Comprises: (i) Business papers: correspondence, employee registers, blueprints and specifications; (ii) Printed brochures, operating manuals and other printed items; (iii) Photographs mainly relating to the business; (iv) Family scrapbooks
Miscellaneous papers of Brotherton & Company
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- ReferenceGB 206 MS 1698
- Dates of Creation20th century
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description2 boxes; print, manuscript, photographs and blueprints
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
In 1878 Edward Allen Brotherton, later Lord Brotherton of Wakefield, founded (with the backing of relatives) the first chemical company in Wakefield. It opened under the name of Dyson Sons and Brotherton at Calder Vale Road and formed the basis of an expanding and successful business, which later became Brotherton & Company.
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Acquisition Information
The gift of Brotherton Speciality Products Limited, 11 February 2002
Note
In English