Reference number
  • BPI
Date
  • 1905-1995
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • Members Circulars, 1905-1984; Annual Reviews 1980-96; agreements 1951.
Extent
  • 12 boxes (7 [MSS.39], 5 [MSS.375])
Admin history
  • The Federation of Master Printers and Allied Trades of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was founded in Apr 1901. In June 1931 the Federation's name was changed to the British Federation of Master Printers (BFMP). In April 1974 its name was changed again to the British Printing Industries Federation.
Access conditions
  • There are no restrictions on the use of this archive, apart from the requirements of copyright law.
Access status
  • Open
Related material
  • Other volumes in the Members Circulars series had been received earlier from the The St Bride's Printing Library as part of the Society of Lithographic Artists Designers Engravers and Process Workers and Society of of Graphical and Allied Trades archives. Those volumes have been kept in those archives but are included in the file level list to aid researchers.