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Treasurer's Department

Catalogue reference: D1920/3

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This record is about the Treasurer's Department dating from 1910-1995.

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Reference
D1920/3
Title
Treasurer's Department
Date
1910-1995
Description

Records of the Treasurer's Department

Arrangement

D1920/1 Contribution books
D1920/2 Old age benefit
D1920/3 Accounts
D1920/4 Treasurer's Department: correspondence

Held by
Derbyshire Record Office
Former department reference
D4723
Creator(s)
Derbyshire Miners' Association; National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) Derbyshire Area
Physical description
558 volumes; 12 files
Administrative / biographical background

William Harvey was appointed the first Treasurer of the Derbyshire Miners' Association (DMA) in 1880. The Treasurer was elected by delegates attending the DMA's Council, with salary and expenses determined by the Council and in the early days of the DMA a tenure of office, like that of Secretary, subject to election or re-election every six months. A gradual and substantial increase in membership of the DMA, greater income and wage concessions granted to mineworkers led to an expanding workload and calls for the role of Treasurer to be made full-time. Following the Great Lock-Out of 1893, which had exposed the inadequacy of employing a treasurer on an ad-hoc basis, the branches voted for the appointment of a permanent, full-time Treasurer.

The Treasurer's responsibilities included overseeing the paying and receiving of cash, keeping books of account, and preparing the monthly cash accounts.

Record URL
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Treasurer's Department