Reference number
  • INM
Date
  • 1888-1920
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • Executive Council minutes, 1897-1918; Organising Committee minutes, 1911-1919; District and Branch minute books, 1903-1920; proposition books for membership, 1888-1917; rule book, 1918.
Extent
  • 4 boxes
Admin history
  • Formed in 1887 as the Scientific Instrument Makers' Trade Society, the Society was later renamed the Amalgamated Instrument Makers' Society. It 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
Language/scripts of material
  • English