Reference number
  • WFT
Date
  • 1933-1955
Level
  • Collection
Description
  • Signed Council minutes, 1933-46; agenda book, 1944-7; minutes of AGMs and internal committees, 1933-55; minutes of various Sections, 1942-7; printed report, 1942. The collection forms part of the archive of the British Clothing Industry Association (MSS.222), in which the records of various predecessor and related organisations are contained.
Extent
  • 6 boxes
Admin history
  • Founded in 1933, the Wholesale Fashion Trades Association became the British Fashion Trade Association in 1945. Two years later it merged with the Apparel Manufacturers' Association to become the British Fashion Trade and Apparel Manufacturers' Association, from mid-1948 the Apparel and Fashion Industry's Association.
Appraisal
  • This collection has been weeded for duplicates.
Access status
  • Open
Related material
  • Related material

    The records of similar associations can also be found within MSS.222.
Language/scripts of material
  • English