Links
A useful history of Rowntree philanthropy is here.
Joseph Rowntree
- Joseph Rowntree and the Train Journey
- Joseph Rowntree Brief Biography
- Extracts from 'A Quaker Businessman' - the only published biography of Joseph Rowntree
- About Joseph Rowntree
- More About Joseph Rowntree: Pavement to Posterity
- Joseph Rowntree on Wikipedia
- Joseph Rowntree family tree
Joseph Rowntree Senior
- Joseph Rowntree (1801-1859), Citizen of York by Elizabeth Jackson (an article from York Historian about Joseph Rowntree Senior)
- Joseph Rowntree's father (also Joseph) on Wikipedia
- Shop duties at 28 Pavement - a hand-written ledger from the 1880s and passed down to later owners of the business
Rowntree Women
- Sarah Rowntree Biography
- Julia Rowntree biography (JR's first wife)
- Antoinette (Toni) Rowntree biography (JR's second wife)
Seebohm Rowntree
- Seebohm Rowntree, Industrial Psychology and Black Magic (try the text version AND the images)
- The Archaeology of Modern Poverty: an article about Hungate in York, and the work of Seebohm Rowntree
- Seebohm Rowntree on Wikipedia
The Rowntree Company
- The Experiences of Women who worked at the Rowntree Factory in York
- More Experience of Women Workers at Rowntrees
- A History of the Company
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The barge and the beans A barge named Syntan, which last brought cocoa beans to Rowntrees over forty years ago, has returned to the city
- Best of British business: Rowntree
- Rowntree's Cocoa Plantations
Arnold Rowntree
- Arnold Rowntree
- Arnold Rowntree's letters to his wife, Mary
- Cober Hill bought by Arnold Rowntree in 1919, for use by Adult Schools and for residential conferences.
Michael Rowntree
- Michael Rowntree: an obituary Michael died on Sep 23rd 2007. He was the son of Arnold Rowntree (see above).
The Rowntree Trusts
- Information about the different trusts established by Joseph Rowntree is here.
Other Links
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a new essay, written specially for us, about the Rowntree family and its international outlook and roots
- A Link to a List of Rowntree Archives Enter the term 'Rowntree' in the 'Keyword' box and hit the 'Search' button for a full list of archives
- VisitYork VisitYork's 'Fact Sheet' on the city's chocolate history.
- The Opening of the Joseph Rowntree Theatre in 1935
- The History of The Homestead, former home of Seebohm Rowntree and now the home of the Joseph Rowntree Foundation
- York Stories
- Rowntree Photographs Enter 'Rowntree' in the Search box
- John Bowes Morrell and Rowntrees
- Friends of Rowntree Park