Birley and Company Records

Collection

Identifier: MS Group 110-8

Staff Only

Scope and Content

Ledgers of Birley and Co., Charlton Mills, Chas. Macintosh and Co., a personal ledger of Henry Birley, and a Birley and Co., letter book (1841-1846).

Dates

Creation: 1810-1877

Creator

Birley and Company. (Organization)

Access

The collection is open for research.

Biographical/Historical Note

Birley and Co. operated the Charlton Mill, and perhaps other textile concerns in Manchester, England. Charles A. MacIntosh was a pioneer in the British production of rubber. Charles MacIntosh and Company was founded in Manchester 1824 by MacIntosh, Hugh and Joseph Birley, and R.W. Barton to carry on the business of producing waterproof fabrics. (William Woodruff, The Rise of the British Rubber Industry during the Nineteenth Century. Liverpool University Press, 1958, p. 5n.)

Extent

0.8 Linear feet (2 boxes)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Abstract

Ledgers of textile manufacturers Birley and Co., Charlton Mills, Chas. Macintosh and Co., a personal ledger of Henry Birley, and a Birley and Co., letter book (1841-1846).

Physical Location

University of Florida Smathers Library Building

Acquisition Information

The Birley Records were given to the Libraries in 1973 by Dr. William Woodruff, Research Professor of Economic History professor, University of Florida. Woodruff received the papers from members of the Birley family.

Related Material

This collection is part of the Accounting Collection, which was established in 1971 through gifts made and solicited by Dr. Williard E. Stone, Professor of Accounting, and Chair of the Department of Accounting.