Woodworkers' Trades Clubs: Protective Association of Joiners of Glasgow.

This material is held atModern Records Centre, University of Warwick

  • Reference
    • GB 152 TCG
  • Former Reference
    • GB 152 TCG
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1847-1861
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 volume

Scope and Content

Manuscript rules for insurance of tools and list of members.

Administrative / Biographical History

Many branches of national trade unions were preceded by local trades clubs. Records within this group have not been identified with a national organisation of woodworkers in the nineteenth century.

Reference: Arthur Marsh and Victoria Ryan, 'Historical directory of trade unions', volume 3 (Aldershot: Gower, 1987).

Access Information

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

Other Finding Aids

Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/TCG

Custodial History

The Woodworkers' Trades Clubs' papers form part of the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians' (UCATT) archive. The initial deposit was made in 1974 and accruals are listed under the entry for the Union of Construction, Allied Trades and Technicians (MSS.78/UC).