Reference number
  • BFT
Date
  • 1918-1920
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • Executive Committee Minutes, 1918-20.
Extent
  • 1 volume
Admin history
  • The Amalgamated Association of Brassfounders, Turners, Fitters, Finishers and Coppersmiths was formed in 1912 by the merger of ten local societies: the Aberdeen Operative Brassfounders' and Coppersmiths' Association; the Belfast Brassfounders' Association; the Bury and District Brass Founders' and Finishers' Society; the Derby, Burton and Coventry Brass Founders', Turners', Fitters', Electrical and General Brass Finishers' and Coppersmiths' Society; the Dundee Operative Brass Founders' and Finishers' Association; the Greenock, Port Glasgow and District Association of Brass Turners, Finishers and Fitters; the Glasgow and District Associated Brass Turners', Fitters' and Finishers' Society; the Manchester Brass Founders', Turners', Fitters' and Finishers' Association; the Nottingham United Brassfounders' and Finishers' Association; and the Oldham Brassfounders' Association. The association amalgamated with the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and eight other unions to form the Amalgamated Engineering Union in 1920. Reference: J.B. Jeffreys, The Story of the Engineers ( London, 1945; repr. 1970).
Appraisal
  • This collection has been weeded for duplicates.
Access conditions
  • There are no restrictions on access to these papers.
Access status
  • Open
Related material
  • These papers constitute part of a large collection of related papers that have been deposited in the Modern Records Centre over a long period of time.