Collection GB 0074 CLC/013 - NATIONAL SOCIETY OF OPERATIVE PRINTERS AND ASSISTANTS

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0074 CLC/013

Title

NATIONAL SOCIETY OF OPERATIVE PRINTERS AND ASSISTANTS

Date(s)

  • 1944-1987 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

39 production units.

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The National Society was founded in 1889 as the Printers' Labourers' Union, "to protect the interests and wages of printers' labourers ... and to afford them a means of mutual support". In 1899 it was renamed the Operative Printers' Assistants Society, and in 1904 it became the National Society of Operative Printers' Assistants.

In recognition of the skilled managers as well as assistants among its membership, its title was altered again in 1912 to the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants (NatSOPA). In 1965 the union merged with the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers to form the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT).

The union was organised on a branch (chapel) basis, each chapel being presided over by its "father".

Archival history

GB 0074 CLC/013 1944-1987 Collection 39 production units. National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants
National Society of Operative Printers' Assistants
Printers' Labourers' Union
Society of Graphical and Allied Trades

The National Society was founded in 1889 as the Printers' Labourers' Union, "to protect the interests and wages of printers' labourers ... and to afford them a means of mutual support". In 1899 it was renamed the Operative Printers' Assistants Society, and in 1904 it became the National Society of Operative Printers' Assistants.

In recognition of the skilled managers as well as assistants among its membership, its title was altered again in 1912 to the National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants (NatSOPA). In 1965 the union merged with the National Union of Printing, Bookbinding and Paper Workers to form the Society of Graphical and Allied Trades (SOGAT).

The union was organised on a branch (chapel) basis, each chapel being presided over by its "father".

Presented to Guildhall Library in 1988 on the closure of the chapels. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Records 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.

Arranged into two sections: Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror Reel and Machine Staff Chapel; and Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror Federated House Chapel.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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.

June to August 2010. Publications Periodicals Newspapers Publishing industry Publishing Newspaper publishing People People by occupation Personnel Workers Printing workers Labour relations Trade unions Press Newspaper press Industry Manufacturing industry Printing industry Organizations Associations Trade associations Communications media Information sciences National Society of Operative Printers and Assistants Society of Graphical and Allied Trades National Society of Operative Printers' Assistants Printers' Labourers' Union Daily Mirror , newspaper Sunday Mirror , newspaper London England UK Western Europe Europe

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Presented to Guildhall Library in 1988 on the closure of the chapels. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Records 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.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged into two sections: Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror Reel and Machine Staff Chapel; and Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror Federated House Chapel.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

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Existence and location of copies

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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

Language(s)

  • English

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