Consisting of records of Midlands Co-operative Society and the societies that merged to form it. The societies covered in the collection are Dudley, Birmingham, Alcester, Halesowen & Hasbury, Soho, Ten Acres & Stirchley, Birmingham Co-operative Chemists, Edwin Fletcher and Company, Stafford & Stone, Derby & Burton, Derby, Mayfield, Burton on Trent, Langley Mill & Aldercar, Ripley, Codnor Park & Ironville, Associated Beverage Manufacturers, North East Midlands, Leicestershire, Kettering, Thrapston, Leicester, Whetstone, Kirkby Muxhoe, Cosby, Mountsorrel, Rothley, Quordon, Oadby, Burbage, Loughborough, Glenfield, Croft, Ratby, Coalville, Markfield, Ashby de la Zouch, South Leicestershire, Huncote, Enderby, Wigston, Great Glen, Broughton Astely, Fleckney, Shepshed & Hathern, Shepshed, Hathern, Rothwell, Melton Mowbray, Market Harborough, Leicester Carriage Builders, Chesterfield, Eckington, Oxcroft, Staveley Town, Heath Williamthorpe, Pilsley Hand and Heart and Whittington.
The records include minute books of committees and sub-committees, reports and balance sheets and some photographs.