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Building & Monumental Workers' Association of Scotland
Catalogue reference: MSS.78/BMWAS
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This record is about the Building & Monumental Workers' Association of Scotland dating from c1880 - 1942.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- MSS.78/BMWAS
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Title (The name of the record)
- Building & Monumental Workers' Association of Scotland
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Date (When the record was created)
- c1880 - 1942
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Description (What the record is about)
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A small group of the union's papers has survived, comprising financial records and the union's journal.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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<p>For an account of the Aberdeen granite industry, see William Diack, Rise and progress of the granite industry in Aberdeen (1949, 123pp.) (MSS.78/AUBTW/5).</p>
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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>Building and Monumental Workers' Association of Scotland, 1920 - 1942</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 15 files
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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 Building & Monumental Workers' Association of Scotland (BMWAS) was formed in 1920 from the United Operative Masons' Association of Scotland (q.v.), the United Operative Masons' & Granite Workers' Union (q.v.), the Scottish Amalgamated Society of Mosaic & Encaustic Tile Fixers, Marble Workers, & Fireplace Builders (or the Scottish Amalgamated Society of Tile Fixers, Marble Workers ...), and the Associated Paviours' Federal Union. The union amalgamated with the AUBTW in 1942.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/ddfc85db-5a77-4478-8c1e-378f2f1897a5/
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Building & Monumental Workers' Association of Scotland