GB 1924 Bramley - BRAMLEY, Fred (1874-1925)

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Reference code

GB 1924 Bramley

Title

BRAMLEY, Fred (1874-1925)

Date(s)

  • 1915, 1924-1925 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

1 box

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Fred Bramley: born Peel, near Otley, Yorkshire, 1874; 'practically self educated'; served apprenticeship as cabinet maker; lecturer on social and economic quesions; Organising Secretary, Furnishing Trade Association; member, Parliamentary Committee, Trades Union Congress (TUC), 1916-1917; Secretary, TUC, 1923-1925; died Sep 1925.

Archival history

GB 1924 Bramley 1915, 1924-1925 Collection (fonds) 1 box Bramley , Fred , 1874-1925 , trade unionist
Fred Bramley: born Peel, near Otley, Yorkshire, 1874; 'practically self educated'; served apprenticeship as cabinet maker; lecturer on social and economic quesions; Organising Secretary, Furnishing Trade Association; member, Parliamentary Committee, Trades Union Congress (TUC), 1916-1917; Secretary, TUC, 1923-1925; died Sep 1925.

The papers were transferred to the TUC Library Collections in the University of North London by the TUC in 1998.

Papers and photographs of Fred Bramley, Secretary, Trades Union Congress (TUC), relating to trade unionism in the Soviet Union, 1915, 1924-1925, comprising:
resolution of the National Amalgamated Furnishng Trades' Association, protesting against the alleged brutal treatment of trade unionists by the Russian Government, 1915; papers on visit of TUC delegation to the Soviet Union, Nov-Dec 1924 [Bramley was Secretary], including itinerary; diary notes on visits to Moscow Military Barracks and the principal prison in Moscow, the Leningrad Electricity Scheme, and the Palace of Labour, Lenningrad, note on the English Department of the Marx-Engels Instutute, Moscow; draft of official report; pamphlets, mainly in Russian, 1924-1925; ephemera including menus and railway tickets; papers on Anglo-Russian Trade Union Conference held at the TUC, Apr 1925

As indicated in Scope and Content.

Open to bona fide researchers at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.

At the discretion of the TUC Librarian and subject to copyright conditions.
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Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Source Who Was Who, 1916-1928. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Mar 2002 Administration of justice Bramley , Fred , 1874-1925 , trade unionist Eastern Europe Labour movements Labour relations Moscow National Amalgamated Furnishng Trades' Association Penal institutions Penal sanctions Prisons Russian Federation St Petersburg Trade unions TUC , Trades Union Congress x Trades Union Congress USSR

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

The papers were transferred to the TUC Library Collections in the University of North London by the TUC in 1998.

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Scope and content

Papers and photographs of Fred Bramley, Secretary, Trades Union Congress (TUC), relating to trade unionism in the Soviet Union, 1915, 1924-1925, comprising:
resolution of the National Amalgamated Furnishng Trades' Association, protesting against the alleged brutal treatment of trade unionists by the Russian Government, 1915; papers on visit of TUC delegation to the Soviet Union, Nov-Dec 1924 [Bramley was Secretary], including itinerary; diary notes on visits to Moscow Military Barracks and the principal prison in Moscow, the Leningrad Electricity Scheme, and the Palace of Labour, Lenningrad, note on the English Department of the Marx-Engels Instutute, Moscow; draft of official report; pamphlets, mainly in Russian, 1924-1925; ephemera including menus and railway tickets; papers on Anglo-Russian Trade Union Conference held at the TUC, Apr 1925

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As indicated in Scope and Content.

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Conditions governing access

Open to bona fide researchers at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.

Conditions governing reproduction

At the discretion of the TUC Librarian and subject to copyright conditions.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English and Russian

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None

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Trades Union Congress (TUC) Library Collections at London Metropolitan University

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

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  • English

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