Reference number
  • PGC
Date
  • 1862-1967
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • Journal (Executive minutes and accounts), 1862-1865; National Executive Council minutes, 1949-64; reports, 1873-1967; census, 1881; judicial proceedings, 1908; rules, 1965; London District minutes, 1895-1913, and fines book, 1920-1932.
Extent
  • 15 boxes
Admin history
  • The National Association of Operative Plasterers was formed in 1860, probably by an amalgamation of three local societies. It changed its name to the National Association of Plasterers, Granolithic and Cement Workers in 1918, but reverted back to the National Association of Operative Plasterers in 1932. It absorbed the Scottish National Plasterers' Union in 1967 and transferred its engagements to the Transport and General Workers' Union in 1968.
Access conditions
  • Prior written permission to consult almost all unpublished records in this archive is required. Researchers should apply to Mr Jim Mowatt, Director of Education at the successor union UNITE, Transport House, 128 Theobald's Road, Holborn, London WC1X 8TD or by e-mail care of Joan Francis (Joan.Francis@unitetheunion.org). Publications may be consulted without permission.
Access status
  • Open
Related material
  • The Modern Records Centre also holds the archives of the Scottish National Plasterers' Union and the Transport and General Workers' Union, and member's cards of Thomas Hurd, a NAOP shop steward. District and branch records are held by local repositories in Barnsley, Birmingham, Brighton and Hove, Calderdale, Cambridgeshire, Cheshire and Chester, and Greater Manchester.