Minutes

2 Annual Reports for 1989 and 1992 and 6 Association of Railway Preservation Societies Annual Reports of the Council with Accounts. The Reports detail the achievements and finances of the Association (1980-1992). Reports for 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990 and 1991 are not included.

ARPS Annual Reports and Annual Reports of the Council with Accounts

5 Prospectuses of the Association of Railway Preservation Societies detailing the aims and activities of the Association, as well as membership information.

Prospectuses of the Association of Railway Preservation Societies

1 file

Publications

Photograph, 60mm x 88mm

Photograph of Elsie Hill (formerly Wright)

The condition of the collection is fair. Many of the items, including the minutes are loose or contain loose material.

Records of the Association of Railway Preservation Societies

1 Minute Book of the Association of Minor Railway Companies, 1938-1978. The minutes record periodic meetings of the Association before 1952, as well as meetings of independent railway companies, including heritage railways, after 1970.

Minute Book