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Coventry Chain Shop Stewards' Committee
Catalogue reference: MSS.249
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This record is about the Coventry Chain Shop Stewards' Committee dating from 1936-80.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MSS.249
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Title (The name of the record)
- Coventry Chain Shop Stewards' Committee
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1936-80
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Description (What the record is about)
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Minutes, 1936-80; some subject files, 1970s.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The archive has been catalogued to file level.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Warwick University: Modern Records Centre
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>Coventry Chain Shop Stewards' Committee</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 4 series
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Open.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
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These papers were received by the Centre through the good offices of Mr E.C. Thorne, Principal Lecturer in Industrial Relations at Coventry Polytechnic. They had been in the custody of Mr Tony Shell, a former Deputy Convenor, since the closure of the Coventry factory in 1980, and were received by the Centre in February/March 1983.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The Coventry Chain Company was founded in 1896 and acquired by the Renold Group in 1930. The works at Spon End, latterly employing over 800, including about 400 women shop floor workers, closed in 1980 following the fall in demand for transmission chains for the motor industry.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/05f44e10-08d6-412e-b67c-a804406f61fe/
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Coventry Chain Shop Stewards' Committee