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Collection of Post Office Telegram equipment and archive material

circa 1970

ICL Perq 1a computer with accessories

1981

John Pollock & Co Clay Tobacco Pipes Collection

1880-1991

Collection of objects and arch

circa 1960

Collection of textile hand-printing blocks, textile samples and pharmaceuticals

circa 1900-1980

Lancashire Coal Mining Collection transferred from Salford Museum and Art Gallery

1815-1996

Objects, reports, brochures and advertising material from Vimto

circa 1888-2003

Concorde G-BOAC "Goody Bag"

Collection of objects and archives relating to engines used by Thomas Redfern

1846

Collection of business records and objects from Grimshaw Brothers Limited

1873-1963

Collection of papers and objects from the Mather family

circa 1870-2006

Car body manufacture collection

circa 1900-1940

Collection of objects and documents relating to PZ Cussons plc

1900-2000

UMAU archaeological archives

'One Per Desk' microcomputer ephemera

1984; 1983

Objects and archives relating to non-uniformed duties during the First and Second World Wars

1914; 1915; 1915; circa 1939; circa 1940

Sewing machine used to repair nylon stockings and related documents

circa 1952

Collection of Mather & Platt objects and archives.

circa 1883-2000

collection of objects and archives

1945-2007

BT Connected Earth Collection

BBC Master Series microcomputer with educational software and books

1986

2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games Collection

2002

collection of objects and archives

circa 1912-1989

Collection of cameras

1880-1950
Collection of electric kettles, tea and coffee makers, with related papers and advertising, c.1902-35

Collection of electric kettles

circa 1902-1935
Items of United Arab Emirates Airline staff uniforms, with grooming manual. c.1992

Items of United Arab Emirates Airline staff uniforms

Collection of microcomputers made by Amstrad, Commodore, Sinclair, Sega and Ocean, with related archive material, 1982-97.

Collection of microcomputers made by Amstrad

1982-1997
Collection of objects and a medical examination certificate relating to the LMS (London, Midland & Scottish railway) Medical Examination Carriage.

Objects relating to the LMS (London, Midland & Scottish railway) Medical Examination Carriage.

Collection of printing plates plus the three final edition newspapers (The Guardian North, the Manchester Evening News and The Daily Telegraph) produced by Trafford Park Printers on their last day of operation, 2005.

Collection of printing plates plus the three final edition newspapers

2005
Collection of objects and archives relating to Manchester's social history.

objects relating to Manchester's social history.

Collection of microscope slides, a microscope lamp and glass half-plate negatives, used by Professor Irene Manton

Collection of microscope slides

E H Duckworth's research collection relating to John Benjamin Dancer, including lantern slides and boxes of correspondence, articles, negatives, photographs.

Collection of objects and archives

Collection of gas meters, booklets and catalogues produced by manufacturers including Parkinson Cowan Ltd of Manchester, 1900-99.

Collection of Gas Meter with Related Booklets and Catalogues

Collection of objects and archives relating to the career of Eric George Lofthouse.

Archive of Eric George Lofthouse

1948-1970
Sir James Farmer Norton & Co. Ltd., stereoscopic glass slides and stereoscopic viewer. c1920-1929.

Sir James Farmer Norton & Co. Ltd

circa 1920-1929
Collection of objects and archives relating to Ferranti Cathode Ray Tubes and Display Equipment.

collection of objects and archives

Collection of medals awarded to J. Newton of Newton & Bennett Ltd. plus product catalogue, 1909-1919.

Collection of medals awarded to J. Newton of Newton & Bennett Ltd. plus product catalogue

1909-1919
Chains of office and collection of archives from the Manchester, Salford and District Building Trades Employers Association, 1901-2004.

collection of objects and archives

Business records, including engineering drawings and photographs, and objects, relating to Beyer, Peacock & Co. Ltd, Gorton, Manchester.

collection of objects and archives

Collection of meters from the Department of Metrology, UMIST with related record cards and test certificates. c.1890-1969.

Collection of meters from the Department of Metrology, UMIST, 1890-1969

circa 1890-1969
Collection of Ferranti material, including two scarves and a booklet. 1961-1994.

Collection of Ferranti material

Papers and medals relating to James Richard Hampson's military service in the 1/4th Loyal North Lancashire Regiment until 1916 whereupon after being discharged from the Army he enlisted in the Royal Flying Corps and eventually transferred to the Reserves on 7th February 1919.

Papers relating to military service of James Richard Hampson

1909-1919
Collection of electronic calculators, slide rules, computing printouts and manuals, used by T. Ben Paterson at AEI for designing motors for electric locomotives to work across the Andes, 1960-1983.

T. Ben Paterson electronic equipment and manuals

circa 1963
Collection of objects and archives relating to textile printing blocks.

Collection relating to textile printing blocks

circa 1885
Collection of telecommunications equipment, trade literature and small booklet containg photographs of Telegraph Branch in Manchester.

Collection of telecommunications operated in the Manchester area

1880-1930
Collection of furniture, objects and archive material representing the typical contents of a Manchester Cotton Merchant's Office. The office and most of the contents were salvaged in 1988 from Asia House, 82 Princess Street. The remaining items were collected by Adrian Wilson over 5 years, and represent items in common use by Manchester cotton merchants.

Representative contents of Manchester Cotton Merchant's Office

Printing blocks, sales ledgers, product labels and images relating to the manufacture and distribution of Duckworth's Flavours, 1890-2006

Printing blocks

1890-2006
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd Shields, related documents, newspaper cuttings and Photograph Album, 1900-1968.

Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Co Ltd Shields and Photograph Album

1900-1968
Collection of objects and archives used at Benger's Foods.

Collection of objects and archives

1896-1954
A collection of company documents and objects relating to the H. & J. Quick Ford car dealership, Old Trafford.

Papers of H. & J. Quick Ltd Ford Dealership

1914-1999