John Ward's notes on Dundee Trade Unionism

Notes on trade unionism in Dundee from c 1800-1960

Professor John Towers Ward was a lecturer in History at Queen's College, Dundee from 1956 until 1963. He then moved to the soon to be established University of Strathclyde. In 1974 he became the first Professor of Modern History at Strathclyde. He was an expert in labour history and the factory movement and contributed a chapter on Dundee Trade Unionism to the The Third Statistical Account for Scotland:City of Dundee (1979). He died in 1987.

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The records were gifted to the archives by W Hamish Fraser in 2008

Professor John Towers Ward was a lecturer in History at Queen's College, Dundee from 1956 until 1963. He then moved to the soon to be established University of Strathclyde. In 1974 he became the first Professor of Modern History at Strathclyde. He was an expert in labour history and the factory movement and contributed a chapter on Dundee Trade Unionism to the The Third Statistical Account for Scotland:City of Dundee (1979). He died in 1987.

Description compiled by Kenneth Baxter, February 2011

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The records were compiled by John T Ward in around 1960. They were then given to Professor W Hamish Fraser, Professor Emeritus of Modern History, University of Strathclyde

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