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D1851 - Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield (1902-c1997), formerly of Bermondsey, Surrey (1803-1902), engineering firm - 18th-20th cent
1 - Directors' Minute Books - 1906-1974
2 - General meetings minute books - 1969-1974
3 - Drawing Office order books - 1930-1975
4 - Records Books': summaries of orders - 1923-1970
5 - Drawing Office sketches - 1935
6 - Government Drawing Office Order books - 1950-1953
7 - Rateau Specialities drawing index - 1936-1956
8 - Shipping specifications - 1934
9 - Drawings Books marked 'S' & 'SD' - 20th cent
10 - Accounts (some may be marked D1851/11) - 1930-1960s
11 - Number not used
12 - Schedule of assets - Mar 1947
13 - George Waller & Son Ltd., Stroud (incorporated 1917) minute books - 1917-1955
14 - George Waller & Son Ltd., Stroud: Partnership accounts - 1901-1916
15 - George Waller & Son Ltd., Stroud: General cash books/journals, private ledgers - 1909-1961
16 - George Waller & Son Ltd., Stroud: Pattern book - c1940
17 - British Furnaces Ltd: Minute Books - 1921-1957
18 - E Tallis & Sons Ltd, Birmingham: Shareholders and certificates - 1941-1969
19 - Constructional Engineering Co Ltd - 1912-c1961
20 - Adaptable Moulding Machine Co., Birmingham - 1936-1968
21 - Copy articles of agreement re training of Bryan Donkin as millwright - Mar [1792]
22 - Profit and loss accounts of 'Mr Donkin's manufactory', Bermondsey, Surrey - 29 Jun 1811
23 - Articles of clerkship of Henry Donkin, son of Bryan Donkin, with his uncle Henry Donkin, King's Bench attorney - 13 Jun 1833
24 - Bryan Donkin's journal - 1824-1835
25 - Bryan Donkin day book - 1824-1843
26 - Guard books - 1878-c1950
27 - Lists of engines - 1856-1926
28 - List of apprentices - 1896
29 - Employee agreements - early 20th cent
30 - Copy of Trade Marks Journal - 1876
31 - Horizontal engine register - 1913-1950
32 - Register of engines Marked 'No 1' - 1914-1955
33 - Register of engines despatched - Mar 1897-Dec 1948
34 - Register of fan compressors - c1890-1970
35 - Registers of exhausters - 1885-1930
36 - Register of tar and liquor pumps - 1905-1948
37 - Rateau fans marked 'no 1' - 1932-1966
38 - Rateau pumps 'pattern no 1' - 1936-1946
39 - Unfinished work' - 1927-1936
40 - Stock inventory - 1913
41 - Trade catalogues - 1879-1922
42-52 - Newsletters and papers re staff organization, including Allotment Garden Assoc, Cricket Club, Orchestral Society, Rifle Club, Benevolent Fund, Cycle club, Ambulance club, Ladies' ambulance club, 'Sick and dividing' club, Employees' annual dinner - early 20th cent
53 - Photographs of employees - 20th cent
54 - Publicity material, leaflets etc - 20th cent
55 - Visitors' books - 1966-1999
56 - Historical notes and publications re Bryan Donkin Co Ltd - 1803-1953
57 - Drawings Index Books - ?20th Cent
58 - Seals register, May 1960 - Jun 1961 - 1960-1961
BOX - Bryan Donkin Company Ltd: box lists
OS - Bryan Donkin Company Ltd: oversize items
P - Engineering Drawings - 1795-c1900
1 - Paper-making machinery - 19th cent
1-3 - Drawings of part of paper making process, (possibly a Dickinson-type suction roller paper making machine) - early 19th Cent
4 - Expanding reel for paper machine - early 19th Cent
5 - Drawings of No 4 machine, Bryan Donkin and Co - 1811
6 - Drawing of No 83 machine for Mr Cooper on schematic layout of paper mill - 1829
7 - Plan and elevation of No 162 paper machine, right hand side, for Mr Keferstein - mid 19th cent
8 - Elevation and plan of 90-inch paper machine at scale 1/4 inch: 1 foot - Mid to late 19th cent
9 - Elevation of paper-making machine with circular framing, and elevation of a paper-making machine with hexagonal framing - Mid to late 19th cent
10 - Front elevation and plan of 66 inch paper machine - 1887
11 - Drawings of 100-inch paper machine, comprising schematic elevation and plan - 1887
12 - Drying machine with details of geared rigger - early 19th Cent
13 - Machine for Drying Paper for Messrs Rauch [Rauch Brothers of Heilbronn, Wurttemberg, South Germany] - 1823
14 - Isometric view of 132 Drying Machine - 1844
15 - Front elevation and plan of No 141 Drying Machine, for Hoesch - 1846
16 - Plan, front and end elevations of No 4012 glazing press - 1837
17 - Front and end elevations of paper glazing press for Mr Delarue - 1843-1845
18 - Drawing of cylindrical rag boiler, with instructions for use - 1850
19 - Plan and two sectional elevations of turbine and driving gear for rag engines, with notes - 1855
20 - Plan, front and end elevations of rag cutter - 1858
21 - Plan, front and end elevations of rag duster, with detailed drawings of shaft - 1859
22 - "Rag Duster" machine for removing dust from rags in preparation for papermaking - 1859
23 - Drawing of "Willy or Rag Devil" - 17 Jun 1861
24 - "Building, Foundations and Driving Table for two spherical Rag Boilers" - 1862
25 - Working drawing showing three views rag boilers - 1863-1864
26 - Side and front elevations and plan of Rag Cutting Machine No 11314 - 1865-1881
27 - Plan and elevation of No 1 and No 2 rag washing machines - 1870
28 - Front and side elevations of rag cutter - 1879
29 - Elevation and plan of Bryan Donkin's paper machine - 1807
30 - Patent specification by John Donkin for improvements in papermaking using vacuum cylinders on large sheets of thick paper - 1835
31-36 - Patent specification of invention for improvements in the manufacture of paper - 1847
37
2 - Printing Machinery - 19th cent
3 - Engines, furnaces and Boilers - 19th cent
4 - Other types of machinery - 19th cent
5 - Mr Sunnerdahl's paper mill, Klippan, Sweden - c.1830-1872
6 - Building and transport plans - 1795-c1900
7 - Technical drawings on microfiche - 1952-1969
UL - Bryan Donkin: unlisted material - 19th-20th cent
Bryan Donkin Company Ltd of Chesterfield, engineering firm
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