British Book Trade Archives
Professional Associations
Branches of the Typographical Association and Typographical Society are listed separately at the bottom of this page.
A
AGENCY OF COPYRIGHT LIBRARIESCambridge UL.
Miscellaneous records of publications claimed and received, 1862-1924; correspondence with libraries and publishers, 20th century, agents annual reports from 1904.
Bott (1986), NRA.
AMALGAMATED SOCIETY OF LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick.
Minutes, correspondence, reports, agendas and miscellaneous records, 1880-1970.
See also: Typographical Association.
NRA.
Also Mitchell L., correspondence, contribution books and cash book, 20th
century. Bradford District Archives, reports, 1938-1947; register of married
men and apprentices, 1897-1940; unemployed book, 1935-1938; printer's rule
books, 1938-1948. Catalogue ref., 4D82/D.
ASSOCIATION OF MASTER BOOKBINDERS AND PAPER RULERS: Edinburgh
NLS.
Minutes and papers, 1901-1917.
NLS.
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B
BELFAST PRINTING INDUSTRIES ASSOCIATION
PRO of Northern Ireland.
Minute books and miscellaneous records, 1896-1981.
NRA.
BOOKBINDERS CONSOLIDATION UNION
Trades Union Congress L.
Minutes, 1867-1882.
NRA.
BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION OF GREAT BRITAIN AND IRELAND: Scottish Branch
NLS.
Minutes, 1898-1985.
NLS.
BRITISH PRINTING INDUSTRIES FEDERATION: London
Private contact BPIF, 11 Bedford Row, London. WC1R 4DR.
Miscellaneous records, 1898-1994.
Cook and Waller, Sources in Contemporary British History, vol 1 1994,
NRA.
E
EAST ANGLIAN PRINTING INDUSTRIES ALLIANCE
Norfolk RO, Norwich.
Accounts, 1930-1979.
NRA.
EDINBURGH AND DISTRICT JOBBING PRINTERS ASSOCIATION
NLS.
Minutes, 1912-1916.
NLS.
EDINBURGH AND LEITH MASTER LITHOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION
NLS.
Minutes, accounts and papers, 1904-1917.
NRA.
EDINBURGH MASTER PRINTERS ASSOCIATION
NLS.
Miscellaneous records, 1847-
NRA.
EDINBURGH NUMBER BOOK TRADE ASSOCIATION
Mitchell L., City of Glasgow.
List of members, 1839.
NRA.
EDINBURGH UNION SOCIETY OF JOURNEYMEN BOOKBINDERS
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick.
Minutes and branch records, 1822-1922.
NRA.
L
LONDON CONSOLIDATED LODGE OF JOURNEYMAN BOOKBINDERS: London
Trades Union Congress L.
Minutes, 1866-1868.
NRA.
LONDON SOCIETY OF COMPOSITORS
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick.
Minutes of Eden Fisher & Co chapel, 1888-1916, 1921; minutes of Odhams
Press chapel, 1923-1951.
NRA.
LONDON SOCIETY OF LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTERS
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick.
Annual accounts and membership records, 1892-1912.
NRA.
M
MASTER PRINTERS ASSOCIATION: Derby
Derbyshire RO.
Minutes, 1899-1920.
NRA.
MONOTYPE CASTERS AND TYPEFOUNDERS SOCIETY: Edinburgh
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick.
Accounts including membership roll, 1935-1943.
NRA.
MONOTYPE CASTERS AND TYPEFOUNDERS TRADE SOCIETY
Private, contact Trades Union Congress L.
Minutes, membership, financial records, 1889-1963.
NRA.
Also Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick, minutes, 1904-1950.
N
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF ELECTROTYPERS AND STEREOTYPERS
Cambridge UL.
Miscellaneous records, 1893-1967.
Cambridge UL.
Also Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick has Daily Herald Foundry/Stereo
chapel minutes and correspondence, 1934-1950, London branch
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF ELECTROTYPERS AND STEREOTYPERS cont'd
minutes 1899-1967; National Graphical Association, has Northern Region
minutes 1916-1923 and Scottish Region minutes 1909-1915, and letterbook
1916-1927.
NATIONAL SOCIETY OF OPERATIVE PRINTERS AND ASSISTANTS
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick.
Miscellaneous papers, 1912-1987.
NRA.
Also Mitchell L. has Glasgow branch minutes and cash book 1906-1978;
Manchester Central L. graphical and media personnel, miscellaneous records
1905-1979; National Museum of Labour History correspondence and papers,
20th century.
NATIONAL UNION OF BOOKBINDERS AND MACHINE RULERS
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick.
Register of members, women's section, 1917-1919; minutes, 1919-1925.
NRA.
Also Trades Union Congress L. minutes of vellum/London branch 1911-1913,
and West End branch minutes, 1911-1913.
NATIONAL UNION OF PRINTERS, BOOKBINDERS, MACHINE RULERS AND PAPER WORKERS:
Edinburgh
NLS.
Minutes, membership register, 1822-1956.
NRA.
NATIONAL UNION OF PRINTING, BOOKBINDING AND PAPER WORKERS
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick.
Miscellaneous records, 1919-1957.
NRA.
Also Trades Union Congress L. minutes London branch, 1919-1965; London
Central branch, 1908-1962.
NORTH WALES ALLIANCE OF MASTER PRINTERS
Clwyd RO., Hawarden.
Minutes, 1919-1960.
NRA.
P
PRINTING AND KINDRED TRADES FEDERATION
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick.
Miscellaneous records, 1899-1970s.
NRA.
Also NLS has Edinburgh branch minutes, 1907-1946.
PRINTING MACHINE MANAGERS TRADE SOCIETY
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick.
Miscelleneous records, 1847-1955.
NRA.
PUBLISHERS' ASSOCIATION
Reading UL.
Miscellaneous records, 1890s-1980.
R. J. L. Kingsford, The Publishers' Association (1970), Reading UL.
S
SCOTTISH ALLIANCE OF MASTERS IN THE PRINTING AND KINDRED TRADES
NLS.
Cash books, papers, 1911-1956.
NRA.
SOCIETY OF AUTHORS
BL.
Papers, 1894-1975.
Survey.
SOCIETY OF LITHOGRAPHIC ARTISTS, DESIGNERS, ENGRAVERS AND PRINTERS
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick.
Miscellaneous records including minutes, 1898-1982, 1985-1989.
NRA.
Also Working Class Movement L., minutes, 1955-1960.
SOCIETY OF LONDON BOOKBINDERS
BL.
Miscellaneous records, 1796-1919.
NRA.
SOCIETY OF MASTER PRINTERS IN SCOTLAND
NLS.
Miscellaneous records, 1893-1970.
NLS.
STATIONERS COMPANY
Stationers' Company, Stationers' Hall, Ave Maria Lane, London. EC4M 7DD.
Full details consult Robin Myers, The Stationer's Company: An account
of the records 1554-1984 (1990). Microform, Chadwyck-Healey.
BTHG Newsletter, 6 (February 1988).
T
TALBOT PRESS: Printers
Dublin
See article in Long Room 19 Nov 97
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VELLUM BINDERS SOCIETY
Trades Union Congress L.
Miscellaneous records including minutes, 1891-1913.
NRA.
Branches of the Typographical Association and Typographical Society
TYPOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION
Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick
Minutes, half-yearly reports, memorials, rule books, wage-scales, delegate
meeting reports, Typographical Circulars, miscellaneous records 19th and
20th centuries. Musson (1954), NRA.
Aberdeen: Aberdeen UL., miscellaneous records, 1853-1946. NRA.
Bradford: Bradford District Archives, contribution books, 1854-1968,
1897-1946; cash book, 1914-1921; membership, 1914-1921; rules 1940; programme
of centenary celebrations with brief history and publication Yorkshire Annual
Gatherings 1881-1930 with history of Association in Yorkshire, 1949; miscellaneous
records of Amalgamated Society of Lithographic Printers, 1880-1901, 1967;
minutes, 1875-1893. Catalogue ref., 4D86, 4D82/L, 104D77. Survey.
Brighton: Brighton Public L., minute books 1893-1913, 1900-1970. NRA.
Carnarfon and Bangor: Gwynedd Archives and Museum Service, Carnarfon
RO., minute book, 1891-1956. NRA.
Edinburgh: NLS, miscellaneous records, 1848-1968. NRA.
Glasgow: Strathclyde University Archives, minutes and attendance register,
1881-1889, 1918-1950. NRA.
Keighley: West Yorkshire Archive service, Calderdale, minutes 1892-1912.
NRA.
Kent: Centre for Kentish Studies, minutes, 1897-1972. NRA.
London: Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick, miscellaneous
papers, 1869-1962; minutes, 1827-1964; committee minutes, reports, agenda
books etc. 1785-1965. NRA.
TYPOGRAPHICAL ASSOCIATION cont'd
Newcastle-upon-Tyne: Tyne and Wear Archive Service, Newcastle-upon-Tyne:
minutes, 1926-1934. NRA.
Perth: Perth and Kinross District Archives, minutes 1868-1937. NRA.
Redhill: Surrey RO., minutes, 1897-1952. NRA.
Scottish: Dumfries Archive Centre, miscellaneous records, 1890-1979.
Catalogue ref., GGD25/1-5. Survey, NRA Annual Review 1992-3. Also Mitchell
L. City of Glasgow, reports, agreements, subject files, ledgers and miscellaneous
records, 20th century.
Todmorden: West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale, miscellaneous
records, 1906-1948. NRA.
TYPOGRAPHICAL SOCIETY
Bradford: Bradford District Archives, accounts, 1899-1922; papers re
wages and conditions, 1866-1922; minutes, 1866-1940; membership, 1859-1952;
chapel rules, 1864-1921; traveller's book with details of relief for itinerant
artisans, 1856-1912. Bradford Observer chapel: minutes, 1869-1940; accounts
1922-1934; membership list 1897-1903, contribution books 1932-1964. Catalogue
ref., 59D88, 46D90 (Bradford Observer chapel). Survey.
Bristol: Bristol RO., miscellaneous records, 1832-1966; minutes 1838-1872;
J.W. Arrowsmith Ltd Chapel, minutes 1918-1929. NRA.
Dumfries: Dumfries Archive Centre, miscellaneous records, 1831-1839.
Catalogue ref., GGD25/1-5. Survey.
Dundee: NLS, minute book including membership records and accounts, 1879-1897.
NLS.
Manchester: Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick, miscellaneous
records, 1898-1925. Musson (1954), NRA.
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