Oldham Tin Plate Workers' Society

Minutes, 1898-1913.

The Oldham Tin Plate Workers' Society was formed in 1844. It was affiliated to the General Tramping Union of Tin-Plate Workers/General Union of Braziers and Sheet Metal Workers from 1861 and joined the National Amalgamated Tin-Plate Workers of Great Britain in 1899. It amalgamated with other affiliated societies in 1920 to form the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers and Braziers. It may have actually been renamed the Oldham Tin Plate Workers' Trade Union before 1913.

Reference: Ted Brake, Men of Good Character: A history of the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers (Lawrence and Wishart: London, 1985).

The records form part of the archive of Manufacturing, Science, Finance (MSS.101) and within that are a constitutent of the archive of the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers (MSS.101/SM).

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 archive was transferred to the Modern Records Centre from the National Museum of Labour History in October 1989 and April 1990.

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

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 records of the National Union of Sheet Metal Workers, Coppersmiths, Heating and Domestic Engineers and many of its other predecessors are also held at the Modern Records Centre (MSS.101/SM).