Steel Platemakers' Association or North East Coast Steel Platemakers' Association

This collection contains: signed minutes, 1897-1907; quarterly reports and position of contracts, 1897-1907.

This body was formed in 1897 by steel platemakers on the north-east coast of England for the the regulation of prices. In 1908, it amalgamated with the North-East District Steel Angle Makers' Association to form the North East Coast Steelmakers' Association.

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

These records were among a series of deposits made by British Steel plc between 1995 and 1999.

Link to full catalogue: https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/SPM

The deposits made in the Centre by British Steel plc include records of the North East District Steel Anglemakers' Association and the North East Coast Steel Makers' Association. The largest part of these deposits is formed by the records of the British Iron and Steel Federation (BISF) and its predecessor, the National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers. The deposits also include records of a number of regional and sectional iron and steel employers' organisations associated with the BISF, the statutory Iron and Steel Board and the nationalised British Steel Corporation.