IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 ACC/3693
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: UNION OF POST OFFICE WORKERS
Date(s): 1845-1990
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 0.68 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Union of Post Office Workers
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Union of Post Office Workers was formed in 1919 on the merger of several smaller organisations. In 1980 it became the Union of Communication Workers and in 1995 the Communication Workers' Union.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Union of Post Office Workers, comprising records of several local branches of the Union and an interesting variety of branch newsletters and journals. These reflect the wide range of activities which once came under the Post Office, such as the cable room branch and the telephonists branch; and also include mutual benefit societies and benevolent funds.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Records arranged by local branch of the Union.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records deposited in March and August 1996, with further deposits in 1997.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Related material:
The Post Office's central archives are held at the British Postal Museum and Archive, Freeling House, Phoenix Place, London, WC1X 0DL.
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.