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[[Category:Occupations]] '''Jute ''' is a fibre produced from the 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.
(compiled *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.''
Agents Agent ''not known'' Number of Looms ''not known''
Archive Services==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.
University of Dundee==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.
DD1 4HN===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
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Fax[[Category: +44 (0) 1382 345523Occupations]] Email: archives@dundee.ac.uk == Recommended Links == *[http[Category://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/indiaexhib/indiaexhibitiontop.htm Dundee Commerce and India - Roots, Rivalry and InterdependenceManufacturing Companies]*[http://www.dundee.ac.uk/archives/juteindia.htm Jute in India]*[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1090417/jsp/entertainment/story_10832161.jsp Newspaper article] about shooting the documentary Brian Cox’s Jute Journey in Calcutta. [httpCategory://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 InterviewCommerce and trade] with Brian Cox regarding the Dundee Jute Workers who went to Calcutta *''Jute and empire: the Calcutta jute wallahs and the landscapes of empire'' by Gordon Thomas Stewart 1998 [http://www.google.com/books?id=NBkNAQAAIAAJ Limited View Google Books]
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== A List of Jute Mills in India ==
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 Mill
Agents 1917, [[Angus Jute Mill Co Ltd ]]
Number of Looms 1917, 660
Asiatic Jute Mill.Agents Agent ''not known'' Number of Looms ''not known''
Auckland Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Bird & Co 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.Agents 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 & Co Company]].
Number of Looms 1917, 868
'''[[Champdani, Dalhousie Jute Co Railway|Dalhousie Jute Mill, Champdani.]]'''Agents 1917, [[Bird & Co 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 [[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 & Co Company]], later taken over by [[Bird & Company]].
Number of Looms 1917, 1221
Lansdowne Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Bird & Co Company]].
Number of Looms 1917, 870
Lawrence Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Bird & Co Company]].
Number of Looms 1917, 704
'''[[Chengail, Ludlow Jute Mill Railway|Ludlow Jute Mills, Chengail.]]'''Agents Agent ''not known'' Number of Looms ''not known''
Naihati Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[F W Heilgers & Co 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 MillCo Ltd, Budge Budge.]]'''Agents 1917, [[Andrew Yule & Co ]].
Number of Looms 1917, 586
'''[[Champdani, Northbrook Jute MillRailway|Northbrook Jute Mill, Champdani.]]'''Agents 1917, [[Bird & Co Company]].
Number of Looms 1917, 544
Oriental Jute Mill.Agents Agent ''not known'' Number of Looms ''not known''
Reliance Jute Mill..Agents 1917, [[Howeson Brothers Ltd ]].
Number of Looms 1917, 1000
Rustomgee Jute Mill
Samnuggar Jute Mill, near Calcutta.Agents 1917, [[Thomas Duff & Co ]].
Number of Looms 1880, 313; 1907, 922; 1917, 1572
Seebpore Jute Mill.Agents Agent ''not known'' Number of Looms ''not known''
Serajgunge Jute Mill (now in Bangladesh).Agents Agent ''not known'' Number of Looms ''not known''
Soorah Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[McLeod & Co ]].
Number of Looms 1917, 175
Standard Jute Mill
Agents 1917, [[Bird & Co Company]].
Number of Looms 1917, 640
'''[[Titagarh Jute Factory Co Ltd Railway|Titaghur Jute MillFactory Co Ltd, Titagarh, near Calcutta.]]'''Agents 1917, Thomas Duff [[Bird & Co 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 Mill
Agents 1917, [[Bird & Co Company]].
Number of Looms 1917, 504
Union South Jute Mill.Agents 1917, [[Bird & Co 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 .
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Ahad Jute Mills . Agents .
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Ahmed Jutex Mills . Agents .
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Ajax Jute Mills.Agents .
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Al-Haj Aminuddin Jute Mills . Agents .
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Aleem Jute Mills.Agents .
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A R A Jute Mills . Agents .
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Asiatic Jute Mills . Agents .
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Bengal Jute Industries . Agents .
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Barisal Jute Mills.Agents .
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Carpeting Jute Mills . Agents .
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Charmuguria Jute Mills.Agents .
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Chittagong Fibres.Agents .
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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 .
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Daulatpur Jute Mills.Agents .
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Delta Jute Mills.Agents .
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Eastern Jute Mills.Agents .
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Faridpur Jute Fibres.Agents .
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Hamidia Jute Mills.Agents .
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Hussain Jute Mills.Agents .
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Islam Jute Mills.Agents .
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Islam Khan Jute Mills.Agents .
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Jessore Jute Mills.Agents .
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Jute Spinners.Agents .
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Kwality Jute Yarn Mills.Agents .
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Lytton Jute Industries.Agents .
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Mutual Jute Spinners.Agents .
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Modern Jute Mills.Agents .
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Nawab Abdul Malek Jute Mills.Agents .
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New Dacca Jute Industries.Agents .
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Noapara Jute Mills.Agents .
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Northern Jute Manufacturing Company.Agents .
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Patuakhali Jute Mills.Agents .
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Peoples Jute Mills.Agents .
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Perojpur Jute Mills.Agents .
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Platinum Jute Mills.Agents .
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Popular Jute Mills.Agents .
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R K Jute Mills.Agents .
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Sadat Jute Industries.Agents .
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Sagar Jute Mills.Agents .
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Saleh Jute Industries.Agents .
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Shine Pukur Jute Spinners.Agents .
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Shamsher Jute Mills.Agents .
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Sonali Jute Mills.Agents .
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Sonali Aansh Industries.Agents .
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Specialised Jute Yarn and Twine Manufacturing Company.Agents .
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Star Jute Mills.Agents .
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Star Alkaid Jute Mill.Agents .
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Transocean Fibres Processors.Agents .
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Usha Jute Spinners.Agents .
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== Summary Of Holdings Relating To The Indian Subcontinent held at Dundee University ==
*MS 11 BAXTER BROTHERS, LINEN AND JUTE MANUFACTURERS, DUNDEE.
== Textile Industry and Other Books relating to the Indian subcontinent held in Dundee University Archives book collections ==
*Author: Stewart, Gordon T.
:Publication date: 1875
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== External links ==*[http://www.dhtcollections.com/item/Brand_GravesofJuteMillmanagersburiedinIndia_0_0_28576_1.html Graves of Jute Mill managers buried in India] DundeeHeritage Trust. Includes wives. Contains twenty five records at the Scottish Cemetery in [[Cemeteries in Calcutta|Calcutta]], United Kingdomfourteen 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.
