National Federation of Building Trades Employers (NFBTE), earlier the Association of Master Builders of Great Britain

The journal of the National Federation of Building Trades Employers, 'National Builder', 1928-1972; annual reports, 1959-1972; interim reports (half yearly), 1946-1958; files relating to: firms' histories provided for the National Federation of Building Trades Employers centenary in 1976; picketing and the building strike, 1972; miscellaneous publications of the National Federation of Building Trades Employers, 1929-1975; papers and cuttings of the President of the National Federation of Building Trades Employers, 1943, F. Leslie Wallis of Messrs G.E. Wallis and Sons, Maidstone.

The Federation was founded in 1878 as the National Association of Master Builders of Great Britain, in succession to the General Builders' Association, (1865-1871). It was reorganised in 1984 and renamed the Building Employers' Confederation.

This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/

This collection was deposited in the Centre by the Building Employers' Confederation in 1978, 1979 and 1989.

Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/FBT

There are no restrictions on the use of this archive, apart from the requirements of copyright law.

This collection has been weeded for duplicates.

Further deposits are not expected.

The Centre also holds national and London regional NFBTE records in the papers of Richard Wood, chairman of the Construction Industry Training Board.