Marking 100 years since the passing of Joseph Rowntree, learn more

JR100 List

To celebrate 100 years, we have curated 100 notable stories from the archives

Joseph Rowntree's Funeral

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What is Joseph's legacy? Impact in the 100 years since his death...

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The Rowntree Society

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Who was Joseph Rowntree?

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Quaker Concept of God being in Everyone

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Quaker Faith

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Joseph and Sarah Rowntree

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Pavement

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Bootham School

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Witnessing the Irish potato famine

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Apprenticeship

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Use of statistics and Quaker attitude to science

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Pauperism in England & Wales

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The Temperance Problem and Social Reform

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Hannah Rowntree

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Joseph writes to Hannah Rowntree

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Top (Penn) House

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First wife - never forgotten by Joseph

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Second wife - mainly focused on home and family

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Love of Children

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John Wilhelm Rowntree

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Adult School Movement

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Friends Meeting House, Friargate

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Caribbean Plantations

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Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree

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Joseph and Seebohm's writings about poverty

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Industrial Welfare

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"Industrial Unrest - A Way Out"

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Tanners Moat Factory

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Why chocolate?

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Rowntree Products

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Haxby Road Factory

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Worker Welfare

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Cocoa Works Magazines

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Joseph's Christmas Letters of Greeting

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Liveable Wage

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York Gala Balloon

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Pension Fund

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Profit Sharing Scheme

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8 hour day and 5 day working week

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After hours activities

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Joseph Rowntree Theatre

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Company doctor and dentist

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Creation of Works Council

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Transformation of York from market town to city with industrial base

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Oscar Rowntree

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Joseph's politics and House of Lords reform

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Land reform

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Politics vs Philanthropy

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Arnold Rowntree

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The Story of York Adult Schools

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Joseph's attitude to newspaper ownership

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Northern Echo, Westminster Press, The Nation

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Founder's memorandum

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Creation of the Trusts

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Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust

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Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JR Memorial Trust)

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Joseph Rowntree Reform Trust Ltd

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Relationship between Trusts & Company at Creation

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The Homestead, Homestead Park and the Garden House

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University of York

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The Borthwick Institute for Archives

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Michael Rowntree

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Allotments Movement

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New Earswick

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New Earswick Folk Hall

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New Earswick Primary School

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Joseph's Views on Wealth

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Fred Rowntree

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Yearsley Swimming Baths

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Rowntree Park

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Agnes Macdonald (nee Rowntree)

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Strong Family Ties

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Winifred Rowntree

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Clifton Lodge

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Continuing Education

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York's Factory Women

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Scarborough

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