Reference number
  • ASW
Date
  • 1918-1968
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • This collection includes key administrative records, publications, research papers and a range of branch records.
Extent
  • 30 boxes
Admin history
  • The National Union of Scientific Workers was founded in 1918; it changed its name to the Association of Scientific Workers in 1927. In 1968 the union amalgamated with the Association of Supervisory Staffs, Executives and Technicians to form the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs. Reference: Kay MacLeod, Politics, professionalism and the organisation of scientists : the Association of Scientific Workers 1917-42 (Ph.D., Sussex, 1975).
Access conditions
  • The approval of Unite or its successors is to be sought for the publication of previously unpublished material.
Related material
  • Papers of Alfred Louis Bacharach
  • Papers of Kay Andrews (later Mrs Kay MacLeod)
  • Papers of Dr John Dore