Yorkshire Society of Textile Craftsmen

Scope and Content

Annual report.

Administrative / Biographical History

The Yorkshire Society of Textile Craftsmen was formed in 1952 by the amalgamation of the Yorkshire Warp Twisters' Society, the Bradford and District Association of Warp Dressers, the Halifax and District Association of Warp Dressers and the Huddersfield and District Worsted and Woollen Warpers' Association. It amalgamated with the National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers on 31 December 1980.

Access Information

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/

Other Finding Aids

Custodial History

Transferred from the University of Warwick Library in 2003.

Related Material

See also MSS.126/DBT (National Union of Dyers, Bleachers and Textile Workers). A run of annual reports and some branch records are held by the West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford.