National Paper Museum Trust Archive
Material collected by the National Paper Museum Trust, c1386-1998.
Original archive material includes correspondence, reports, minutes, notes, plans, photographs, slides, illustrations and watermark samples. Published material includes articles, brochures, catalogues, leaflets, price lists, sample books, advertisements, specifications, journals, newsletters, statistics, standards, patents, books.
The National Paper Museum was established by the British Paper and Board Makers' Association. It was opened on 24 April, 1963 at The Vegetable Parchment Mills, St. Mary Cray, Kent. Remy Barcham Green was one of the founding members of the Museum, and a
large proportion of the archive material had been collected by his company J. Barcham Green Ltd. before the Museum was established.
The Mill at St. Mary Cray closed down in 1967 and the Museum exhibits had to be put into storage at Cray Vally Mills, Kent until alternative premises could be found. The NPM Trust then approached the University of Manchester, having heard that it was involved in setting up the Manchester Museum of Science and Technology. The museum agreed to house the NPM material and the exhibits were transferred in 1968. Dr Richard Hills, director of the The Manchester Museum of Science and Technology, sat on the NPM board of trustees and worked with them to continue collecting material for exhibition and research.
The collection was originally held on loan, under the reference L1969.30. The collection was subsequently donated to MOSI in 2006. The collection was given the new accession number 2006.60.
Details
- Category:
- Papermaking
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60
- System of Arrangement:
- S
- type:
- object collection
Parts
Large Stone Trough or Basin with Stamps
Paper press
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.7
- type:
- paper press
Watson's Standard Gauge
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) and metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.8
- type:
- gauge
Southworth Burst Tester
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) , glass , nickel silver (nickel, copper, zinc alloy) , brass (copper, zinc alloy) and metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.9
- type:
- paper burst tester
paper tensile tester
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.10
- type:
- paper tensile tester
Dandy roll
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.12
- type:
- dandy roll
Model dandy roll made by Knowles Trotman Ltd
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.13
- type:
- model dandy roll
Pressing Rolls Model
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) , wood (unidentified) and textile
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.14
- type:
- model - representation
Postal Balance Scale
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.19
- type:
- postal scale
Hanging Scale
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.24
- type:
- scale
Hand Paper Mould (wove).
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.25
- type:
- hand paper mould (wove)
Two Hand Paper Moulds with Deckles
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.26
- type:
- hand paper mould (laid)
Pair of Two Man Paper Moulds
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.28
- type:
- hand paper mould (wove)
Whatman Paper Mould
Pair of sheet moulds
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.30
- type:
- hand paper mould (laid)
Sheet Moulds with Deckles
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.31
- type:
- hand paper mould (wove)
Paper mould
Paper mould
papermaking mould; Jardine
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.34
- type:
- mould
Hand paper mould with deckle
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.35
- type:
- hand paper mould (laid)
Paper Mould and Deckle with ''Kobenhaven' Watermark
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.36
- type:
- hand paper mould (laid)
Papermaking Vat- Large copper water heater inside lead lined vat
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.37
- type:
- papermaking vat
Double hand paper mould
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.42
- type:
- hand paper mould (wove)
Pair of hand paper moulds with
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.46
- type:
- hand paper mould (laid)
pair of hand paper moulds with
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.47
- type:
- hand paper mould (laid)
hand paper mould made by E Amies & Son
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.60
- type:
- hand paper mould (wove)
Hand Paper Mould for Three Sheets with Deckle
Pocket-sized paper tensile tester made in Germany and supplied by H.Bertram and Co.
Wood Pulp Digester Model
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.68
- type:
- wood pulp digester and model - representation
hat
Wet end slice
Three paper maker's crosses
Section of Paper Hanger
- Materials:
- wood (unidentified) and metal (unknown)
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.72
- type:
- paperworking techniques
Dandy Roll from E Towgoods
Part of Dandy Roll
Dandy Roll
dandy roll
Air dryer and calendar rollers
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.77
- type:
- air dryer
Rag Cutter
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.80
- type:
- rag cutter
Paper Cutting Machine
Dandy Roll
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and brass (copper, zinc alloy)
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.83
- type:
- dandy roll
Two Sheet Mould and Deckle
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.86
- type:
- hand paper mould (laid)
Pair of two sheet moulds and deckle large laid post
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.87
- type:
- hand paper mould (laid)
Pair of single sheet moulds and 2 deckles
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.89
- type:
- hand paper mould (wove)
Two single sheet moulds. One toned laid
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.90
- type:
- hand paper mould
Paper Mould, La Gitana, and Deckle
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.92
- type:
- hand paper mould
Scale for Weighing Paper
Hollander Beater
Skew Hand Apparatus
Paper tensile tester made in Austria and supplied by J. J. Marshall and Co.
Replica of Original Robert Paper Machine
- Materials:
- metal (unknown) and wood (unidentified)
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.101
- type:
- robert paper machine
Paper burst tester made by the Ashcroft Manufacturing Co. New York c.1912
cone-shaped thimble mould for
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.105
- type:
- hand paper mould
test-tube shaped thimble mould
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.106
- type:
- hand paper mould
cylindrical thimble mould for
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.107
- type:
- hand paper mould
test-tube shaped thimble mould
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.108
- type:
- hand paper mould
Wooden Flue/Stuff Pipe
- Object Number:
- Y2006.60.110
- type:
- flue