Whilst cataloguing the D6948 collection relating to Messrs W G and J Strutt, the cotton mill owners in Belper and Milford, there have been some interesting records to look at, including lots of employee records. You may have seen some previous blog posts relating to the child mill workers, which are part of this collection. … Continue reading Wage Forfeits at Strutt Mills
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Catalogue Available for Messrs W. G. & J. Strutt and English Sewing Cotton Company Limited Collections
We have recently been reworking the catalogue for two collections connected to the mills owned by the Strutt family, which were later taken over by the English Sewing Cotton Company. Both collections relate to the various mills in Belper, Milford and Derby, which were once thriving workplaces within Derbyshire. Snippet view of the D6948 catalogue … Continue reading Catalogue Available for Messrs W. G. & J. Strutt and English Sewing Cotton Company Limited Collections
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 … Continue reading Education of Child Workers at the Strutt Owned Mills
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 … Continue reading Child Workers at the Strutt Owned Mills
Treasure 46: Register of child factory workers
This treasure comes from the Belper-based cotton spinning company W G and J Strutt Ltd and is a register of children dating from May 1853 to April 1860 (D6948/14/5). Education was not made compulsory until 1880, so the use of children's labour in the Strutt mills in Belper was very normal. The register records the reference … Continue reading Treasure 46: Register of child factory workers
Explore Your Archive – Reading, Writing and the Theatre Royal
Compare and Contrast - a selection of Derbyshire Record Office documents regarding Regency children and education.
Enlightenment! Derbyshire collections across the pond
Our colleague Anna Rhodes, Assistant Collections Officer at Buxton Museum, is currently undertaking a 4 week research fellowship at the Yale Center for British Art in New Haven, Connecticut. The fellowship was open to curators working in regional museums in the UK who work with British art collections, and as the successful candidate Anna has … Continue reading Enlightenment! Derbyshire collections across the pond
The Female of the Derbyshire Species: A History of Women in Derbyshire
New online exhibition available on our website featuring original archives relating to Derbyshire's women, and heroines, including Florence Nightingale and Joan Waste. Let us know what you think http://bit.ly/oz15DW
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