Towneley from A to Z
Towneley from A to Z
DOMA , documents and manuscripts collection, contains manuscripts and printed material but it does not include any Towneley museum documents. These are kept separately, mainly in the Library.
Printed documents include the Burnley Council Minutes, exhibition catalogues and guide books
Written documents , mainly for the period up to 1954, cover all aspects of the museum from the day to day work of the caretaker, visitor numbers and visitor group information, income / expenditure of the museum shop, loans and permanent collection records. They can be divided into four kinds
Other items include the museum wage books for 1917-1927 and 1927-1929 [md54 & md55] and scrapbooks of newspaper cutting relating to Towneley Hall prior to 1931 [md61] and from 1931 to 1947 [md59]. The latter scrapbook was compiled by William Tomlinson to cover all aspects of the museum's collections and donors including notes aiding conservation, includes 4 page drop-in A to Z index.