Records of the Friends of the Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester and predecessor organisation the Liverpool Road Station Society and the Friends' Visual Records Group. The archive consists of around thirty boxes of photographs, slides, minutes, reports, newsletters and ephemera relating to Liverpool Road Station and the activities of the Friends. Much of the material dates from between the late 1970s and the 1990s, which includes later copies of Victorian original material. Records of the Friends of the Museum of Science & Industry in Manchester and predecessor organisation 1930-2007
Collection of glass plate negatives of the London Midland & Scotland Railway Chemical labs, with technical literature, industrial history books, engineering drawings and notes on cotton spinning. c.1880-1940 Glass plate negatives of LM & S Chemical labs circa 1880-1940
Series of papers including correspondence, Minute books of the Society of Analytical Chemists Northern Section, later the Analytical Division (Society of Analytical Chemists) of the North West Region Chemical Society. Other items include photographs, film footage and 35mm slides relating to Summer Meetings, publications and general correspondence. Papers of the Royal Society of Chemistry North West Analytical Division. 1924-2004
Half a box of 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 of papers and photographs relating to O. A. Partington's employment at Craven Brothers 1908-42
The collection includes photographs, postcards and correspondence related to the early history of the motor car and aviation in Manchester. The collection contains a postcard flown on the first UK Aerial Postal service on the 9th September 1911. Papers and photographs relating to early history of the motor car and aviation 1904-1919
Collection of trade literature, documents and photographs of various items of gas supply equipment mostly for industrial purposes. Processes included supplying heating equipment for commercial laundries, inverted gas street lighting and town gas supply equipment. Also a small number photographs and documents related to the process of manufacturing of fibre filled calender bowls for use in embossing wallpaper patterns etc. Papers and photographs relating to industrial gas supply equipment and calender bowl manufacturing 1884-1986
1 envelope containing copy prints, photographic negatives, newspaper cuttings and cartes de visite Collection relating to the Tatham family of Rochdale
135 items, consisting of 13 images relating to H W Kearns & Co., 110 images relating to George Richards & Co., 6 images relating to Kearns-Richards & Co., and 6 items of trade literature relating to Frank Pearn & Co., Pearn-Richards, George Richards & Co., Staveley Industries and Trafford Park. Collection of photographic prints and trade literature from H. W. Kearns & Co. Ltd, George Richards & Co., Frank Pearn & Co. and Pearn-Richards 1925-1965
Collection includes early education certificates for engineering courses, handbooks related to his working for AVRO and photographs taken whilst on holiday and with friends. Papers relating to the engineering education and subsequent early career of Alexander Christie "Sandy" Jack. 1917-1977
Collection containing papers and photographs relating to the development of the Frankenstein full pressure suit, including files entitled: Frankenstein Full Pressure Suit development; Full Pressure Suit development papers; Data Specific or Relevant to an early proposal for an All-British Space Programme; Papers from the Commonwealth Spaceflight Symposium Aug 1959; Papers relevant to Aviation Medicine and associated aircraft oxygen systems; Lecture notes from the School of Gas Turbine Technology; Farnborough Feb 1951. Papers relating to the Development of a Full Pressure Suit by P Frankenstein & Sons 1950-1960
Collection of photographs showing the donor and colleagues testing various pressure suits being developed by P Frankenstein & Sons. Some of the suits were attached to Baxter Taylor Woodhouse helmets. Frankensteins worked with A V Roe at Chadderton to develop a British full pressure suit. The collection also includes a copy of vol.17 no.12 of the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society, containing an article written by the donor and I B Wright about proposals for a pressurised crew environment conditioning system for a manned orbital vehicle. Photographs of employees of P Frankenstein & Sons testing pressure suits, copy of JBIS vol.17 no.12 containing article by I B Wright and S Sullivan, c.1960 1959-1969
Collection of photographs of the Metropolitan Vickers EM2 locomotive "Ariadne", plus related article and booklet in Dutch. c1987 Collection of photographs and papers relating to the Metropolitan Vickers EM2 locomotive "Ariadne" circa 1987
Reports and photographs relating to the development of a gas analysis method for use on jet engines such as the MetroVicks F2/4 Beryl, showing combustion chamber failures, blade failures and axial flow failures on Unit 3. Papers of Norman Wightman, Researcher at Metropolitan-Vickers 1940-1959
1 box of mixed material, consisting of: copy photographic prints from the Vickers archive; copy photographic prints from Associated Newspapers; copy photographic prints from Aer Lingus showing an exhibition in an unknown location; photographic prints from commercial photographic studios; planning materials relating to an exhibition at Manchester Airport in 1969; commemorative publications for the 50th anniversary of the first transatlantic flight; commemorative publications relating to the memorials at Clifden and at Manchester Airport; catalogue for the Manchester Airport exhibition; two wooden plaques to mark the 50th anniversary of the first transatlantic flight; newspaper cuttings and copies of cuttings and articles relating to the flight and its anniversary. Collection of papers and photographs relating to exhibitions celebrating the first transatlantic flight by Captain Jack Alcock & Lieutenant Arthur Whitten-Brown
1 box of papers consisting of Daily Mail newspaper from 1919 recording the achievement of the first transatlantic flight, flags used as bunting, a diary and a navigation book Collection of papers and photographs relating to Captain Jack Alcock & Lieutenant Arthur Whitten-Brown
1 box of papers and photographs Collection of papers and photographs relating to the Calico Printers Association Jubilee Exhibition 1949
1 box and 1 bundle, including 5 plans and 2 notebooks, plus photographs Collection of plans, photographs and notebooks relating to the Manchester Early Dwellings Survey 1984
1 box of material relating to railways, stationary steam engines and signalling Collection of photographs and a report
Includes blueprints, product catalogue, photographs and press cuttings Collection of papers relating to A. G. Thornton Ltd. circa 1936-1965
1 box of material relating to Rolls-Royce, Royce, Ford, Trafford Park, North West railways, Butts Mill in Leigh and Prudential Assurance Collection of correspondence, booklets and copy photographs
1 box of photographic prints, correspondence, articles, lecture papers, notes and plans, some relating to the Royal Society Tercentenary Exhibition Collection of scientific papers relating to Irene Manton circa 1935-1975
Papers, trade literature and photographs relating to Industrial History. Includes photographs and slides of calico printing, railway engineering and hot air balloonists. Also includes information on exhibitions on calico printing and printing history. Some items are in French Papers relating to inudstrial history circa 1850-1981
Booklets and leaflets relating to Ferranti Computer Systems and Ferranti International Signal; Material includes training manual for Ferranti Wythenshawe Videodata Systems, photographs of the demolition of the Wythenshawe factory, and a site plan of Wythenshawe premises. Documents related to Ferranti computer systems 1980-1997
A brief handwritten description of Tim Witham's work as a computer operator at UMIST; Photographic prints of Isaac Booth and Son factory in Manchester along with an article published in "Town and Country News" about the company in 1932 and a brochure celebrating the opening of Partington Gas Works in 1929. Documents related to Messrs. Isaac Booth & Son. Inauguration of Partington Gas Works and Role of a Computer Operator at UMIST 1932-1980
Two financial and shares ledgers, small photograph album containing photographs of Harold and Robert Johnson, family Bible, c1836-1922. Richard Johnson and Nephew Limited company and family records 1835-1925
Collection of industrial heritage material compiled by Industrial Archaeologist Owen Ashmore. Includes an extensive card index of the sites and buildings he visited, approximately 70 packets of photographs sorted by industry or area, a collection of colour slides and teaching aids that he used when lecturing, a small amount of correspondence and a number of proofs of his books, a box of historical OS maps, and miscellaneous off-prints, monographs and articles. c.1960-1980 Collection relating to the industrial heritage of Lancashire, Cheshire and Derbyshire circa 1960-1980