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Minutes and records of the Edinburgh and District Trades Council.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11177/1-62

Scope and Contents

Minutes, annual reports and other records of the Edinburgh and District Trades Council. The main series of minutes of the Council are almost continuous from 1859, forming the earliest full series of trades council records in Scotland.

The 'Minutes of Edinburgh Trades Council, 1859-1873', have been edited, with an introductory essay, by Ian MacDougall for the Scottish History Society, Edinburgh, 1968, and there is a centenary essay on the history of the Council by Hamish MacKinven in the 'Annual report', Edinburgh, 1959, see Acc.11177/51.

The Trades Council collection includes also a minute book and financial record, 1905-1919, of the Scottish Workers' Representation Committee, later the Labour Party, Edinburgh branch.

Dates

  • Creation: 1859-1981.

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Normal access conditions apply.

Conditions Governing Use

Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.

Extent

62 Folders

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposited, 1995, by the Edinburgh and District Trades Council.

Related Materials

For other Edinburgh and Leith Independent Labour Party and Labour Party records, see Dep.203 and 306, Acc.4977/16-18, and Acc.5241.

Title
National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
Author
National Library of Scotland
Description rules
Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository

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