‘Discovering Derbyshire’ – new onsite exhibition

You might have read in our previous post that 22nd September was ‘Derbyshire Day’ and that here at the record office we celebrated by launching 13 new online exhibitions featuring material from our collections.  These exhibitions, on the Google Arts & Culture website, are our take on what makes Derbyshire such a great place to …

Education of Child Workers at the Strutt Owned Mills

Back in November, I wrote about the registers of child workers I came across during the renumbering of our D6948 collection, which relates to W. G. and J. Strutt Ltd. There was little information in them about the children they referenced, besides when they were taken on and possibly their age. Recently I came across …

Child Workers at the Strutt Owned Mills

Recently I’ve been busy renumbering our D6948 collection, which relates to W. G. and J. Strutt Ltd, who once ran mills at Belper, Milford and Derby. There is a collection which we are currently re-cataloguing, and there is a lot of material to get through, comprising of fifty-one boxes and eighty outsize volumes. Whilst going …

Global Cotton Connections of the Derwent Valley: creative reflections

Another event to let you know about: Global Cotton Connections of the Derwent Valley: creative reflections.