Joseph Rowntree Foundation Library
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The Homestead
40 Water End
York
York
England
YO30 6WP
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Businesses (1)
- Rowntree & Co Ltd, cocoa and chocolate manufacturers York, Yorkshire
Organisations (1)
- York Friends Literary and Debating Society York, Yorkshire
Persons (11)
- Astor, Waldorf, (1879-1952), 2nd Viscount Astor
- Beveridge, William Henry, (1879-1963), Baron Beveridge, economist
- Bevin, Ernest, (1881-1951), statesman and trade union leader
- George, David Lloyd, (1863-1945), 1st Earl Lloyd George of Dwyfor, statesman
- Layton, Sir Walter Thomas, (1884-1966), 1st Baron of Danehill, economist
- Rowntree, Arnold Stephenson, (1872-1951), Quaker MP
- Rowntree, Benjamin Seebohm, (1871-1954), sociologist and manufacturer
- Rowntree, John Stephenson, (1834-1907), Quaker Minister
- Rowntree, Joseph, (1801-1859), grocer
- Rowntree, Joseph, (1836-1925), Manufacturer and Philanthropist
- Wallace, William, (1891-1976), businessman and philanthropist
Paper catalogues available to view at The National Archives - (2)
- NRA 32299 Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree, sociologist and manufacturer: corresp and papers link to online catalogue
- NRA 43873 Rowntree family of York: corresp and papers link to online catalogue