Primary sources

In this section you will find a collection of primary sources relating to Joseph.

  • The Cocoa Works in 1925.
  • Illuminated 80th Birthday Address scan with caption from page 13.
  • Quotations from Joseph Rowntree.
  • A small sample of the range of letters of condolence sent to the family when Rowntree died in 1925, transcribed from letters held in the Borthwick Institute for Historical Research, University of York. There are over 200 such letters in their files.

Think: which of his achievements do these letters focus upon? What do they all have in common?