A Catalogue of the Papers of the Coventry Trade Union Council 1894-TABLE OF CONTENTS |
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A Catalogue of the Papers of the Coventry Trade Union Council 1894-Summary
Return to the Table of Contents Administrative InformationThe first deposit of archives of the Coventry Trade Union Council was made in 1973. Subsequent accessions were received in 1976, 1980, 1981, 1983, 1991 and 1997. The Centre is very grateful to D. Nicholls, R. Marriot and Jack Gould for their assistance in arranging the deposits of this archive. This catalogue incorporates previous catalogues of Coventry Trade Union Council papers. Accruals : To date there have been thirty accruals of material. The deposit is on-going. Access : Open. Return to the Table of Contents Historical NoteCoventry Trades Council was established in 1889. The first annual report of Coventry Trades Council revealed that its affiliated workers included miners, engineers, gasworkers and elastic web weavers. By the eve of the First World War, forty-six local trade union branches, representing over eight thousand members, were affiliated to the Council. Coventry Trades Council has continued to campaign on national and local issues ever since. In 1993 the Council was renamed Coventry Trade Union Council. Return to the Table of Contents Scope and ContentExecutive Committee, delegate meetings minutes, 1913-16, 1941-86 (incomplete); other committee minutes, 1954, 1977-85; accounts and balance sheets, 1918-90 (incomplete); annual reports, 1890-1981 (incomplete); correspondence files, 1947-96; journals, 1955-80; rules, 1953-60; papers of William Buxton, vice-Chairman of CTC, c.1919-65; notebooks of John Chater, CTC Secretary, c. 1897-1901; press-cuttings, 1955-69. Amalgamated Society of Toolmakers, Engineers and Machinists: two notebooks of John Chater, Coventry TC, c.1897-c.1901 (MSS.5/6/2). Return to the Table of Contents System of ArrangementArchives deposited before 1993 are described in this list. Archives deposited after 1993 have been given the reference MSS.5B and are not listed, other than by a brief note at the end of the list. Return to the Table of Contents Finding AidsA copy of this catalogue is also 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. Return to the Table of Contents RelatedmaterialThe Board of Trade Library collection, which is also held at the Centre, includes annual reports of the Council, 1892-8, 1900-6. Return to the Table of Contents CatalogueMSS.5/1 MinutesReturn to the Table of Contents MSS.5/2 Financial recordsMSS.5/2/1 Annual balance sheets 1949-89Related MaterialAnnual reports also included annual balance sheets - see MSS.5/4/AN Return to the Table of Contents MSS.5/3 Correspondence 1947-96MSS.5/3/1-117 Correspondence files in chronological order 1947-96Researchers should note that the correspondence with other bodies (eg Chile Solidarity Campaign) may be noted only once in the text though it occurs frequently in the general correspondence MSS.5/3/39 General correspondence, papers, circulars received for meetings in July 1977 1977 Apr-Jul MSS.5/3/52 Unemployed Workers' Centre : applications post of joint organiser 1978 Sep-Nov Access ConditionsClosed for thirty years Return to the Table of Contents MSS.5/4 PublicationsMSS.5/4/AN Annual reports 1890-1981MSS.5/4/AN/4i-v Duplicated annual reports 1931-4, 1939 Incl. balance sheets MSS.5/4/AN/5 Annual report 1943-4 1944 Feb 3 pp. Pr. leafletSee MSS.5/3/1 for annual reports 1950, 1952 MSS.5/4/AN/12i-vi Secretaries' annual reports 1970-4, 1979-81 1974/5 in 1975 EC mins, 1975 see 1976 mins etc See files MSS.5/1/15-16 for annual reports, 1975-8 Return to the Table of Contents MSS.5/6 Related papersMSS.5/6/1 William Buxton papersWilliam Buxton (1894-1979) was a high tension joiner with Coventry Corporation Electricity Department, TGWU shop steward and Vice-Chairman of Coventry Trades Council MSS.5/6/1/1 Scrapbook of William Buxton c.1919-65 Incl., in order of appearance in vol., Coventry Hands Off Russia demonstration handbill, 1919; Coventry May Day souvenir programme, 1949; photograph, Bury branch of National Unemployed Workers Committee contingent for march to London; Coal dispute, broadsheet criticising miners' leaders, 1926; TS. account, 1965, by WDB of CTC's part in General Strike; photograph, BMC anti-redundancy picket line, 1966; MS. appreciation of late Alderman Alice Arnold by WDB, 1965 MSS.5/6/2 John Chater papersJohn Chater was a delegate on the CTC from 1896. He represented the Amalgamated Society of Toolmakers, Engineers and Machinists. He was later Secretary of the CTC, 1910-18. MSS.5/6/2/1 Pocket notebook issued by ASTEM c.1897 Pencilled notes, some only partly legible. Apparently details of ASTEM organisation nationally, eg. "Erith 1500 men; 400 organised; question of strike adjourned till Wed next"; Details of expenses on ASTEM business. Return to the Table of Contents MSS.5/7 MiscellaneousMSS.5/7/1-18 Miscellaneous itemsMSS.5/7/13 Employment data for West Midlands, apparently prepared for Lanchester Polytechnic conference leading to Midland Federation lobby 1968 Apr See also MSS.5/5/12 MSS.5/7/18 The Coventry Trades Council: a brief introduction to the microfilm edition of Coventry Trades Council records by Richard Stevens : TS. draft 1998 Immediate Source of Acquisition: Kindly presented to the Centre by Microform Imaging Ltd Return to the Table of Contents MSS.5B New depositsMSS.5B/box 1 Minutes, correspondence, circulars, accounts c.1993-Coventry Trade Union Council has continued to make regular deposits at the Centre since 1993. This is an interim list of one of these deposits Return to the Table of Contents Return to the Table of Contents |