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- 1893-1993 (Creation)
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3 files
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Biographical history
The Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' Mutual Association was established in 1893 for the relief of poverty and distress of employees working in a department of a tailoring or outfitting establishment, qualified teachers of the trade and their dependants. In 1972 the Association became known as the General Friendly Society. The Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' Mutual Association Benevolent Fund was established in 1970 by trust deed. The Society was dissolved in 1978, and the benevolent fund was merged in 1993 with the Tailors' Benevolent Institute, a trust fund to 'relieve either generally or individually persons who are or have been journeyman tailors or tailoresses'.
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GB 2159 TOAGFP 1893-1993 Collection (fonds) 3 files Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' Mutual Association
Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' General Friendly Society
The Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' Mutual Association was established in 1893 for the relief of poverty and distress of employees working in a department of a tailoring or outfitting establishment, qualified teachers of the trade and their dependants. In 1972 the Association became known as the General Friendly Society. The Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' Mutual Association Benevolent Fund was established in 1970 by trust deed. The Society was dissolved in 1978, and the benevolent fund was merged in 1993 with the Tailors' Benevolent Institute, a trust fund to 'relieve either generally or individually persons who are or have been journeyman tailors or tailoresses'.
Donated to the London College of Fashion by C H R Garner, Secretary of the Master Tailors' Benevolent Association.
Records of the Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' Mutual Association, later Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' General Friendly Society, 1893-1993, comprising minutes of the Committee and general meetings, 1973-1977, 1989-1993; balance sheets, 1894-1978; rules of the Association, 1893-[1964]; publicity leaflets, 1950s-1970s; benevolent fund accounts, 1981-1992; accounts and papers relating to the dissolution of the Society, 1977-1978; correspondence relating to the future and dissolution of the Society, 1976-1978; correspondence relating to the merger of the Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' Mutual Association Benevolent Fund with the Tailors' Benevolent Institute, 1993.
The records are unsorted.
Access to the collection is by appointment only.
No photocopying is permitted although photographs may be taken at the discretion of the Head of Learning Resources.
English
The records are uncatalogued.
Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. 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. July 2002 Associations Clothing Finance Insurance Labour movements Labour relations Markets Occupations Organizations Retail Tailors Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' General Friendly Society Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' Mutual Association Tailors' Benevolent Institute Textiles Trade
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Donated to the London College of Fashion by C H R Garner, Secretary of the Master Tailors' Benevolent Association.
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Records of the Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' Mutual Association, later Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' General Friendly Society, 1893-1993, comprising minutes of the Committee and general meetings, 1973-1977, 1989-1993; balance sheets, 1894-1978; rules of the Association, 1893-[1964]; publicity leaflets, 1950s-1970s; benevolent fund accounts, 1981-1992; accounts and papers relating to the dissolution of the Society, 1977-1978; correspondence relating to the future and dissolution of the Society, 1976-1978; correspondence relating to the merger of the Tailors' and Outfitters' Assistants' Mutual Association Benevolent Fund with the Tailors' Benevolent Institute, 1993.
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The records are unsorted.
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Access to the collection is by appointment only.
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No photocopying is permitted although photographs may be taken at the discretion of the Head of Learning Resources.
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- English
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- Latin
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English
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The records are uncatalogued.
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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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- English