Engravers' Trade Unions Archive

ETU

Engravers' Trade Unions Archive

1888-1973

Records of the Amalgamated Union of Engravers to Calico Printers and Paper Stainers, and of the United Society of Engravers. The collection contains the minute books for the following unions: Union of Engravers to Calico Printers and Paper Stainers, later the Amalgamated Union of Engravers to Calico Printers and Paper Stainers (1889-1920), the Scottish United Engravers' Society and Scottish Union of Engravers to Calico Printers and Paper Stainers (1888-1912), and the United Society of Engravers (1920-1950). There are contribution books for the period 1900-1960, an apprentice register (1889-1972), a census of members (1924) and various benefit records. The collection includes copies of various industrial agreements, rule books (1893-1968) and annual reports (1925-1971 incomplete), photographs of machinery manufactured by Lockett Crossland Ltd; and annual reports of other organisations such as the Trades Union Congress, Women Workers' Annual Congress and Wall Paper Manufacturers' Association.

<p>The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick holds the records of the National Union of Wallcoverings, Decorative and Allied Trades (Mss.39/W).</p>

English

• <corpname>Union of Engravers to Calico Printers and Paper Stainers, 1889-1909</corpname>
• <corpname>Amalgamated Union of Engravers to Calico Printers and Paper Stainers, 1909-1920</corpname>
• <corpname>United Society of Engravers of Great Britain and Ireland, 1920-1973</corpname>

0.61 cu.m

The United Society of Engravers of Great Britain and Ireland traced its origins to a predecessor organisation, the Union of Engravers to Calico Printers and Paper Stainers, which was founded in Manchester in 1889. This society had members in both the cotton and printing industries. The union was registered in 1889 and had its headquarters at the Crosby Hotel, Withy Grove, Manchester. By 1898 it was claiming 1064 members. In 1909 the union united with the Scottish Engravers to Calico Printers and Paper Stainers to form the Amalgamated Union of Engravers to Calico Printers and Paper Stainers.

In 1920 its name was altered to the United Society of Engravers of Great Britain and Ireland. James Thomson served as general secretary from 1920-1953, when he was replaced by D.Hill. By 1972 the Union had less than 500 members, and in 1973 it transferred its engagements to the Society of Lithographic Artists, Designers, Engravers and Process Workers.