Folder of papers related to the writings of Fred H Young

Scope and Content

Correspondence, press clippings, photographs, and typed articles (many were likely to have been written by Fred H Young), about the history of Templetons and carpet manufacturing. Includes:

  • Reviews of A Century of Carpet Making by Fred Young, 1939-1944;
  • Scottish Carpet Prosperity for the Glasgow Herald Supplement 1934;
  • Typed articles and notes for magazines and newspapers, 1925-1947;
  • Correspondence to Fred H Young and other staff of James Templeton & Co regarding historical articles, 1935-1944;
  • Photographs of Kenneth Templeton;
  • The homespun giant: Andrew Hargrave profiles the expansion of Templeton's, reprint from the Magazine SCOTLAND, Jan 1967;