Reference number
  • BTP
Date
  • 1864-1913
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • Minutes, 1868-1904; accounts, 1864-1913; contributions book, 1885-1903; Sick Steward's accounts, 1884-99.
Extent
  • 1 box (4 items)
Admin history
  • The Bradford Tin-Plate Workers' Society was formed in 1850. It joined the National Amalgamated Tin-Plate Workers of Great Britain in 1901 and amalgamated with other affiliated societies in 1920 to form the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers. Reference: Ted Brake, 'Men of Good Character: A history of the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers' (Lawrence and Wishart: London, 1985).
Appraisal
  • This collection has been weeded for duplicates.
Arrangement
  • The records form part of the archive of Manufacturing, Science, Finance (MSS.101) and within that are a constitutent of the archive of the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers (MSS.101/SM).
Access status
  • Open
Related material
  • The records of the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers and many of its other predecessors are also held at the Modern Records Centre (MSS.101/SM).
Language/scripts of material
  • English