George Hattersley and Sons Ltd of Keighley, Records

Accounting Records

32D83/1 1889-1983 Audited Balance Sheets and Accounts

32D83/2 1797-1888 Ledgers (incomplete series)

32D83/3 1909-1970 Nominal Ledgers

32D83/4 1881-1971 Private Ledger

32D83/5 1793-1826 Day Books (incomplete series)

32D83/6 1795-1881 Cash Books

32D83/7 1914-1985 Cash Books and Journals

32D83/8 1814-1982 Bank Books and Bill Books

32D83/9 1815-1963 Miscellaneous Accounting Records

Employment Records

32D83/10 1808-1981 Wage Books

32D83/11 1900-1977 Salary Books and Expenses Notebooks

32D83/12 1818-1981 Apprentice Books and Employee Registers

32D83/13 1954-1978 Pensions Scheme

32D83/14 1951-1969 Social Club

Sales and Production Records

32D83/15 1817-1869 Early Order Books

32D83/16 1860-1963 Posted Order Books (Inward and Outward)

32D83/17 1869-1950 Order Inward/Dobby Orders

32D83/18 1872-1945 Loom Order Books

32D83/19 1904-1968 Order Books (other than for looms)

32D83/20 1877-1980 Joiners' and Fitters' Order Books

32D83/21 1898-1964 Orders Summary Books

32D83/22 1918-1981 Miscellaneous Orders (Sales)

32D83/23 1900-1973 Purchases and Production Analysis

32D83/24 1863-1981 Stock Accounts

Technical and Promotional Material

32D83/25 1930-1950 Technical Drawings - Loom Parts

32D83/26 1867-1980 Miscellaneous Technical Records

32D83/27 1961-1980 Instruction Manuals

32D83/28 c.1898-1979 Price Lists

32D83/29 1898-1981 Catalogues

32D83/30 19C-1970's Advertising and Publicity Material

32D83/31 c.1882-1960 Photograph Albums

General Administrative Records

32D83/32 1824-1908 Letter/Memorandum Books

32D83/33 1829-1899 Correspondence

32D83/34 1877-1980 Correspondence Files

32D83/35 1871-1985 Correspondence and Purchase File Series

32D83/36 1876-1983 Information on Clients, Competitors and the Textile Industry

32D83/37 1868-1979 Memoranda, Minutes and General Office Administration

32D83/37A 1888-1985 Directors and Shareholders

Legal Records

32D83/38 1853-1928 Patents

32D83/39 1891-1981 Litigation

32D83/40 c.1865-1974 Memoranda and Articles; Partnership and other Agreements

32D83/41 1823-1963 Title Deeds and other Legal Records

Financial Records - Personal and Estate

32D83/42 1841-1899 Personal Notebooks and Accounts

32D83/43 Private Investments and Business Interests

32D83/44 1900-1939 Late R.L. Hattersley Trust

32D83/45 1904-1974 Other Executors' Papers

Plant, Machinery and Property

32D83/46 Plans

32D83/47 1866-1937 Valuations, Inventories, New Equipment

Related Companies

32D83/48 1890's William Child

32D83/49 1902-1905 W.H. Guthrie and Co.

32D83/50 Hattersley Mill Co. Ltd

32D83/51 Hindustani Loom Co. Ltd. Hattersley

Hindustani Engineering Co.

32D83/52 1926-1968 L. Hinks and Co., Sydney

32D83/53 1895-1930 Geo. Hodgson and Co.

32D83/54 1889-1970's Hutchinson, Hollingworth and Co. Ltd

32D83/55 Manns Steam Cart Co.

32D83/56 1917-1970 David Sowden and Sons Ltd

32D83/57 No Date Phillips Barrel and Machine Co.

General History

32D83/58 1912-1970 Newspapers, Cuttings and Scrapbooks

32D83/59 Firm's History

32D83/60 1847-1985 Firm's History - Selected Correspondence

32D83/61 Pictorial Records

32D83/62 1862-1924 International Exhibitions

32D83/63 Keighley Local Affairs

32D83/64 Miscellaneous Historical Items

When transferred to Bradford Archives the records preserved little of their working order; they have therefore been arranged under general headings given in the summary overleaf. Where possible, material has been kept in or returned to its original context - continuous series of volumes and other records in series or stored in bundles. The overall scheme, however, and the grouping of much of the material is artificial and not necessarily a reflection of administrative practice. N.B. There are some instances of accumulations of miscellaneous but important records which have not been dispersed and 'restored' to context or fully intergrated within the classification scheme:

<span class="wrapper"><p>Bradford Industrial Museum</p> <p>In March 1974 Geo. Hattersley and Sons made a gift to the Bradford Industrial Museum of the following:-</p> <p>34 Bundles of American Patent Specifications.</p> <p>2 Index Books.</p> <p>1 Packet of Photographs.</p> <p>Leeds University</p> <p>The records of Geo. Hattersley and Sons Ltd., worsted spinners and manufacturers, Mytholmes, Providence and Springhead Mills, Haworth and Keighley, all deposited at the Brotherton Library. A list is published in Patricia Hudson's "The West Riding Wool Textile Industry - A Catalogue of Business Records from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Century", Pasold Research Fund Ltd, 1975.</p></span>

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R.L. Smith, Geo. Hattersley and Sons Ltd, North Brook Mills, Keighley

This catalogue was prepared with the help of a grant from the Pasold Research Fund.

The records of G. Hattersley and Sons Ltd. were deposited in the Bradford District Archives in 1983, following the liquidation of the firm. They cover the whole period of the firm's machine-making activities from its foundation in 1789, beginning with the production of screws and small parts for textile machines; developing from c. 1835 the manufacture and export of power looms; later adding such subsiduary products as tobacco machines and garden furniture, The firm was also involved in textile manufacture, which is part covered by these records; however, between c.1850 and c.1890 the weaving business was conducted separately by Mr. Edwin Hattersley in Haworth and Keighley. The surviving records for this concern are deposited in the Brotherton Library, Leeds.

Although the records in this catalogue relate primarily to loom-making, there is also a significant quantity of material relating to the personal finances and outside business concerns of various members of the Hattersley family and their successors, the Smiths. There are some records for related companies, whether subsiduaries or firms taken over by G. Hattersley and Sons Ltd.

A complete series of photograph albums has been retained by Bradford District Archives; the additional series are to be offered for deposit in other suitable archive repositories.