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D8185

Archive Reference / Library Class No.	D8185/UL
Title	Robert S Fitton, local historian
Date	[1950s]
Description	Manuscripts used for a Ph.D., then in the writing of 'The Strutts and the Arkwrights' (1958) and The Arkwrights: Spinners of Fortune (1989); organised according to the eleven chapters of the first book: Box 1 - Ch. 1 Jedediah Strutt, wheelwright and farmer Box 2 - Ch. 2 The Hosiery Patent Box 3 - Ch. 3 The Hosiery Business Box 4 - Ch. 4 The Partnership with Richard Arkwright & Ch. 5 The Early Cotton Mills Box 5 - Ch. 6 Jedediah Strutt and his family Box 6 - Ch. 7 The Second Generation, and also some material relating to other chapters Box 7 - Ch. 8 & 9 The Mills & Workers and Welfare Box 8 - Ch. 10 The Raw Material Box 9 - Ch. 11 Products and Markets, together with material relating to previous chapters Boxes 10-11 Papers relating to the Arkwright family business Box 12 - Box 13 - Research papers, including bound copy of PhD thesis 'WG and J Strutt, 1758-1830: A study in social and industrial organisation', 1953 Collection includes: - correspondence between Fitton and T.S. Ashton, A. Redford and English Sewing Cotton relating to the loan of the records to University of Manchester (not available for public consultation); - documents relating to the publication of The Strutts and the Arkwrights, including details of the inclusion of a chapter by A.P. Wadsworth in the volume (not available for public consultation); - typescript of Negley Harte's history of the Bretby business in Belper
Extent	approx. 15 boxes
Level	Fonds
Repository	Derbyshire Record Office
Archive Creator	Robert S Fitton
Custodial History	These records were donated to Derbyshire Record Office in August 2018.
Organisation Sub-Type	Local historians

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