Records including property sales catalogues, 1919-1932 (6 volumes); out letter books, 1878-1908 (5 volumes); diaries, 1878-1890 (13 volumes); account books, 1881-1897 (3 volumes); newspaper cuttings and copies of property sales advertisements, 1876-1932 (7 volumes); annotated sale particulars and correspondence (10 boxes) relating to a large number of landed estates, business premises and private houses in Lancashire, Cheshire, Derbyshire, Staffordshire, Denbighshire, Cumberland, Westmorland and London including estates belonging to the Earl of Wilton 1912-1921 and the Earl of Ellesmere 1914-1921, Trafford Park manufacturing sites, 1932-1934 and Poole's Cavern and Museum, Buxton, Derbyshire, 1954; sale catalogues of personal property including collections of jewels, jewellery, ceramics, furniture, motor cars, works of art and household furnishings (2 boxes); demolition sales catalogues for Lowther Castle, Westmorland and Grizedale Hall, Lancashire, both 1957; catalogues of major exhibitions of works of art at Manchester City Art Gallery and elsewhere (1 box).