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Description: | "Spinning the Web brings together a unique collection of some 22,000 items from the libraries, museums and archives of North West England which tell the story of the Lancashire Cotton Industry. The site contains: 15,000 pages of text; 3000 images, 3-D items and multimedia items; 2000 documents (including, for example, such treasures as Samuel Crompton's own "Spindles Enquiry"); 800 maps and plans and 700 pages of textile samples. The site contains over 200 articles and 15 'learning journeys', the content divided into five main themes and 80 topics, each with their own selected range of materials atached to an introductory article. There is a comprehensive library of over 350 books, pamphlets, original documents etc., including complete classic works on the industry such as Baines' 600-page 'History of the Cotton Manufacture in Great Britain', Allen Clarke's 'Effects of the Factory System', Fielden's 'Curse of the Factory System' and primary source volumes such as the 'Hyde Cotton Famine Relief Fund' and 'Peterloo Massacre Relief Fund' books. Spinning the Web is about more than cotton. There are also broader sources, such as the Manchester Great War Roll of Honour, in which we have reproduced and indexed records of 10,000 Manchester men and women who fought in World War I. There are other general works such as John Mortimer's "Industrial Lancashire" and a collection of pamphlets dating from the 1690s. Whether you are interested in the cotton industry, or the social history of Manchester and surrounding cotton district, Spinning the Web has something for everyone interested in the North West of England!" | Source: | MichaelUKProject | Identifier: | sdx:www.michael-culture.org.uk:80:pub-uk |
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