Records of the Amalgamated Engineering Union. The collection has large gaps in the records. However, most of the material contains valuable details on engineers who were members of the union, and on those receiving benefits, for reasons including illness, accidents and deaths.
Amalgamated Engineering Union Amalgamated Society of Engineers, Machinists, Smiths, Millwrights and PatternmakersRecords of the Association of Fellowship Porters. The records were compiled between 1620 and 1895. However they also include a copy of the ordinances of 1566, and copies of acts from 1619. No membership records are available before 1756. The collection also includes rules and regulations; Court minute books; quarterage books and financial accounts.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.
Association of Fellowship PortersStaff records of Barclay Perkins and Company Limited, including clerks' salaries books; staff registers and service books; papers relating to brewing staff, cellar staff, cooperage staff and lager staff; pensioners and invalid payments books; correspondence; papers relating to the staff Social and Athletic Club; issues of the staff magazine "The Anchor", and photographs.
Barclay Perkins and Co Ltd , brewersStaff records of Blue Nile Brewery Limited, including papers relating to appointments, trainees and head brewers; papers relating to salaries; papers relating to trade unions; and records relating to the Institute of Brewing.
Barclay Perkins and Co (Sudan) Ltd , brewers Blue Nile Brewery LtdRecords of the Bristol Brewery Georges and Company Limited, including Board of directors minute book; Directors' report and statement of accounts; rules and list of fixtures, Bristol Brewery Georges and Co. Ltd. Athletic Club; papers relating to wages and salaries; memorandums; correspondence; loan stock registers and report and valuation of properties, including those of subsidiaries (thus Bristol United Breweries, Charlton, Oakhill, Dunlop Mackie, Crocker, St Vincent's Hotel, Lewins Properties).
Bristol Brewery Georges and Co LtdRecords of an investigation into the wages and conditions of work of unskilled labour, especially in London. Interviews with representatives of the London Carmen's Union, the General Labourers' Amalgamated Union and the United Builder's Labourers Union.
Charity Organisation SocietyStaff records for Courage and Company Limited, brewers, including papers relating to wages and salaries; register of pensioners; papers relating to appointments; papers relating to an insurance policy for war injuries; and bye-laws of The Courage Club, staff association.
Courage and Co Ltd , brewers Courage Ltd , brewersRecords of Courage, Barclay and Simonds Limited, brewers, including papers relating to pension funds; copies of staff circulars and memoranda; papers relating to the British Institute of Management and the Brewer's Society; correspondence; reports; staff publications and journals; papers relating to the introduction and development of computers and electronic data processing; papers relating to office equipment.
Courage, Barclay and Simonds Ltd , brewersRecords of Crosse and Blackwell Limited, food manufacturers, 1830-2003. The records include business agreements; correspondence; published histories; financial records; papers relating to shareholders; papers relating to production including agreements, ledgers, notebooks, reports, and labels; price lists; papers relating to staff organisations and staff photographs; property records including inventories, leases and photographs; papers relating to advertising including newscuttings, publications, adverts, correspondence and photographs.
Also papers of subsidiary companies including British Vinegars Ltd, Elizabeth Lazenby Ltd, James Kellier and Sons and Allards Wharf Ltd.
Crosse and Blackwell Ltd , food manufacturersThe bulk of this microfilm collection consists of material emanating from the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF), 1933-1939. Included are documents marked 'secret' which record the prevailing views within the Deutsche Arbeitsfront on the extent of industrial action in the Third Reich and other issues relating to industrial relations. There is also a considerable amount of correspondence from the DAF to the company Wilhem Edel, margarine manufacturers, covering a variety of matters related to worker/employee relations. In addition there are number of publications and periodicals on the subject.
Deutsche ArbeitsfrontPapers of the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital Staff Action Committee, 1969-1988, including Committee minutes; general correspondence; proposals for the future of the Hospital; correspondence with peers and Members of Parliament; papers concerning dealings with health and local authorities; letters of support; papers regarding publicity; pamphlets and publications.
Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital Staff Action CommitteeHandbills advertising socialist, radical, trade union and co-operative meetings, mainly addressed by Fabian Society speakers.
Fabian SocietyMinutes of the General Federation of Trade Unions Friendly and Collecting Society.
General Federation of Trade Unions Friendly and Collecting SocietyCopies of letters from German trade organisations outlining the extent and nature of their antisemitic measures, 1934-1935, including letter from the Handwerkskammer, Halle, stating that Jews will no longer employ Jewish apprentices, 1 Nov 1934; letter from the Buch und Tiefdruck- Gesellschaft stating that no books including scholarly works by Jewish authors are to be advertised, 6 Nov 1934; letter from the Bund deutscher Friseure stating that no German master is obliged to supervise the final examination of a Jewish apprentice, 12 Dec 1934; letter from the Deutsche Arbeitsfront, Ludwigshafen, stating that there is to be no socialising with Jews, 21 Jan 1935 and letter from Paul Krusenbaum, Blockleiter der NSDAP, on Jewish business restrictions, 8 Feb 1942.
Handwerkskammer Buch und Tiefdruck- GesellschaftBund deutscher Friseure
Deutsche Arbeitsfront Blockleiter der NSDAP
Papers of the Trade Union Centre for German Workers in Great Britain, 1941-1945, comprising newsletters, activity reports and and other material relating to the activities of the Trade Union Centre for German Workers in Great Britain.
The Trade Union Centre for German Workers in Great BritainRecords of the Greater London Council (GLC) Staff Dramatic Club. The collection comprises a complete series of minute books from 1903, financial accounts, scrapbooks of programmes, notices, reviews, a rehearsal register and correspondence.
Greater London Council (Staff) Dramatic ClubCopies of original essays, memoranda and private papers, 1936-1943, covering such subjects as the Weimar Republic, the rise of National Socialism, German Communist and Socialist parties and trade unions, and the Jewish refugee problem. Also a fairly comprehensive collection of the 'Political Group Papers' (1941-1943) from the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Committee on Reconstruction.
Israel , Wilfred , 1899-1943Records of J Lyons and Company Limited, food manufacturers and caterers, 1891-1995. The archives reflect all aspects of the company's history. There are some of the usual company records relating to management, shareholding and administration, but the collection is particularly strong in what may be termed ephemera. There are hundreds of photographs, from 1887 up to the present day, a few films and videos, and large collections of press cuttings, advertisements, menus and even a set of lithographs which were commissioned by the company after the Second World War as a way of brightening up Lyons Corner Houses.
J Lyons and Company Limited , food manufacturers and caterersPapers of the Board of Education Inspectors' Association (later the Association of Her Majesty's Inspectors of Schools), 1871-1992, including annual reports, minutes and papers of the Executive Committee and Divisional Committees, reports and memoranda, 1920-1992; lists of Divisions, Districts and staff, issued by the Education Department, 1871-1946; collected personal papers of individual HMIs; material gathered for a post-war history of the Inspectorate.
Jack Kitching HMI ArchivePrinted confidential minutes of the Joint Board of the Parliamentary Committee of the TUC, General Federation of Trade Unions and the Labour Party.
Joint Board of the Parliamentary Committee of the TUC, General Federation of Trade Unions and the Labour PartyVolume 1: Minutes, papers, correspondence and pamphlets of the Labour Representation Committee and of the Labour Party Executive Committee, including conference agenda's rules and ephemera; Volume II: Minutes of the executive committee of the Labour Party, covering Labour Party business, promoting the Labour Party and getting its members elected.
Labour Representation CommitteeMinutes of the London County Council Sports Club (known as the London County Council Staff Sports Club from March 1924), 1923-1930.
LCC , London County Council x London County CouncilRecords of Alan Payling relating to the London Transport Workers Union. Papers in this collection cover three main areas of interest, Stamford Hill Bus Garage, TGWU Branch 1/312, Public Transport Workers Jobs Campaign (Leaside District) and trade union publications such as Busworker and Transport Worker. The main archival interest of the collection are the branch resolutions of Stamford Hill Bus Garage, TGWU Branch 1/312.
London Transport Workers UnionCorrespondence and accounts of the Middlesex Guildhall Camera Club, also called the Staff Camera Club.
Middlesex Guildhall Camera ClubIssues of Spot-on, the magazine of the Hillingdon Branch of the National Association of Local Government Officers (NALGO).
NALGO , National and Local Government Officers AssociationConstitution of the National Council of Labour Colleges; minutes of the conference on Class Co-ordination; papers of the executive committee, the annual conference, the annual meeting, and the publication sub-committee; and annual reports by the secretary and the executive sub-committee on the financing and running of the colleges and classes.
National Council of Labour CollegesRecords of the National Licensed Victuallers Association including administrative papers; minutes; papers regarding banquets and official dinners; annual reports; publications; badges and banners.
Other records include papers and publications of related organisations including the Licensed Victuallers Central Protection Society of London; the London and Home Counties Licensed Victuallers League; Licensed Victuallers Defence League; National Union of Licensed Victuallers; Women's Auxiliary League (Licensed Trade) and the National Committee for the Protection of Tenant Licensees.
National Licensed Victuallers Association Licensed Victuallers Central Protection Society of London London and Home Counties Licensed Victuallers League Licensed Victuallers Defence League National Union of Licensed Victuallers Women's Auxiliary League (Licensed Trade) National Committee for the Protection of Tenant LicenseesRecords of the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror day reel and machine staff chapel and federated house chapel. The records comprise minutes, attendance registers, members' subscription books, correspondence and related papers.
National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants National Society of Operative Printers' Assistants Printers' Labourers' Union Society of Graphical and Allied TradesMinute book of the National Union of Clerks, London Central Branch, 1 May 1911-30 Jun 1914.
National Union of Clerks , London Central BranchPapers of the National Union of Tailors and Garment Workers, including the Amalgamated Society of Tailoresses and the United Clothing Workers' Union, comprising 1. Amalgamated Society of Tailors; 2. London Society of Tailors and Tailoresses (formerly West End Branch of the Amalgamated Society of Tailors and Tailoresses); 3.United Clothing Workers' Union; 4. National Unions of Tailors and Garment Workers.
National Union of Tailors and Garment WorkersRecords of the London Teachers Association, including General Committee minutes; annual reports; Officers Meeting minutes and Finance and General Purposes Committee meeting minutes.
Records of the Middlesex Secondary Teachers Association, comprising Executive Committee meeting minutes and Annual General Meeting minutes.
Records of the Teachers Provident Society, Chiswick Branch, comprising minutes of meetings and records of members dues and benefit payments.
Records of the National Union of Teachers, comprising London Members Committee minutes and Extra-Metropolitan Committee and Middlesex Sub-Committee minutes.
London Teachers Association Middlesex Secondary Teachers Association Teachers Provident Society , Chiswick Branch National Union of Teachers x NUT , National Union of TeachersMinutes and papers of the London District Committee of the National Union of Vehicle Builders.
National Union of Vehicle Builders , London District CommitteePolitical papers and correspondence regarding Reginald Prentice's de-selection by his Newham North East constituency, the 1976 Labour Party conference on Blackpool, his defection to the Conservative Party and general political activities.
Prentice , Reginald Ernest , 1923-2001 , Baron Prentice , politicianThis collection contains betacam videotapes and transcripts of interviews with leading political figures and members of the public during the 1970s and broadcast as the documentary 'The Writing on the Wall'. The collection covers many areas of political and social history during the period, most notably trade unionism and industrial relations.
Brook ProductionsRecords of the Society of Licensed Victuallers comprising rules and bye-laws, correspondence, plans and property records, and related papers.
Society of Licensed VictuallersRecords of the Society of Tacklehouse and Ticket Porters including court minutes 1632-1765 (extracts), and 1810-1844; members lists 1673-1869; ordinances and lists of pensioners.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING ACCESS: These records are stored at the Guildhall Library site rather than the LMA Clerkenwell site. Researchers wishing to access these records should do so at the Guildhall Library Rare Books table. The Library is open Monday to Saturday, 9:30 to 16:45. Researchers will need to have an Archives History Card or a Library Readers Card. An archivist will be available at Guildhall Library on Thursday mornings to answer any queries.
Society of Tacklehouse and Ticket PortersThe records consist of issues of TOT magazines, 1930, and a souvenir programme of a rugby match between London Underground Railways and the Union Sportive du Metropolitain of Paris, 1930.
TOT Staff Magazine x Train Omnibus Tram Staff MagazineRecords of the Transport Salaried Staff Association (TSSA). The records comprise registers and papers from branches of the TSSA.
- North London Divisional Council (LMA/4173/A/01) consists of attendance registers 1955 to 1978;
- North London Division (LMA/4173/A/02) is a series of correspondence files 1976 to 1988 with key to subjects on the inside of the file covers;
- Camden Goods Branch (LMA/4173/B/01) registers of members 1948 to 1957;
- North West London Branch (LMA/4173/C/01) members register 1907;
- Westminster Branch (LMA/4173/D/01) members registers 1955 to 1958;
- Euston North Branch (LMA/4173/E/01) members registers 1951 to 1956.
Personal papers of James Barr, employee of Trumans Ltd, including Transport and General Workers Union cards and papers, Truman's Sports Club rules and fixture lists, and papers relating to the company including redundancy scheme, annual excursions, regulations and agreements, 1939-1989; handbooks, programmes, rules, fixture lists and posters for the London Breweries Amateur Sports Association and the Highgate Harriers Athletic Club, 1951-1979; issues of company publications including 'The Black Eagle', the 'Truman Times', '1666', 'Truman News', 'Truman Topics', 'Watney Truman News' and 'Stag and Eagle' (Watney Combe Reid publication), 1948-1989; annual reports and pension scheme information, 1977-1989; and issues of 'The Master Brewer' and 'The National Brewery Museum Chronicle', 1968-1986.
Truman, Hanbury Buxton and Co Ltd , brewers x Trumans LtdRecords of the Union of Post Office Workers, comprising records of several local branches of the Union and an interesting variety of branch newsletters and journals. These reflect the wide range of activities which once came under the Post Office, such as the cable room branch and the telephonists branch; and also include mutual benefit societies and benevolent funds.
Union of Post Office WorkersRecords of UNISON, comprising minutes and papers of various branches and councils (APTEC stands for Administrative, Professional, Technical and Clerical):
- London District Council For Local Authorities A.P.T.E.C. Services;
- London J.I.C. Manual Workers/ Joint Council For Local Authorities Services Manual Workers;
- Middlesex J.I.C. Manual Workers/ Joint Council For Local Authority Services Manual Workers;
- Middlesex Whitley Council For Local Authorities A.P.T.E.C. Services;
- North Metropolitan J.I.C./ Joint Council For Local Authorities Manual Workers;
- Greater London Joint Council For Local Authority Services Manual Workers;
- Greater London Whitley Council For Local Authorities A.P.T.E.C. Services;
- Trade Union Joint Negotiating Committee For London County Council Staff;
- London, Middlesex, N. Metropolitan District and Provincial Council for Local Authorities non trading Services Manual Workers Joint Grading Committee;
- Metropolitan Education Joint Council For Local Authorities A.P.T.E.C. Services;
- Metropolitan District Council No. 5 For The Waterwork Undertaking Industry;
- Eastern District Provincial Council For Local Authority A.P.T.E.C. Services;
- South Midland Regional Council For County Council Roadmen;
- Essex County Council Local Joint Staff Committee For Manual Workers.
Records of Whiffen and Son Ltd, manufacturing chemists, 1752-1972, including history of the company; articles of partnership and other contracts and agreements; legal documents relating to property; correspondence; circulars; financial accounts; papers relating to shares and shareholders; stock records; newspaper cuttings; photographs; staff wages books and pensions papers; records relating to staff associations and sports clubs including minute books; reports on chemical manufacture, laboratory notebooks and chemical analyses; papers relating to sales; papers relating to imports and foreign suppliers; advertisements; registers of product labels; samples of packaging; rules, regulations and legislation regarding factories and safety measures; papers regarding the Second World War including war damage to factories and papers relating to staff on active duty.
Also records of Saint Amand Manufacturing Company Limited including ledgers, letter books and journals.
Whiffen and Son Ltd , manufacturing chemists St Amand Manufacturing Co Ltd