Papers of the Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners and Twiners and its branches, including reports, minutes, agreements, rules, other papers and branch papers, including Ashton, Blackburn, Bolton, Bury and Radcliffe, Haslingden, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale and Yorkshire
Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners and Twiners
This material is held atWorking Class Movement Library
- Reference
- GB 1008 TU/SPIN
- Dates of Creation
- 1863 - 1975
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 32 volumes and 6 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Formed in 1870 as the Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners, Self-Actor Minders, Twiners and Rovers of Lancashire and Adjoining Counties and formerly known as the Operative Cotton Spinners, Twiners and Self-Actor Minders of the United Kingdom. It dropped Rovers from its name in 1877 and became the Amalgamated Association of Operative Cotton Spinners and Twiners in 1915. It formally ceased to be on 2 Sep 1976
Arrangement
- Series 1 - Reports
- Series 2 - Minutes
- Series 3 - Agreements
- Series 4 - Rules
- Series 5 - Other papers
- Series 6 - Branch papers, including Ashton, Blackburn, Bolton, Bury and Radcliffe, Haslingden, Oldham, Preston, Rochdale and Yorkshire
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