 
Bowler Collection
Fullers Earth
Collection
Harbutt's Plasticine
Horstmann Collection
Bath Stone Collection
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Bowler
Collection Collection
of approx. 250,000 documents of correspondence advertising material,
accounts, business records, etc. 1872 - 1969. Dealing with
practically every Bath based business and many private individuals.
Fullers
Earth Collection Collection
of approximately 100,000 documents of correspondence, advertising
material, etc. Chronicles business activities of Fuller Earth
Union in Bath and its subsequent absorption into Laporte
Industries. 1916 - 1979. Dealing with many Bath
companies and individuals with whom they traded and ordered materials
etc.
Harbutts
(Plasticine)
A Collection
of advertising and publicity material held here and in connection
with a larger store of items held in Freshford. 300 items. 1897
- 1983.
Horstmann
Collections Two
collections of material relating to the operations of Horstmann
Gear Company Ltd. and Horstmann Cars Ltd. The
museum has a 1914 Horstman Coupe - the earliest existing
vehicle produced by the Horstmann Car Company. It features kick-starter
and horizontal valve gears, and is displayed in a specially designed
gallery.
Bath
Stone Collection
Significant
work has been done on this subject and in addition a collection
of deeds and legal documents exist.
Bath
at Work: 2000 years of Earning a Living.
The exhibition tells
the commercial story of the city of Bath since Roman times.
Also:
Bathford
Paper Mill Company,
British
Gas Collection, Pabst
Collection,
Stothert & Pitt Collection, Weaver
Collection,
Williams Drawings
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