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Donald Brothers Ltd, linen, canvas and furnishing fabric manufacturers, Dundee

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Date: 1845-2011
Places:
  • Dundee, Angus
Functions, occupations and activities: Textiles > Linen and flax | Textiles > Canvas goods | Textiles > Household textiles
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/C102209 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/B3267 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1845-2011: corporate records, pattern books, sales material, etc
Heriot-Watt University Heritage Service
DB
NRA 43334
2
1880-1970: abstracts of accounts, reports, misc papers
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRAS2018
NRA 22997

See HMC Records of British business and industry 1760-1914 textiles and leather, 1990
3
1922-1937: 'Jacquard' sample books
Glasgow School of Art Archives
GSA MCT 1011
4
c1930: sample book
Victoria & Albert (V&A) Museum, Department of Textiles and Dress
T357-1970
NRA 30151
5
c1930: embroidery template
Heriot-Watt University Heritage Service
DB
See Annual Return 2012
6
c1950-1959: additional drawn designs
Heriot-Watt University Heritage Service
DB
See Annual Return 2015
7
c1930-1939: counter books (2)
Heriot-Watt University Heritage Service
DB
See Annual Return 2022
8
c1970-1989: additional examples of woven fabric
Heriot-Watt University Heritage Service
DB
See Annual Return 2023