Trade unions
Subject
Subject Source: Ukat
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Agnes McLean Collection, 1943-2008.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/28
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
1943-2008.
Alex Clark Collection., 1949-1989.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
1949-1989.
Alice & Jimmy Milne Collection., 1969-1987.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/33
Scope and Contents
This collection contains press cuttings, photographs and print ephemera relating to the life of James Milne, in his capacity as Secretary General of the Scottish Trades Union Council.
Dates:
1969-1987.
Bill Cowe Collection., 1973-1990.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
1973-1990.
Bob Morrison Collection., 1982-1989.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/34
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
1982-1989.
Clydeside Apprentices Collection., 1937-1986.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/2
Scope and Contents
Collection contains papers of, and concerning, the Clydeside Apprentices' strikes of the 1930s. These include an original mounted photograph labelled 'Engineering and Shipbuilding Apprentices' Strike', showing young workers (1937); an original pamphlet entitled 'Clydeside Apprentices' Strike: Full Story', published by the Young Communist League in c.1937; an original typescript 'Report of Proceedings' of an inquiry held into wage disputes raised by the Clydeside Apprentices in 1941;...
Dates:
1937-1986.
Elizabeth McIntyre Collection., circa 1970s.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/25
Scope and Contents
Collection contains one folder of reproduced press cuttings, images, and articles concerning the life and work of Betty McIntyre as a leading figure in the Scottish trade union movement. Included is a copy of a letter from the principal private secretary of the Prime Minister notifying McIntyre of her OBE award in 1975, and a copy of her President's address to the STUC Congress in 1974.
Dates:
circa 1970s.
Finlay Hart Collection., 1934-1995.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/17
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
1934-1995.
General Strike (1926) Collection., circa 1920s-2000s.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
circa 1920s-2000s.
Glasgow Dock Workers Collection., 1998-1999.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/5
Scope and Contents
Collection contains letters between WGML librarian Audrey Canning and Dr. D. Critchley concerning the latter's research on legal proceedings between Glasgow dock workers and the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) in 1931. Folder also contains photocopies of the press cuttings Canning supplied to Critchley, and her notes and transcriptions.
Dates:
1998-1999.
Glasgow Labour Literature Society Collection., circa 1991.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 2/6
Scope and Contents
Collection contains letters to WGML librarian Audrey Canning from Edmund and Ruth Frow of The Working Class Movement Library in Salford concerning research on the Glasgow Labour Literature Society. Also included are photocopied articles and photocopied pamphlets relating to, or originally published by, the Society. Other reproduced items appear to touch on labour-related press of the 19th century more generally. Folder also includes handwritten notes by Canning on the history of the Society...
Dates:
circa 1991.
Glasgow Trade Union Film Society Collection., 1945-1978.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 2/7
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
1945-1978.
Hugh McIntyre Collection, circa 1930s-1980s.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/26
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
circa 1930s-1980s.
Hugh Paterson Collection., 1921-2002.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/35
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
1921-2002.
James McNeill Collection., 1901-1920; 2009-2010.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/30
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1901-1920; 2009-2010.
James Miller Collection., 1931-1991.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/32
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
1931-1991.
Jessie Findlay Collection, circa 2003-2006.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/13
Scope and Contents
Collection contains one folder of papers concerning WGML librarian Audrey Canning's biographical profile of Jessie Findlay.Folder contains manuscript and typescript drafts of the profile Canning produced on Findlay for the Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women in 2006, with additional handwritten notes. Also present are reproduced images of Findlay as a young woman and in her later life, alongside original and reproduced press cuttings and articles on her life and work....
Dates:
circa 2003-2006.
Jessie Stephen Collection., circa 1970s-1990s.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/38
Scope and Contents
Collection was possibly amassed by WGML librarian Audrey Canning in the course of her own research into the life of Jessie Stephen, in preparation for the publication of a biographical entry on Stephen in the Biographical Dictionary of Scottish Women, 2006.
Dates:
circa 1970s-1990s.
Joe Harrison Maxwell & Kathleen Tinney Collection, 1909-?1924.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/16
Scope and Contents
Harrison Maxwell and Tinney were both teachers, social intellectuals and active members in the Red Clydeside movement of the pre-war period. This collection primarily contains correspondence between the couple in the early years of their courtship and marriage, with one small folder of letters pertaining to letters from James C. Welsh to the pair. The collection also contains Harrison Maxwell's schoolteacher's briefcase, from his time teaching at Airdrie Academy, and a folder of his...
Dates:
1909-?1924.
John Maclean Collection, circa 1918-2008.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/27
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
circa 1918-2008.
Mary Docherty Collection., 1920-2000.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/12
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
1920-2000.
Mary Macarthur Collection., circa 1990s-2005.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/22
Scope and Contents
Collection contains one folder of papers concerning Macarthur, including inventory lists of material held by the WGML and the STUC archive pertaining to Macarthur, alongside photocopied images, secondary source articles, biographical profiles, and reproduced cuttings from the Women Worker newspaper recording aspects of her activism in the labour movement. Reproduced examples of her published writings are also present, as is her funeral tribute to Keir Hardie in 1915. Folder also contains a...
Dates:
circa 1990s-2005.
National and Local Government Officers' Association, Renfrew District (NALGO) and UNISON Collection., 1974-1996.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 2/9
Scope and Contents
This series remains uncatalogued but researchers and visitors are welcome to consult the materials upon request.
Overview
NALGO/UNISON (Renfrew District Council) Meeting minutes, including AGMs.
NALGO/UNISON Special Committees (Renfrew District Council) Correspondence and exchange visits.
Dates:
1974-1996.
Pat Devine and Gloria Findlay Collection., 1910-2017.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/11
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
1910-2017.
Rose Kerrigan Collection., 1938-1996.
Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/21
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Fonds:
The WGMLA Special Collections comprise over 60 collections relating to notable individuals, organisations, and themes in the Scottish labour, trade union, and suffrage movements. In a number of cases, collections do not contain the personal papers of the named individuals or organisations but rather comprise of primary or secondary materials collected by WGML librarian Audrey Canning, or third parties, relating to that individual or organisation and collated for public research purposes....
Dates:
1938-1996.