A summary description of the papers of the Amalgamated Association of Brassfounders, Turners, Fitters, Finishers and CoppersmithsTABLE OF CONTENTS |
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A summary description of the papers of the Amalgamated Association of Brassfounders, Turners, Fitters, Finishers and Coppersmiths
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative/Biographical HistoryThe Amalgamated Association of Brassfounders, Turners, Fitters, Finishers and Coppersmiths was formed in 1912 by the merger of ten local societies: the Aberdeen Operative Brassfounders' and Coppersmiths' Association; the Belfast Brassfounders' Association; the Bury and District Brass Founders' and Finishers' Society; the Derby, Burton and Coventry Brass Founders', Turners', Fitters', Electrical and General Brass Finishers' and Coppersmiths' Society; the Dundee Operative Brass Founders' and Finishers' Association; the Greenock, Port Glasgow and District Association of Brass Turners, Finishers and Fitters; the Glasgow and District Associated Brass Turners', Fitters' and Finishers' Society; the Manchester Brass Founders', Turners', Fitters' and Finishers' Association; the Nottingham United Brassfounders' and Finishers' Association; and the Oldham Brassfounders' Association. The association amalgamated with the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and eight other unions to form the Amalgamated Engineering Union in 1920. Reference: J.B. Jeffreys, The Story of the Engineers (London, 1945; repr. 1970). Return to the Table of Contents System of ArrangementThe Modern Records Centre uses a classification scheme. For further details of the scheme, see http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/holdings/class/. It is compatible with ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description (2000). Return to the Table of Contents Immediate Source of AcquisitionThe first deposit was made by the AUEW in May 1984. Subsequent deposits were made in 1984, 1985, 1990, 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997 and 1999. Return to the Table of Contents Appraisal, Destruction, SchedulingThis collection has been weeded for duplicates. Return to the Table of Contents Access ConditionsThere are no restrictions on access to these papers. Return to the Table of Contents Copyright/ReproductionThere are no restrictions on the use of this archive, apart from the requirements of copyright law. Return to the Table of Contents Other finding aidsVarious parts of the collection were catalogued by Richard Storey, Alistair Tough, Linda Smallbone, Nicola Atkins and Christine Woodland between 1990 and 1996. A copy of the catalogue is available in paper format in the Centre's searchroom, at the National Register of Archives in London and in Chadwyck-Healey's National Inventory of Documentary Sources. An authority record exists for the Amalgamated Association of Brassfounders, Turners, Fitters, Finishers and Coppersmiths (GB 0152 AAR0533). Return to the Table of Contents Related Units of DescriptionThese papers constitute part of a large collection of related papers that have been deposited in the Modern Records Centre over a long period of time. For a full listing of these Trade Unions see (MSS.259) . Related papers include the Federation of Engineering and Shipbuilding Trades (MSS.101p)and the Amalgamated Society of Engineers (MSS.259/ASE) . Return to the Table of Contents Index Headings
Amalgamated Association of Brassfounders, Turners, Fitters, Finishers and Coppersmiths
Brass industry and trade Employees Labor unions Great Britain Coppersmiths Great Britain Return to the Table of Contents |