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Collapse D1397 - Smedley's Hydro, Matlock - 1859-1955D1397 - Smedley's Hydro, Matlock - 1859-1955
Collapse BB - Records and ephemera re Smedley's Hydro - 19th-20th centBB - Records and ephemera re Smedley's Hydro - 19th-20th cent
1 - Account and memorandum book J J (Jonas) Brown, steward at Smedley's Hydro - 1864-1875
2-5 - Bills for medical equipment supplied by John Smedley - 1859
6 - Letter from John Smedley to Mr Broadhurst, the retiring stationmaster at Matlock Bridge, praising his work there - 14 Nov 1868
7 - Memorandum and articles of association of Smedley's Hydropathic Company Ltd, - 5 Jun 1875
8 - Transcript of shorthand note of the 79th Annual General Meeting of Shareholders and an Extraordinary General Meeting of Shareholders held at Smedley's Hyrdo - 27 Apr 1954
9 - Notice of Extraordinary General Meeting for the winding up of the company - 25 Nov 1955
10 - Drawing and plan of Smedley's Hydropathic Establishment - 1875
11 - Sale catalogue of the hotel furnishings and effects, medical and laundry equipment from Smedley's Hydro, 1-4, 7-10 Nov, annotated with prices - Nov 1955
12 - Sale catalogue for dwelling houses, shops, building and agricultural land - Smedley Hydropathic Co's property other than the Hydro - 15 Nov 1955
13 - Card of Tom Wright, coal, coke, brick and lime merchant of Darley Dale, with prices of coal on the reverse
14 - Bill for a seven day stay at Smedley's Hydro - 17 Sep 1878
15 - Announcement of the death of Alfred H Douglas, manager of Smedley's Hydro - 1 Sep 1893
16 - Letter from George Ballington of Matlock Bank, regarding Tom Shepherd, a hydropathist, and the Davis' - 1 Mar 1928
17 - Smedley's Hydro Bath Book - 1934
18 - Rules and regulations at Smedley's Hydro with 'Signals' the procedure for anyone requiring attendance during the night - c1860
19 - Bathing and medical rules - c1860
20 - Further copy of original rules and regulations with short prospectus - c1860
21-24 - Rules and regulations at Smedley's Hydro (after 1875) - c1880
25 - Rules and regulations for house servants at Smedley's Hydro - c1880
26-41 - Smedley's Hydro prospectuses and brochures - c1869-1950
42 - Notebook - duties of the House-Attendant of Smedley's Hydro - Nov 1882
42-112 - Menus and programmes of events - chiefly Christmas and New Year - 1879-1955
113-197 - Various photographs relating to Smedley's Hydro, largely undated, many used in brochures, including interior and exterior views, views of the gardens and sports facilities, Staff Balls in the 1930s, Smedley's Bus about 1920 and postcards of Lilybank, Chatsworth and Rockside Hydros, and the Smedley Memorial Hospital - c1890-1954
198-217 - Newspaper cuttings relating to Smedley's Hydro - 1888-1955
218 - "Ladies Manual of Practical Hydropathy for Female Diseases" by Mrs Smedley - 1862
219-220 - Photograph and engraving of John and Caroline Smedley - c1870
221 - Pedigree of Moore of Winster, Bright of Staveley, Wood and Smedley of Wirksworth and Ridgway and Smedley of Wirksworth and Nottingham, with Smedley bookplate attached - 1867
222 - Report on the funeral of John Smedley from Derby Reporter - 7 Aug 1874
223 - Verse in memory of John Smedley by Mrs Hobson Farrand of Matlock - 1874
224 - Special supplement to Wirksworth Advertiser on the death of John Smedley - 1874
225 - In memoriam card to John Smedley - 1874
226 - Further mourning card for John Smedley - 1874
227 - Mourning card for J T Marsden-Smedley - 1875
228 - Mourning card for Caroline Ann Smedley - 1892
229 - Short booklet on John Smedley, republished from Derbyshire Countryside
230 - Short account of John Smedley by Dr R Maclelland, from Archives of Medical History - 1934
231 - Newspaper account of John Smedley and the Hydro - on the occasion of its centenary - 1952
232 - Small booklet of humorous illustrations - "The Water Cure"
233 - "The Lady's Manual of Homeopathic Treatment in the Various Derangements Incident to Her Sex" by Dr E H Ruddock - 1883
234-250 - Series of engraved letterheads including further humorous illustrations of the water cure, 1870, a view of the Hydro, 1870, a view of the Dining Room at the Hydro, 1869, Derby Grammar School, Lea Hurst, Chatsworth, High Tor, Wingfield Manor, Darley Church and Haddon - 1869-1870
251 - Handbill, with photographs, advertising Jonas Brown's Hydropathic Institution - c1880
252-263 - Essays and verse - much of it humorous or satirical - relating to life at Smedley's - c1870-1907
264 - Timetable for Matlock Bridge Station - 1889
265 - Report on the Inaugural Ceremony for the opening of the Matlock Cable Tramway - 28 Mar 1893
266 - Commemorative book on the Whitworth Institute and Hospital dedicated to the use of the public - 6 Oct 1899
267 - Printed volume entitled An Essay upon Matlock Bath in Derbyshire, with three short preliminary dissertations upon 1. Water in General, 2. The Tactile Qualities, 3. Minerals, published 1730 - 1730
268 - Volume of notes relating to Smedley's Hydropathic Company Ltd with notes at back listing bequests and donations - 1879-1897
269 - Volume of minutes, 1875-1905, (also including a list of directors), of Smedley's Hydropathic Company Ltd, formed in Jun 1875, notes concerning buildings, salaries, miscellaneous notes, appointments etc - 1875-1938
270 - Letter to Mr Challand - 31 May 1897
271 - Announcement of the death of Mr Alfred H Douglas, manager, and the appointment of Mr H Challand, 1 Sep - 1893
272-273 - Rough list of names and one of accounts - 1934-1951
274-275 - Two copies of details of modernisation and developments - 1925-1939
276 - Engraving plate of view from the Matlock Bath Hydropathic Establishment - late 19th cent
Expand UL - Smedley's Hydro, Matlock: unlisted material - [1937]-1949UL - Smedley's Hydro, Matlock: unlisted material - [1937]-1949
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