Executive Committee and general meeting signed minutes, 1914-71 (including some annual reports and printed material); and minutes of miscellaneous committees, 1928-76.
The collection forms part of the archive of the British Clothing Industry Association (MSS.222), in which the records of various predecessor and related organisations are contained.
The British Corset Manufacturers' Association Ltd. was founded in 1914 and went into voluntary liquidation in 1936. Re-emerging as the Corset Trade Association of Great Britain, it became the Corsetry Manufacturers' Association in mid-1954, and was one of the original constituents of the British Clothing Industry Association upon its establishment in 1980-1.
This collection is available to researchers by appointment at the Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick. See https://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/library/mrc/using/
This collection was deposited with the Modern Records Centre between 1981 and 1997 by the British Clothing Industry Association and forms part of its archive.
Additional records were deposited in August 2010 as part of the UK Fashion & Textile Association Ltd collection.
Link to full catalogue: https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/CSM
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.
