National Executive Council and other committee minutes, 1919-1945; income and expenditure records, 1910-1921; staff wages books, 1927-1946; claims book, 1921-1924; NAWU Magazine, 1920, 1928-35; MHIW Journal, 1935-37, 1941-42.
National Asylum Workers' Union / Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers' Union
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- ReferenceGB 152 MHI
- Dates of Creation1910-1946
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description15 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The National Asylum Workers' Union was founded in July 1910 with the first meeting held at Whitefield near Manchester. It was renamed the Mental Hospital and Institutional Workers' Union in 1935. In 1946 the union merged with the Hospitals and Welfare Services Union to form the Confederation of Health Service Employees.
Reference: M. Carpenter, All for One (COHSE: Banstead, 1980).
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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/
Acquisition Information
The initial deposit was made by COHSE in October 1981. Subsequent deposits were made in 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1993.
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Link to full catalogue: http://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/MHI
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Appraisal Information
This collection has been weeded for duplicates.
Accruals
Further deposits are expected.