YEABI bound minute books:
Volume 1 from the establishment of the Association, 9 Dec 1922 - 7 Mar 1950
Volume 2 25 Mar 1950 - 8 Oct 1965
Volume 3 14 Jan 1966 - 23 Jun 1967
YEABI Minutes, Files, 13 Jun 1958-23 Jun 1967:
Minutes of the YEABI Council and the Yorkshire Council for Further Education, County Advisory Committee: Building (including some drafts), letters, constitutional documents, agendas, signatures of attendees, Honorary Secretary's reports, notes from a discussion group (1962), accounts and financial statements, distribution lists, AGM papers, membership list (1962); copy of 'YEABI. Twenty Five Years 1922-1947. A Retrospect'.
Includes papers concerning changes in government policy towards craft training; YEABI events; Building courses and qualifications; research projects; relationships with related bodies around the country; matching job titles and descriptions to courses; numbers of apprentices; the Crowther Report and the issue of Day Release courses versus evening courses for apprentices; apprentice competitions and displays for trade exhibitions; City & Guilds of London Institute syllabuses; the problem of 'wastage' - students dropping out of part-time technical and commercial courses (an issue of concern to the National Advisory Council on Education for Industry and Commerce).
The October 1958 file contains statistics on employment and apprentices in the Building trades. The 1960 AGM file contains a printed copy of the YEABI's Constitution and Rules. The 1964 AGM considered a new official definition of 'technicians', a response to the Joint Enquiry on Technicians set up by the Committee on Scientific Manpower. The relevant file includes a pamphlet, 'Building Technician Training Scheme' (January 1964) and material relating to new technician's courses.
Files for 28th October 1966 and 12 May 1967 have papers concerning the purpose, functions, activities and future of the YEABI.
Includes sub-committee minutes, YEABI Study Group, 1955-1960. Conference programmes and other papers, agendas, letters. Includes ‘Report on Technical Education for the less Academic Student.’