Trades Unions Congress - Additional Records (1920 - 1960)

IDENTITY STATEMENT AREA

Reference code(s): MSS.292C

Title: Trades Unions Congress - Additional Records (1920 - 1960)

Date(s): 1920 - 1960

Level of description: Fond

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CONTEXT AREA

Name of creator(s): Trades Union Congress

Administrative/Biographical history: The TUC was formed in Manchester in 1868 as a voluntary association of trade unions. Between 1869 and 1921 the administrative work of the Congress was carried out by the Parliamentary Committee. Since 1921, this work has been carried out by the General Council and by a gradually increasing number of committees including Finance and General Purposes, disputes, Education, Organisations, Social Insurance, International, Economic and Production.

The TUC began depositing its records at the MRC in 1987 and has continued to make regular updates.

The prefixes MSS.292B, 292C and 292D are necessary to identify the records belonging to the 1960-70 TUC archive, the supplement to the 1920-60 archive, and the 1970-87 archive.

MSS 292C was deposited in October 1995 for the period 1888-1987, was received. The records of this collection do not derive from the registry system and their contents predominantly cover the period 1920-1960. The deposit thus acts as a supplement to this present collection and was accessioned separately as MSS.292C.

*See MSS 292 Trades Unions Congress Collection in the CASBAH database for further details.

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Scope and content: The scope of the collection covers trade unionism, Labour conditions, industrial relations, capitalism, public finance, commerce and economics, industries, politics and government, publicity, social and international issues. Subject headings of records of note include:

MSS.292C/972/1 - 973/4
Americas (ref: MSS.292C/972/1 - 973/4, 1960-1970)

The files include North America and the West Indies and cover visits, industrial disputes, individual unions and training. Of particular note is the series on Guyana (formerly British Guyana) which contains detailed papers of the 1954 British Guyana Constitutional Commission, including memoranda of evidence and reports. Other series in this section are the West Indies, including the University of West Indies, Bermuda, and the Bahamas.

Colonial Questions: West Indies (ref: MSS.292C/930.15/1 - 935/1, 1937-1962)

The TUC's interest in British colonies mainly concerned colonial industrial relations, Labour conditions and trade unions. This series includes files on the Movement for Colonial Freedom, the overseas Employers' Federation, TUC assistance to trade unions in British colonies, the World Federation of Trade Unions sponsored 1947 Pan- African Trade Union Information Conference and the Colonial Labour Advisory Committee, 1937 - 62. Lists of employers' associations and trade unions are also held in this series, 1938-42 and 1950-54. Material covers pan-African conferences, the movement for colonial freedom, and the colonial advisory committee.

There is a section detailing this collection in the MRC publication, The Trade Unions Congress Archive, 1960-1970. Many of the details of the series came from this publication.

Coloured Film Artistes' Association (ref: MSS.292C/91/5, 1939 - 1940) Records are part of the 'individual trade unions, 1922-60 (91/1-16) section of the Trade Unions group of archives.

Records cover general enquires and trade union history. In 1939, members of the committee include Robert Adams, Augustus Newton, Louise Campbell, James Aggray Taylor, Richardson Moorse, A. Ward, and Otto L Warren.

The qualification for membership is 'any coloured people who work professionally for film production whether in leading roles, in small parts or in a crowd.

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Conditions governing access: The archive is open to researchers without need for prior permission from the TUC. It is subject to a general ten year closure rule.

Conditions governing reproduction: Modern Records Centre. There are no restrictions on the use of this archive, apart from the requirements of copyright law.

Language/scripts of material: English

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Finding aids: Catalogues in the MRC searchroom as well as an online finding aid are available for the 1920-60 additional TUC files (MSS.292C).

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Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Interest: Caribbean

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Performers

Artists

Pan-Africanism

Black peoples

Colonial countries

Labour

Trade unions

Personal/Corporate names

Adams, Robert

Newton, Augustus

Campbell, Louise

Taylor, James Aggray

Warren, Otto

Coloured Film Artistes' Association

Colonial Labour Advisory Committee (British-based)

Movement for Colonial Freedom

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Bahamas

Guyana

Bermuda