Reference number
  • BSD
Date
  • 1949-1973
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • In addition to the Committee's own records, this collection also contains records created by the BISF before its dissolution.
Extent
  • 3 boxes
Admin history
  • This committee was appointed on 1 November 1967 to wind up all the outstanding affairs of the BISF, realise its assets and distribute the net proceeds to the British Steel Corporation and the British Independent Steel Producers Association in agreed proportions. It held its ninth and final meeting on 13 April 1973.
Access status
  • Open
Related material
  • The largest part of the deposits made in the Centre by British Steel plc is formed by the records of the British Iron and Steel Federation (BISF) and its predecessor, the National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers. The deposits also include records of a number of regional and sectional iron and steel employers' organisations associated with the BISF, the statutory Iron and Steel Board and the nationalised British Steel Corporation.