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'''Jute ''' is a fibre produced from plantsthe bark of the genus corchorus family. The fibre is often referred to as gunny-fibre or hessian. It was a very important export from India and was manufactured in India and Great Britain. Dundee was the UK end of the Indian Jute Trade and the University has a lot of data, including lists of people (mostly Scotsmen) involved in the Jute Trade in India. == A List of Jute Mills in India ==*Compiled by Andrew Ramsay Nicholl and Jimmie Robertson of the Tay Valley Family History Society*Marked in '''Bold''' where an 'Industrial Railway' has been identified associated with that Jute Mill - ''see individual page for more information.'' Albion Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Andrew Yule & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 340  Alexandra Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Begg, Dunlop & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 396  Alipur Jute Mill (Alipur Jail).Agents 1917, Government. Number of Looms 1917, 50  Alliance Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Begg, Dunlop & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 1002  Anglo-India Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Duncan Brothers & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 2000  Angus Jute MillAgents 1917, [[Angus Jute Mill Co Ltd]] Number of Looms 1917, 660  Asiatic Jute Mill.Agent ''not known'' Number of Looms ''not known''  Auckland Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Bird & Company]]. Number of Looms 1917, 460  Balliaghatta Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[James Luke & Sons]]. Number of Looms 1917, 177  '''[[Bally Jute Co Ltd Railway|Bally Jute Mill.]]'''Agents 1917, [[George Henderson & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 541  '''[[Barnagore Jute Factory Co Ltd Railway|Barnagore Jute Mill, Barnagore.]]'''Agents 1917, [[George Henderson & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 2275  Belvedere Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Andrew Yule & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 400  Budge Budge Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Andrew Yule & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 782  Calcutta Jute Mill.Agent ''not known'' Number of Looms ''not known'' '''[[Budge Budge, Caledonian Jute Mills Co Railway|Caledonian Jute Mill, Budge Budge.]]'''Agents 1917, [[Andrew Yule & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 350  Champdany Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[James Finlay & Co Ltd]]. Number of Looms 1917, 494  Champdany Jute Mill, Wellington Branch.Agents 1917, [[James Finlay & Co Ltd]]. Number of Looms 1917, 577  Clive Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Bird & Company]]. Number of Looms 1917, 868  '''[[Champdani, Dalhousie Jute Co Railway|Dalhousie Jute Mill, Champdani.]]'''Agents 1917, [[Bird & Company]]. Number of Looms 1917, 704  Delta Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Andrew Yule & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 610  '''[[Titagarh, Empire Jute Co Railway|Empire Jute Mill, Titagarh.]]'''Agents 1917, [[McLeod & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 400  '''[[Bauria, Fort Gloster Jute Mill Railway|Fort Gloster Jute Mill, Bauria.]]'''Agents 1917, [[Kettlewell, Bullen & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 1350  '''[[Shibpur, Fort William Jute Mill Railway|Fort William Jute Mill, Shibpur.]]'''Agents 1917, [[Kettlewell, Bullen & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 900  Ganges Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Macneil & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 1294  Gondalpara Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Gillanders, Arbuthnot & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 360  '''[[Naihati, Gourepore Co Ltd Jute Mill Railway|Gourepore Jute Mill, Naihati.]]'''Agents 1917, [[Barry & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 1255  Hastings Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Birkmyre Brothers & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 1052  Hoogly Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Gillanders, Arbuthnot & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 454  '''[[Howrah Mills Co Ltd Railway|Howrah Jute Mill.]]'''Agents 1917, [[Howeson Brothers Ltd]]. Number of Looms 1917, 1663  India Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[MacKinnon Mackenzie Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 1033  Kamarhatty Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Jardine, Skinner & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 1710  Kanknarrah Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Jardine, Skinner & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 1521  '''[[Titagarh, Kelvin Jute Co. Railway|Kelvin Jute Mill, Titagarh.]]'''Agents 1917, [[McLeod & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 600  Khardah Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Anderson, Wright & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 1370  Kinnison Jute Mill, near Barrackpore, Calcutta.Agents 1917, [[F W Heilgers & Company]], later taken over by [[Bird & Company]].Number of Looms 1917, 1221  Lansdowne Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Bird & Company]]. Number of Looms 1917, 870  Lawrence Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Bird & Company]]. Number of Looms 1917, 704  '''[[Chengail, Ludlow Jute Mill Railway|Ludlow Jute Mills, Chengail.]]'''Agent ''not known'' Number of Looms ''not known''  Naihati Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[F W Heilgers & Company]], later taken over by [[Bird & Company]].Number of Looms 1917, 430  Narcoldanga Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[James Park & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 16  National Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Andrew Yule & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 611  '''[[Budge Budge, New Central Jute Mill Co Ltd Railway|New Central Jute Mill Co Ltd, Budge Budge.]]'''Agents 1917, [[Andrew Yule & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 586  '''[[Champdani, Northbrook Jute Mill Railway|Northbrook Jute Mill, Champdani.]]'''Agents 1917, [[Bird & Company]]. Number of Looms 1917, 544  Oriental Jute Mill.Agent ''not known'' Number of Looms ''not known''  Reliance Jute Mill..Agents 1917, [[Howeson Brothers Ltd]]. Number of Looms 1917, 1000  Rustomgee Jute MillAgent ''not known'' Number of Looms ''not known''  Samnuggar Jute Mill, near Calcutta.Agents 1917, [[Thomas Duff & Co]]. Number of Looms 1880, 313; 1907, 922; 1917, 1572  Seebpore Jute Mill.Agent ''not known'' Number of Looms ''not known''  Serajgunge Jute Mill (now in Bangladesh).Agent ''not known'' Number of Looms ''not known''  Soorah Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[McLeod & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 175  Standard Jute MillAgents 1917, [[Bird & Company]]. Number of Looms 1917, 640  '''[[Titagarh Jute Factory Co Ltd Railway|Titaghur Jute Factory Co Ltd, Titagarh, near Calcutta.]]'''Agents 1917, [[Bird & Company]] previously [[F W Heilgers & Company]] <ref name =WB135>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India. Reference: Entry WB135 page ....</ref>. Number of Looms 1907, 1700; 1917, 1718  Union Jute MillAgents 1917, [[Bird & Company]]. Number of Looms 1917, 504  Union South Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Bird & Company]]. Number of Looms 1917, 650  Victoria Jute Mill, near Calcutta.Agents 1917, [[Thomas Duff & Co]]. Number of Looms 1917, 1053  ''''Supplementry list'''' based on 'Industrial Railways' where the Jute Mill does not appear in list above <ref>“Industrial Railways and Locomotives of India and South Asia” compiled by Simon Darvill. Published by ‘The Industrial Railway Society’ 2013. ISBN 978 1 901556 82-7. Available at http://irsshop.co.uk/India</ref> - ''see individual page for more information.'' '''[[Birlapur Jute Mill Railway|Birlapur Jute Mill Railway, Birlapur.]]''' Private Company - no Agent.  '''[[Cossipore, Camperdown Pressing Co. Jute Factory Railway|Camperdown Pressing Co, Cossipore.]]''' No Agent identified. '''[[Hazinage, Hukumchand Jute Mills Ltd. Railway|Hukumchand Jute Mills Ltd., Hazinager.]]''' No Agent identified. '''[[Muktapur, Rameshwar Jute Mills Railway|Rameshwar Jute Mills, Muktapur.]]''' Agent - [[Macneil & Barry Ltd]]. '''[[Shyamnager, Presidency Jute Mills Co. Railway|Presidency Jute Mills Co., Shyamnager.]]''' Agent - [[McLeod & Co]]. == A List of Jute Mills in Bangladesh ==(compiled by Andrew Ramsay Nicholl and Jimmie Robertson of the Tay Valley Family History Society) Afil Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Ahad Jute Mills. Agents. Number of Looms  Ahmed Jutex Mills. Agents. Number of Looms  Ajax Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Al-Haj Aminuddin Jute Mills. Agents. Number of Looms  Aleem Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  A R A Jute Mills. Agents. Number of Looms  Asiatic Jute Mills. Agents. Number of Looms  Bengal Jute Industries. Agents. Number of Looms  Barisal Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Carpeting Jute Mills. Agents. Number of Looms  Charmuguria Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Chittagong Fibres.Agents. Number of Looms  Crescent Jute Mills, Town Khalishpur, Khulna District, Bangladesh.Built in 1954, full address: Crescent Jute Mills Co Ltd, PO Box 2, Town Khalishpur, Khulna District, Bangladesh.Agents. Number of Looms  Daulatpur Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Delta Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Eastern Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Faridpur Jute Fibres.Agents. Number of Looms  Hamidia Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Hussain Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Islam Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Islam Khan Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Jessore Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Jute Spinners.Agents. Number of Looms  Kwality Jute Yarn Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Lytton Jute Industries.Agents. Number of Looms  Mutual Jute Spinners.Agents. Number of Looms  Modern Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Nawab Abdul Malek Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  New Dacca Jute Industries.Agents. Number of Looms  Nissan Jute MillsAgents Number of Looms  Noapara Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Northern Jute Manufacturing Company.Agents. Number of Looms  Patuakhali Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Peoples Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Perojpur Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Platinum Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Popular Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  R K Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Sadat Jute Industries.Agents. Number of Looms  Sarwar Jute MillsAgents Number of Looms  Sagar Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Saleh Jute Industries.Agents. Number of Looms  Shine Pukur Jute Spinners.Agents. Number of Looms  Shamsher Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Sonali Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Sonali Aansh Industries.Agents. Number of Looms  Specialised Jute Yarn and Twine Manufacturing Company.Agents. Number of Looms  Star Jute Mills.Agents. Number of Looms  Star Alkaid Jute Mill.Agents. Number of Looms  Transocean Fibres Processors.Agents. Number of Looms  Usha Jute Spinners.Agents. Number of Looms   == Summary Of Holdings Relating To The Indian Subcontinent held at Dundee University == *MS 11 BAXTER BROTHERS, LINEN AND JUTE MANUFACTURERS, DUNDEE.*:Brief genealogical notes concerning engineer at Seranjgunge Jute Co. Ltd, late 1800s; Representatives Report Books - India 1927. *MS 31 DR. RUTH YOUNG, C.B.E. (1884?1983)*:Description of voyage on board S.S. Narkunda, from Bombay to Liverpool, taken from journal, 1940. *MS 38 HERBERT WATT TORRANCE, MEDICAL MISSIONARY (1892?1977)*:Postcards of India: Kanchanjunga range, South India, [[Benares]]/[[Cawnpore]], [[Agra]]-[[Delhi]]-Fatephur Sikri. c.1930s. *MS 42 GIDDINGS & LEWIS?FRASER LTD, ENGINEERS ARBROATH, INCORPORATING DOUGLAS FRASER & SONS LTD, LINEN AND JUTE MANUFACTURERS*:Includes papers relating to business in India 1875?1963. *MS 45 LEWIS C. GRANT, ENGINEERS, DYSART (FIFE), INCORPORATING DOUGLAS & GRANT*:Letter books and correspondence files, including technical data, 1892?1956 - includes file: "Rice Mill Data, Tanjore, Madras, South India, Calcutta" 1911-1926, “Report on the Industrial Development of Bengal” 1915, memoranda books, diaries relating to overseas tours including India 1924 and 1935. *MS 66 SIDLAW INDUSTRIES, MEADOW PLACE BUILDINGS, DUNDEE**MS 66/II COX BROTHERS LTD, JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS, DUNDEE*:Private letter book No 1, 1869-1893: contains many letters relating to Calcutta business; pass book with branches of the Chartered Bank of India 1906-1921; also a history of the Camperdown Jute Mill, Calcutta.**MS 66/X SIDLAW INDUSTRIES LTD, PREVIOUSLY JUTE INDUSTRIES LTD, DUNDEE.*:Correspondence relating to Dundee and Calcutta hessian business 1928; photograph of floor plan of Camperdown Press, Cossipore.**MS 66/XI MISCELLANEOUS ASSOCIATED AFFILIATED AND SUBSIDIARY COMPANIES OF JUTE INDUSTRIES LTD*:Includes records relating to Jute Industries Limited Calcutta Agency 1909-1947, and Camperdown Pressing Company, Calcutta 1923-1942. *MS 73 JOHN P. INGRAM (d.1984), SHIPPING CORRESPONDENT*:Shipping notebooks, with some reference to Bombay trade, Calcutta etc. 19 C, 20 C. *MS 82 WILSON FAMILY PAPERS*:Papers relating to shares in the Mysore Gold Mining Company 1919,1921. *MS 83 THE JUTE IMPORTERS ASSOCIATION *MS 84 ASSOCIATION OF JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS*:Photographs include Lawrence Jute Mill, Calcutta, 1921. *MS 86 A. & S. HENRY & CO. LTD**MS 86/I SAMNUGGUR JUTE FACTORY CO. LTD, SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS, CALCUTTA*:Minute books 1874?1976, shareholding records 1912?1966, ledgers 1933?1959, cash books 1935?1966, journal 1924?1975, balance sheets 1919?1976, annual reports 1904?1958, memoranda and articles of association 1874?1976, employees' records 1913?1950, order books 1926?1964, specifications, quotations and price lists 1874?c.1900, plans c.1874?1977 [140] and technical drawings 1874?1896 [27], photographs c.1890?1971 [54].**MS 86/II VICTORIA JUTE FACTORY CO. LTD, SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS, CALCUTTA*:Minute books 1892?1976, shareholding records 1883?1906 and 1919?1947, ledgers 1930?1972, cash books 1935?1964, journal 1924?1973, balance sheets 1918?1977, annual reports 1884?1958, 1965, memoranda and articles of association 1883?1979, letter books 1928?1982, employees' records 1925?1961, order books 1922?1964, plans 1928 and 1941?1973 [23], photographs c.1890 and 1957 [4].**MS 86/III TITAGHUR JUTE FACTORY CO. LTD, SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS, CALCUTTA*:Minute books 1883?1974, shareholding records 1918?1969, ledgers 1931?1972, cash books 1932?1979, balance sheets 1884?1906, 1924?1976, annual reports 1900?1958, memoranda and articles of association 1883?1979, letter books 1928?1982, employees' records 1913?1956, miscellaneous technical records 1890?1897, plans 1878?1976 [123], technical drawings 1887?1897 [23], photographs c.1890?1910, c.1930?1950 [29].**MS 86/IV ANGUS COMPANY LTD, JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS, TEXTILE ENGINEERS, CALCUTTA*:Cash books 1933?1972, journal 1934?1965, annual reports 1913?1970, memoranda and articles of association 1913?1969, letter book 1953?1967, employees' records 1933?1965, order books 1933?1963, sales notes 1956?1976, miscellaneous records c.1928?1977, plans and technical drawings 1968?1977 [8], photographs 1945?1957 [10].**MS 86/V THOMAS DUFF & CO. LTD, MANAGING AGENTS, DUNDEE AND CALCUTTA*:Minute books 1883?1945, ledgers 1930?1973, cash books 1922?1959, journals 1920?1954, balance sheets 1918?1950, memoranda and articles of association 1883?1964, letter books or files 1929?1968, managers' reports to directors 1930?1974, employees' records c.1913?1970, sales and production records 1945?1976, files relating to modernisation and electrification 1942?1971 and to company reconstruction 1947?1950, miscellaneous records 1880?1977, plans 1865?1923 [25], photographs c.1900?1970 [84].**MS 86/XXII INDIAN JUTE MILLS ASSOCIATION*:Reports of Committee 1935?1977, research institute: reports of committee 1943?1964, miscellaneous reports 1949?1966, statistics 1853?1964, chairman's addresses to A.G.Ms. 1973?1978, miscellaneous records 1949?1972.**MS 86/XXIII BENGAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY*:Reports of committee 1949?1978, proceedings of annual general meetings 1953?1976, miscellaneous records 1853?1975. *MS 89 JAMES F. LOW & CO. LTD, TEXTILE ENGINEERS, MONIFIETH*:Machinery records and order books, including references to customers in India and Pakistan 1870-1959, plans and drawings include various plans for Calcutta mills 1919-1920. *MS 93 D.J. MACDONALD LTD, ENGINEERS, DUNDEE.*:Photograph of unidentified jute mill. *MS 95 THOMSON SHEPHERD & CO., LTD, JUTE SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS, DUNDEE;*:Notebook including comparisons of spinning and weaving production and costs with Calcutta mills, late 18 C.; Jute and Gunny Statistics Vol III, Calcutta, 1938-1948. *MS 107 CALCUTTA AND MOFUSSIL SCOTS SOCIETY*:Agendas, minutes 1954-1992, financial papers 1954-1976, papers relating to outings 1954-1992, miscellaneous secretarial files 1954-1971, photographs 1955-1988.  *MS 114 BRITISH JUTE TRADE RESEARCH ASSOCIATION*:Publications including Annual Reports, Technical Reports and Bulletins 1948-1969, miscellaneous volumes 1867-1966, miscellaneous papers 1952-1992, photographs n.d. *MS 249 THE G. RONALD CAMERON COLLECTION*:Includes photographs showing jute cultivation and preparation in India. *MS 253 NORMAN SOUTAR PHOTOGRAPHS*:Photographs of Barnagore Cricket Club and Megna Mills staff.  More detailed information about our records relating to the Indian textile industry can be found at:http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/slindtexttop.htm A full source list of material relating to India is also called Hessianavailable in the Archive Services search room. == Textile Industry and Other Books relating to the Indian subcontinent held in Dundee University Archives book collections == *Author: Stewart, Gordon T.:Title: Jute and Empire. The Calcutta Jute Wallahs and the landscape of Empire:Publication date: 1998 *Author: British-Continental Trade Press Ltd:Title: The Jute & Canvas Trades Year-Book & Directory:Publication date: 1946 *Author: Arnott, R.J. & Tysser, H.F.:Title: Jute Annual 1933:Publication date: 1933 *Author: Carter, William:Title: Carter's Flax, Hemp and Jute Year Book and Directory:Publication date: 1949 *Author: British-Continental Trade Press:Title: The Jute Year Book. The Annual and Directory of the Jute, Canvas and Linoleum Industries and Trade:Publication date: 1940 *Author: Commonwealth Economic Committee:Title: Jute Manufactures: A memorandum on production, prices and trade prepared in the Intelligence Branch of the Commonwealth Economic Committee:Publication date: 1955 *Author: International Labour Organisation:Title: Safety of Workers in the Textile Industry:Publication date: 1950 *Author: Government of Pakistan:Title: Report of the Jute Enquiry Commission:Publication date: 1960 *Author: Olbrecht, Urs:Title: The Indian Jute Industry from Colonial Times to the Present. [Article].:Publication date: *Author: Fraser, Eugenie:Title: A home by the Hooghly a jute wallah's wife:Publication date: 1989 *Author::Title: The jute mills in Bengal:Publication date: 1880 *Author: Wallace, D.R. :Title: The romance of jute a short history of the Calcutta Jute Mill industry 1855-1909, 1909:Publication date: 1909 *Author: Pakistan. Ministry of Commerce. Jute Enquiry :Title: Report of the Jute Enquiry Commission 1960:Publication date: 1961 *Author: Woodhouse, Thomas:Title: The jute industry from seed to finished cloth:Publication date: 1921 *Author: Leng, Sir John:Title: Letters from India and Ceylon including the Manchester of India, the Indian Dundee, and Calcutta jute mills, 1895-96:Publication date: 1896? *Author::Title: Report on the Cultivation of Jute. Map showing the Jute growing districts of Bengal.:Publication date: *Author: Kerr, Hem Chunder:Title: Report on the Cultivation of, and Trade in, Jute in Bengal, and on the Indian fibres available for the manufacture of paper.:Publication date: 1874 *Author: Sethia, Tara :Title: The Rise of the Jute Manufacturing Industry in Colonial India: A Global Perspective:Publication date: 1996 *Author: Sastry, D. U. (Davangere Umpathi):Title: The cotton mill industry in India:Publication date: 1984 *Author: Geddes, Sir Patrick:Title: Patrick Geddes in India:Publication date: 1947 *Author: Leng, Sir John:Title: Letters from India and Ceylon including the Manchester of India, the Indian Dundee, and Calcutta jute mills, 1895-96:Publication date: 1896? *Author: Jacob, Violet:Title: Diaries and letters from India, 1895-1900:Publication date: 1990 *Author: Hunter, William Wilson, Sir:Title: Rulers of India:Publication date: 1894 *Author: Wilson, Andrew:Title: The Abode of snow: observations on a journey from Chinese Tibet to the India Caucasus, through the upper valleys of the Himalaya:Publication date: 1875 == Dundee University contact details == :Archive Services:University of Dundee:Dundee, United Kingdom:DD1 4HN:Tel: +44 (0) 1382 344095:Fax: +44 (0) 1382 345523:Email: archives@dundee.ac.uk ==FIBIS resources==* Carol Turnham, "Letters from the Mill: the Calcutta Jute Industry" ''FIBIS Journal No 24 (Autumn 2010)'', pages 19-25 For details of how to access this article, see [[FIBIS Journals]].* Cinefilms donated by Carol Turham can be found in the [https://www.fibis.org/ FIBIS website] members area contain jute mill footage c1930-1940. ==Jute Mills along the Hooghly==Calcutta-Barrackpore-Chandernagore-Chinsura[[File:JuteMills,B.L..jpg|350px|thumb|left|Jute Mills along the Hooghly]]<br clear="all">Click on the map for '''larger image'''. Then left click twice, or use your computer settings to enlarge further for fine detail. == External links ==*[http://www.dhtcollections.com/item/Brand_GravesofJuteMillmanagersburiedinIndia_0_0_28576_1.html Graves of Jute Mill managers buried in India] Dundee Heritage Trust. Includes wives. Contains twenty five records at the Scottish Cemetery in [[Cemeteries in Calcutta|Calcutta]], fourteen at [[Barrackpore]] Cemetery and one of Tollygunge Cemetery. [near Calcutta]. Graves date from 1881 to 1951, covering workers at the four of the major Indian mills - Titaghur, Samnuggur, Angus and Victoria.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20131003103324/http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/juteindia.htm Jute in India], an archived page from dundee.ac.uk *[https://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/images/manufacturingjute/ Photographs: Jute in India] dundee.ac.uk *[https://web.archive.org/web/20120422235721/http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/indiaexhib/indiaexhibitionwhatley.htm Dundee and India: Roots, Rivalry and Interdependence] A lecture by Professor Christopher Whatley, 22 February 2005, an archived page from dundee.ac.uk*[https://web.archive.org/web/20120321052048/http://www.vsdh.org/jagatdal/index.html Visit to Alliance Jute Mills - Jagatdal - 24 Parganas] in 2001. Website of John Sartain Feltham vsdh.org, now an archived webpage.*Brian Cox's Jute Journey::*[https://web.archive.org/web/20151003193935/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090417/jsp/entertainment/story_10832161.jsp "Jute route to roots- How actor Brian Cox soaked in the city"] ''The Telegraph'' (Calcutta), 17 May 2009, now an archived webpage, about shooting the documentary ''Brian Cox’s Jute Journey'', in Calcutta. :*[http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2009/09/25/hollywood-star-brian-cox-follows-the-trail-of-the-dundee-jute-workers-who-went-to-calcutta-86908-21699144 "Hollywood star Brian Cox follows the trail of the Dundee jute workers who went to Calcutta"], ''The Daily Record'', 25 Sep 2009, interview with Brian Cox regarding the Dundee jute workers who went to Calcutta. :*[http://archives-records-artefacts.blogspot.com/2009/10/brian-coxs-jute-journey.html Brian Cox's Jute Journey], blog post from the University of Dundee’s Archive Services :*[http://archives-records-artefacts.blogspot.com/2009/11/brian-coxs-jute-journey-reprise.html Brian Cox's Jute Journey (reprise)] has links to the University’s holdings.*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160404121608/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090524/jsp/calcutta/story_10951040.jsp "The Jews of Agarpara]" ''The Telegraph'' (Calcutta), 24 May 2009,(now archived) details a jute connection. [https://web.archive.org/web/20160404121631/http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090531/jsp/calcutta/story_11006900.jsp Part 2: "By the lazy river"] ''The Telegraph'' (Calcutta), 31 May 2009 (now archived).*[http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_164188_en.pdf "The Scottish Jutewallah"] by Dr Bashabi Fraser. University of Glasgow. A paper presented ay the Conference Dis/placing the British Empire: theoretical and critical views from Scottish studies, at Torino (Turin) in Italy, 25 August 2010. ===Historical books online===* ''Report On The Cultivation Of And Trade In, Jute In Bengal '' by Hem Chunder Kerr, Deputy Magistrate, on special duty. 1874. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.44485 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.*[http://access.bl.uk/item/viewer/ark:/81055/vdc_0000000354BA ''Letters from India and Ceylon, including the Manchester of India, the Indian Dundee, and Calcutta jute mills ... 1895-96''] by Sir John Leng MP. Reprinted from the “Dundee Advertiser.” British Library Digital Collection. Alternatively, access through the British Library online catalogue.*[https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.53348 ''Modern Flax, Hemp, And Jute Spinning And Twisting''] by Herbert R Carter 1907 Archive.org from Digital Library of India Collection.* ''The Romance Of Jute: A Short History of the Calcutta Jute Mill Industry 1855-1927'' by D.R. Wallace, 2nd edition 1928. [https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.19749 Archive.org version], mirror from Digital Library of India.*[https://archive.org/details/juteinbengal00chau ''Jute in Bengal''] by Nibaran Chandra Chaudhury 1921 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/juteitsmanufactu00cartrich ''Jute and its manufacture''] by H R Carter c 1921 Archive.org*[https://archive.org/details/juteindustryfrom00wood ''The Jute Industry: from Seed to Finished Cloth''] by by T. Woodhouse 1921 Archive.org*Sample pages only [https://books.google.com.au/books?id=Nd1RAQAAIAAJ&pg=PR3 ''Jute and Empire: The Calcutta Jute Wallahs and the Landscapes of Empire''] by Gordon Thomas Stewart.Google Books == References ==<references />
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