JOHN RYLANDS
Books
Barker, T., An Age of Glass: History of Pilkington (UK: Boxtree Ltd., 1993).
Beckert, Sven., Empire of Cotton: A Global History (USA: Alfred A Knopf, 2014).
Chadwick, H., Childhood Memories of Gorton in the Nineteen – Twenties (Neil Richardson, 1994).
Clegg, James., Annals of Bolton (Bolton, 1888).
Çrouzet, Fracois., The Victorian Economy (London: Methuen & Co. Ltd., 1982).
Farnie, D. A., Enriqueta Augustina Rylands (1843 – 1908), Founder of the John Rylands Library (Manchester: John Rylands University Library, 1989).
Farnie, D. A., John Rylands of Manchester (Manchester: John Rylands University Library, 1993).
Farnie, D. A., The English Cotton Industry and the World Market 1815 – 1896 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979).
Guppy, H., The John Rylands Library (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1921).
John Rylands Library, Catalogue of the manuscripts books and bookbindings exhibited at the opening of the John Rylands Library Manchester October 6th 1899 (Manchester: John Rylands Library, 1899).
Koch, A., Academy Architecture and Architectural Review (London: Alex Koch & Sons, 1914).
Makepeace, C., Looking back at Hulme, Moss Side, Chorlton On Medlock and Ardwick (Manchester: Willow Publishing, 1995).
Parkinson – Bailey, John J., Manchester: An Architectural History (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2000).
Religion, Business and Wealth in Modern Britain, ed. by David J. Jeremy (London: Routledge, 1998).
Rose, Mary. B., Firms, Networks and Business Values (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000).
The John Rylands University Library of Machester, A Guide to Special Collections (Manchester: Linneys Coulour Print, 1999).
The Lancashire Cotton Industry: a History Since 1700, ed. by Mary B. Rose (UK: Carnegie Publishing, 1996).
Trade and Transport: Essays in Economic History in Honour of T. S. Willan, ed. by W. Henry Chaloner and Barrie Ratcliffe (Manchester: Manchester Univeristy Press, 1977).
Williams, Mike and Farnie, D. A., Cotton Mills in Greater Manchester (Preston: Carnegie Publishing 1992).
Articles
‘John Rylands Library, Manchester’, The British Medical Journal, 26 July 1902, pp. 258 – 260.
‘People, places and things’, Hearth & Home: An Illustrated Weekly Journal for Gentlewomen 24 August 1899, p. 610.
Charlton, H. B., ‘The John Rylands Librarian’, Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Vol. 25 (1941), pp. 4 – 13.
Glasgow, E., ‘Manchester’s John Rylands Library’, Library Review, 8, Vol. 49 (2000), pp. 400 – 403.
Green, S. G., ‘The Late Mr. John Rylands, Of Manchester’, The Sunday at home: a family magazine for Sabbath reading, March (1889), pp. 181 – 186.
Hodgson, J., ‘Carven stone and blazoned pane & apos: The Design and Construction of the John Rylands Library’, Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Vol. 98 (2012), pp. 19 – 82. Moses, Tyson., ‘The First Forty Years of the John Rylands Library, Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester, Vol. 25 (1941), pp. 46 – 66.
Newspapers:
‘Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries’, Liverpool Mercury etc., 13 December 1888.
‘Destruction of warehouses in Manchester. Loss one hundred and forty thousand pounds’, The Manchester Guardian, 5 March 1854, p. 3.
‘Disastrous fire at Gorton’, The Manchester Guardian, 2 February 1877, p. 5.
‘Great fire in London: Damage, a million and a quarter Rylands & Son’s warehouses destroyed’, The Manchester Gurdian, 9 December 1882, p. 5.
‘New Manchester Building of Rylands & Sons, Ltd.: Famous Firm’s World – wide trade’, The Manchester Guardian, 31 October 1930, p. 4.
‘Opening of the New Independent Chapel, Cavendish Street’, The Manchester Guardian, 28 June 1848, p. 8.
‘Swinton Mill Fire: 350 Workers Thrown Idle’, The Manchester Guardian, 18 November 1938, p. 13.
‘The Will the Late Mr. John Rylands: Munificent Bequests’, The Manchester Guardian, 5 March 1898, p. 9.
‘Will of the late Mr. John Rylands.’, Manchester Times, 9 March 1889, p. 8.
Electronic material
‘Corporate’, Pilkington <http://www.pilkington.com/pilkington-information/global+addresses+contacts/global+addresses/asia+pacific/japan.htm> [accessed 23 March 2015]
‘England and Wales, Revised New Series, Preston (Outline), 1896’, NLS <http://maps.nls.uk/view/101169584> [accessed 23 March 2015]
‘First series, 80’, Old Maps Online, Ordnance Survey, 1856 <http://www.oldmapsonline.org/map/visionofbritain/first_edition/sht80> [accessed 23 March 2015]
‘Gidlow/ Rylands Mill’, Wigan World <http://www.wiganworld.co.uk/album/photo.php?opt=3&id=10016&gallery=Gidlow%2FRylands+Mill&offset=0> [accessed 23 March 2015]
‘Historic Styles/ Art Deco Style 1925 – 1940’, Wentworth <http://www.wentworthstudio.com/historic-styles/art-deco/> [accessed 18 March 2015]
‘Insurance Plan of the City of Manchester, Vol. I: Sheet 5’, British Library <http://www.bl.uk/onlinegallery/onlineex/firemaps/england/northwest/zoomify149494.html> [accessed 23 March 2015]
‘James Morrison’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography <http://www.oxforddnb.com.ezproxy.mmu.ac.uk/view/article/19326?docPos=1> [accessed 20 March 2015]
‘John Belcher, architect and surveyor’, London Street Views <https://londonstreetviews.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/john-belcher-architect-and-surveyor/> [accessed 23 March 2015]
‘John Rylands Library, University Of Manchester, Manchester, UK’, Celsus: A Library Architecture Resource, <https://libraryarchitecture.wikispaces.com/John+Rylands+Library,+University+Of+Manchester,+Manchester,+UK+(building)> [accessed 17 October 2014].
‘John Rylands’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography <http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/24416> [accessed 16 March 2015]
‘John Rylands’, Spartacus Educational <http://spartacus-educational.com/TEXrylands.htm> [accessed 23 March 2015]
‘Rylands & Sons Ltd of the New High St. Manchester. 1980, Frank Wightman’, Flickr <https://www.flickr.com/photos/manchesterarchiveplus/9798231065/in/photostream/> [accessed 22 March 2015]
‘Rylands & Sons’, I. B RedGuy’s Fine Stamps, Edward VII Overprints.
‘Rylands Building (Debenhams), Manchester’, British Listed Buildings <http://www.britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/en-388312-rylands-building-debenhams-> [accessed 15 March 2015]
‘The secret millionaire’, BBC, <http://www.bbc.co.uk/manchester/content/articles/2008/03/20/200308_enriqueta_rylands_feature.shtml> [accessed 22 March 2015]
Frerichs, Ralph R., ‘Map of John Snow’s London in 1859’, UCLA <http://www.ph.ucla.edu/epi/snow/1859map/map1859.html> [accessed 23 March 2015]
Primary sources
‘Rylands Building from Piccadilly’, Manchester City Council, Local Image Collection.
Baddeley, T., ‘Market Street, Rylands Building’, Manchester City Council, Local Image Collection.
Bowman, W., ‘Piccadilly, Rylands building roof’, Manchester City Council, Local Image Collection.
Bradbum, A., ‘New High Street, Rylands Warehouses’, Manchester City Council, Local Image Collection.
Entwistle, H., ‘Office Blocks, Rylands, High Street, Manchester, Messrs Rylands and Sons Ltd’, Manchester City Council, Local Image Collection.
John Rylands Library, Rylands Collection, Rylands & Sons Archives, JRL1400636, Plans for the warehouse and offices built on Market Street, from the sub – basement to the roof.
John Rylands Library, Rylands Collection, Rylands & Sons Archives, JRL 1400589, Construction of the nine – storied warehouse on Market St.
John Rylands Library, Special Collections, RYL/1/3/1, Printed paperback catalogue with various warehouses of Rylands & Sons.
John Rylands Library, Special Collections, RYL/1/3/2, Rylands & Sons Archive, Trademarks.
John Rylands Library, Special Collections, RYL/1/3/3, Rylands & Sons Centenary 1823 – 1923, Manchester, Liverpool and Newcastle Price List.
John Rylands Library, Special Collections, RYL/1/3/5, The British Empire Exhibition in Wembley, 1924.
John Rylands Library, Special Collections, RYL/1/3/8, Rylands & Sons promotional brochure.
John Rylands Library, Special Collections, RYL/1/5/10/14, Lloyd’s Packing Warehouses Holdings Limited and Rylands and Sons Limited, Agreement relating to rights in respect of premises situate fronting Portland Street and Faulkner Street in the City of Manchester.
John Rylands Library, Special Collections, RYL/1/5/10/15, Lease of ground and first floor premises of 15 Tib Street in the City of Manchester.
John Rylands Library, Special Collections, RYL/1/5/10/22, Phoenix Assurance Compny, Ltd. Report of 13 September, 1932.
John Rylands Library, Special Collections, RYL/1/5/10/9, Messrs. Rylands & Sons Limited to Messrs. Smokers Limited. Lease of No. 5 Tib Street in the City of Manchester.
Manchester Metropolitan University, Local Collection, P 912.42732, by Alan Godfrey, Swinton Park & Irlam o’th’ Heights, 1907.
Manchester Metropolitan University, Local Collection, P 912.42733, by Alan Godfrey, Manchester (Piccadilly), 1849.
Manchester Metropolitan University, Local Collection, P 912.42733, by Alan Godfrey, Old Ordnance Survey, Town Plans, Manchester (Oxford Street & Gaythorn), 1848.
Manchester Metropolitan University, Local Collection, P 912.42733, by Alan Godfrey, Old Ordnance Survey Maps, Chorlton cum Hardy & Stretford, 1905.
Manchester Metropolitan University, Local Collection, P 912.42733, by Alan Godfrey, Old Ordnance Survey Maps, Manchester (SE), 1915.
Manchester Metropolitan University, Local Collection, P 912.42737, by Alan Godfrey, Old Ordnance Survey Maps, Bolton, 1908.
Manchester Metropolitan University, Local Collection, P 942.733, Brumhead, Derek and Wyke, Terry, A Walk Round All Saints (Manchester: Manchester Polytechnic, 1987).
Robert, N. S., ‘Aerial Views, Swinton, Lancashire, Rylands and Sons Ltd (Dacca Twist Mills’, Manchester City Council, Local Image Collection.
The University of Manchester Library, Image Collections, JRL060145DC, Weaving shed at Swinton, Rylands & Sons promotional brochure.
The University of Manchester Library, Image Collections, JRL1300150, Ordnance Survey, Swinton, 1956.