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Minute book of the Fenwick Improvement of Knowledge Society and the Fenwick Mutual Improvement Society.
Item
Identifier: Acc.13106
Scope and Contents
A manuscript on labour history and working class organisation in Scotland 1839-1856. A substantial journal recording the minutes and agendas of two self-help societies in Scotland, based in Fenwick, near Kilmarnock: The Fenwick Improvement of Knowledge Society from January 7th 1839 to Nov 23rd 1842 when the Society closed. This journal records every meeting and represents about half of the Society`s life since it had been running from 1834 (the years 1834 to 1839 are missing). The Society...
Dates:
1839-1842, 1846-1856.