British Heavy Steel Association

This material is held atModern Records Centre, University of Warwick

  • Reference
    • GB 152 BHS
  • Former Reference
    • GB 152 BHS
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1965-1969
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 3 boxes

Scope and Content

This collection contains: copies of constitution signed by member companies, 1966-1968; minutes of various meetings, 1965-1969.

Administrative / Biographical History

This body was formed in 1965 on the termination of the North East Coast and Scottish Steel Makers' Association and the Midland and Welsh Steel Makers' Association (known collectively as the Heavy Steel Associations). It was a member of the British Steel Producers' Conference.

Access Information

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/

Acquisition Information

These records were among a series of deposits made by British Steel plc between 1995 and 1999.

Other Finding Aids

Link to full catalogue: https://mrc-catalogue.warwick.ac.uk/records/BHS

Related Material

The deposits made in the Centre by British Steel plc also include records of: the Heavy Steel Associations and their predecessors collectively; separate records of the Scottish Steel Makers' Association, the Midland and Welsh Steel Makers' Association, the North East Coast Steel Makers' Association and their predecessors; the British Steel Producers' Conference; a number of other iron and steel employers' organisations, notably the British Iron and Steel Federation, the statutory Iron and Steel Board and the nationalised British Steel Corporation.