Michael Jones Jeweller

Scope and Content

Photocopied material relating to Michael Jones Jeweller

Administrative / Biographical History

Michael Jones Jeweller is a retail jeweller based in Northampton. Run as a family business since 1919, it was converted in to a workers' co-operative in 1970.

Access Information

The collection is open to any accredited reader, subject to the requirements of the Data Protection Act 2018.

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Acquisition Information

Material deposited in response to a call for UK workers' co-operative records as part of the Working Together Project based at the National Co-operative Archive, 2017-2018.

Appraisal Information

Material in folder selected as relevant by members of Michael Jones Jeweller.

No further appraisal on deposit at the National Co-operative Archive.

Custodial History

In October 2017, the National Co-operative Archive published a call-out for historic materials within the wider worker co-op community for Working Together , an Heritage Lottery Funded project seeking to record and preserve the heritage of the worker co-operative moment. This material was deposited in response to this call out.

Accruals

No accruals expected

Related Material

Michael Jones Jeweller and the transfer of material to the archive is discussed in an oral history interview with Roger Sawtell, held at the National Co-operative Archive.

Location of Originals

Originals held at Michael Jones Jeweller, business still active in Northampton.

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