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Trade unions

 Subject
Subject Source: Ukat

Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:

Scottish Labour History Society., 1960s-2000s.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 2/12
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: 1960s-2000s.

Union of Dyers, Bleachers & Textile Workers., 1979-1980.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 2/13
Scope and Contents Collection contains a folder labelled 'Research notes on the history of the National Union of Dyers, Bleachers, and Textile Workers: P. Booth'. This includes four typescript bulletins written by P. Booth, research officer, looking at the history of the National Union of Dyers, Bleachers, and Textile Workers, and the Amalgamated Society of Dyers. Folder also includes what may possibly be a later handwritten transcription of a 'statement by J&P Coats Ltd' in July 1912 concerning the 'Dyers...
Dates: 1979-1980.

Upper Clyde Shipbuilders Work-in Collection., circa 1970s; circa 2017.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/8
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: circa 1970s; circa 2017.

WGML Audiovisual Archive., circa 1970s-2000s.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/13
Scope and Contents

Audiovisual materials within the WGML have not been fully catalogued but researchers and visitors are welcome to consult items upon request.

Acc.14114/2/3/13

13/1 Various CDs and DVDs

13/2 Various audio cassettes

13/3 Various VHS tapes and magnetic tapes

13/4 Portable cassette recorder and adapter

Dates: circa 1970s-2000s.

WGML Objects., circa 1930s-2000s.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/14
Scope and Contents

Objects within the WGML have not been fully catalogued but are summaried below for ease of access. Researchers and visitors are welcome to consult these items upon request.

Dates: circa 1930s-2000s.

WGML Photographic Archive., circa 1920s-2000s

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/15
Scope and Contents Photographs within the WGML have not been fully catalogued but are summarised below for ease of access. Researchers and visitors are welcome to consult these items upon request. For further information, please contact manuscripts@nls.uk directly.Acc.14114/2/3/15 15/1 Envelope containing photographs labelled by Audrey Canning as ‘photographs to be returned to photo case’ (c.1920s-1930s) [All photographs are labelled individually] 15/2 Green plastic box of...
Dates: circa 1920s-2000s

William Gallacher Memorial Library Archive.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.14114
Scope and Contents The archive includes Gallacher's own personal papers, pamphlets, ephemera, photographs, and personal artifacts, alongside papers concerning the administration of the WGML by librarians Bob Saunders and Audrey Canning.The core of the archive comprises over 60 special collections donated by fellow activists or amassed by WGML librarian Audrey Canning in the course of her work, to facilitate future research and scholarship. These additions were primarily made to the WGML between...
Dates: 1890s-2010s

William McQuilkin Collection., 1927-1984.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 1/31
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: 1927-1984.

Women and the Wars Collection., circa 1990s-2000s.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/12
Scope and Contents Collection contains inventory notes by WGML librarian Audrey Canning on materials in the Library relating to women and the World Wars; an envelope labelled as 'World War 1 & 2 Pics', containing reproduced images; an envelope of reproduced photographs of female war workers; photocopied secondary source articles; and an untitled article/essay by Wendy Turner on 'Scottish Women: Interwar Years'. Folder also contains a photocopy of the journal article 'A New View of Dilution: Women Munitions...
Dates: circa 1990s-2000s.

Women in the Labour Movement Collection., circa 1980s-2017.

 Collection
Identifier: Acc.14114 Special Collections 3/9
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 1980s-2017.