Catalogue description Minutes

The following special sub-committees were formed for specific reasons, sometimes sitting for just one session, for the purpose of undertaking the project stated in the sub-committee title, the Birmingham theatres, especially the Old and New Repertory Theatres, featuring more prominently. The description here lists all relevant minute volumes, dates and minute numbers together. This has been done to avoid making the hierarchical structure of the catalogue too complicated. The special sub-committees that reported to the General Purposes Sub-Committee are listed below:

1. Special sub-committee minutes 1852 - 1857
January 1852 - April 1852, no minutes (Market Hall).
April 1852 - March 1853, minutes 1 – 12 (Kent Street Baths - Water Supply).
May 1852, no minutes (Cab Stands).
May 1852 - November 1852, minutes 1 - 11 (Night Soil).
May 1852 - December 1852, minutes 1 - 11 (Gas Supply to Borough).
June 1852, minutes 1 - 5 (Accountant Clerk Money Float).
June 1852 - July 1852, minutes 1 - 3 (System of Books).
September 1853 - October 1853, minutes 1 - 12 (Night Soil).
June 1855 - May 1857, minutes 1 - 196 (Night Soil).
These minutes are in the black volume entitled 'General Minutes Book 1852 - 1857', and labelled BCC/1/AG/38/1/1.

2. Special sub-committee minutes 1892 - 1895:
December 1892, minutes 1 - 23 (Court Salaries and Blue Coat School).
March 1893 - July 1893, minutes 1 - 27 (Wages for Unemployed and Council Workers' Hours).
April 1894, minutes 1 - 3 (Canal Rates and Tolls).
May 1894, minutes 1 - 5 (Local Government Act, 1894).
October 1894 - June 1895, minutes 1 - 27 (Corporation Telephone Arrangements).
Jan 1895 - Feb 1895, minutes 1 - 4 (Redistribution of Departmental Work).
June 1895, no minutes (Finance Act, 1894).
These minutes are in the volume entitled 'Special Sub-Committees Minute Book 1893 - 1895, and labelled BCC/1/AG/38/1/2.

3. Special sub-committee minutes 1897 - 1902:
January 1897 - February 1897, minutes 1 - 10 (Fair Wage Clause).
February 1897, minutes 1 - 2 (Mace re 60 years for reign of Queen Victoria).
January 1898, minutes 1 - 5 (Sub-Contracting).
July 1899, minutes 1 - 12 (Inebriates Act, 1898).
July 1900 - April 1901, minutes 1 - 12 (Telegraph Act, 1899).
May 1902 - November 1902, minutes 1 - 13 (Ward Boundaries).
July 1902 - October 1902, minutes 1 - 8 (Housing Committee - Staff and Duties).
June 1902 - July 1902, minutes 1 - 16, (Earl Roberts Visit).
These minutes are in the volume entitled 'Special Sub-Committees Minute Book 1898 - 1902', and labelled BCC/1/AG/38/1/3.

4. Special sub-committee minutes 1903 - 1905:
May 1903 - May 1905, minutes 1 - 24 (Joint General Purposes and Education re Superannuation of Education Officials).
These minutes are in a separate titled volume, and labelled BCC/1/AG/38/1/4.

5. Special sub-committee minutes 1907 - 1912:
April 1907 - June 1907, minutes 1 - 6 (Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1906).
December 1907 - January 1908, minutes 1 - 12 (Town Clerk Appointment).
March 1908 - May 1908, minutes 1 - 7 (Assistant Solicitor Appointment).
March 1908, minutes 1 - 2 (Fair Wages Clause)'
June 1908 - October 1908, minutes 1 - 7 (Lord Mayor’s Secretary).
May 1909 - June 1909, minutes 1 - 4 (Fair Wages Clause).
October 1910 - March 1911, minutes 1 - 10 (Lord Mayor’s Allowance).
April 1911, minutes 1 - 5 (Polling Districts).
December 1911 - February 1912, minutes 1 - 5 (Allocation of rooms).
January 1912 - February 1912 minutes 1 - 5 (Motor Garage).
February 1912, minutes 1 - 2 (Salaries).
April 1912 - Nov 1912, minutes 1 - 14 (Conditions of Building Contracts).
November 1912 - March 1913, minutes 1 - 21 (Motor Cars).
November 1912 - October 1914, minutes 1 - 73 (Parliamentary).
June 1913, minutes 1 - 2 (Housing Inquiry).
June 1913, minutes 1 - 2 (Coroner's Salary).
December 1913 - March 1914, minutes 1 - 9 (Drainage Board Inquiry).
March 1914, minutes 1 - 5 (Town Clerks Office Accommodation).
April 1914, minutes 1 - 2 (Standing Orders).
April 1914 - March 1915, minutes 1 - 17 (Scale of Salaries).
September 1914 - April 1918, minutes 1 - 118 (Special Cases - Enlisted Men).
October 1915, minutes 1 - 4 (Labour Board).
These minutes are in the volume entitled 'Special Sub-Committees Minute Book 1916 - 1920', and labelled BCC/1/AG/38/1/5.

6. Special sub-committee minutes 1912:
January 1912 - July 1912, minutes 1 - 13 (National Insurance Act).
These minutes are in a separate titled volume, and labelled BCC/1/AG/38/1/6.

7. Special sub-committee minutes 1916 - 1920:
Undated, minutes 1 - 2 (Memorial to Council War Dead).
January 1916 - June 1916, minutes 1 - 45 (Naval/Military War Pensions Act, 1915).
September 1916 - September 1917, minutes 1 - 42 (War Charities).
January 1917 - March 1917, minutes 1 - 6 (New Projects).
March 1917 - June 1917, minutes 1 - 5 (City Milk Supply).
September 1917 - June 1918, minutes 1 - 24 (Coal - Retail Prices).
May 1918, minutes 1 - 3 (Sir George Kenrick’s Gift).
June 1919 - September 1919, minutes 1 - 16 (Overlapping of Departmental Work).
July 1919 - December 1920, minutes 1 - 49 (Additional Accommodation).
September 1919 - November 1919, minutes 19 - 23 (Lloyd George’s Visit).
September 1919, minutes 19, (Town Clerk Appointment).
December 1919, minutes 8 - 11 (Royal Visit).
December 1919 - December 1920, minutes 1 - 32 (Staff and Welfare).
January 1920 - March 1920, minutes 1 - 8 (Lord Mayor’s Chain).
February 1920, minutes 1 (Emergency - National Industrial Trouble).
April 1920 - June 1920, minutes 1 - 4 (Parliamentary Business).
June 1920, minutes 1 - 3 (Charities - Hillel Bequest)
July 1920 - January 1921, minutes 1 - 8 (History of Birmingham during World War One)
September 1920, minutes 1 - 2 (Lord Mayor’s Salary).
September 1920, minutes 1 (Exemptions from National Insurance).
October 1920, minutes 1 - 6 (Employment of Disabled Ex-Servicemen).
October 1920, minutes 1 - 4 (Emergency - Coal Strike).
These minutes are in the volume entitled 'Special Sub-Committees Minute Book 1916 - 1920', and labelled BCC/1/AG/38/1/7.

8. October 1922 - April 1923, minutes 1 - 23 (Improvement of Birmingham and Worcester Canal).
These minutes are in the folder entitled 'Gen Purposes Section / G.P. (Canals Sub-Com) Minutes', and labelled BCC/1/AG/38/1/8.

9. Special sub-committees 1921 - 1973 (alphabetically indexed):
December 1921 - July 1922, minutes 1 - 12 (Shops Act, 1912).
December 1925 - January 1926, minutes 1 - 12 (Freedom of City - Austin Chamberlain).
February 1926 - March 1926, minutes 1 - 14 (Rating and Valuation Act, 1925).
February 1929 - May 1929, minutes 1 - 15 (Inspector of Building Contracts).
June 1929, minutes 16 - 19 (Inspector Appointment).
December 1930 - January 1932, minutes 79 - 95 (British Industry Fair).
April 1936 - June 1936, minutes 1 - 11 (Joint Negotiation/Parliamentary Sub-Committees).
March 1936 - July 1936, minutes 1 - 32 (George V and Chamberlain Celebrations).
April 1936, minutes 1 - 12 (Charter of Incorporation Centenary)
October 1935, minutes 1 - 3 (Beau Desert Oak Panelling).
October 1936, minutes 1 - 5 (Community Associations).
May 1936 - December 1936, minutes 1 - 6 (Joint General Purpose and Finance Sub-Committees).
June 1937, minutes 13 - 14 (Charter of Incorporation Centenary).
July 1937, minutes 1 - 10 (Charter of Incorporation Centenary).
January 1939, minutes 1 - 19 (Royal Visit - King George VI).
March 1939, minutes 33 - 34 (George V Memorial).
May 1940, minutes 1 - 8 (Skilled Staff for War Work).
June 1940, minutes 1 - 4 (Machinery for Munitions).
October 1942, minutes 1 - 7 (Association of Municipal Corporations).
March 1944 - April 1944, minutes 1 - 26 (Appointing Reconstruction Committee).
June 1944 - July 1944, minute 1 (Reconstitution Committee).
November 1944, no minutes (Holidays-at-Home).
April 1945, minutes 1 - 15 (Victory in Europe Celebrations).
October 1945, minutes 1 - 30 (Royal Visit).
May 1946, minutes 1 - 12 (Royal Warwickshire Regiment).
October 1945 - September 1947, minutes 1477 - 1841.
April 1946, minutes 1 - 3 (War Memorial).
January 1947, minutes 1 - 3 (War Memorial).
July 1947 - September 1948, minutes 1 - 14 (Perry Barr Ward Facilities).
September 1947, minutes 4 - 11 (War Memorial).
February 1948 - March 1948, minutes 1 - 27 (Royal Visit).
March 1949, minutes 1 - 4 (Civic Plate).
May 1949, minutes 15 - 19 (Perry Barr Ward Facilities).
November 1949 - April 1950, minutes 1 - 20 (Housing).
February 1950, minutes 12 - 16 (War Memorial).
October 1949 - July 1950, minutes 1 - 8 (Extraneous Fees).
July 1950, minutes 1 - 3 (Appointments).
January 1951 - March 1951, minutes 1 - 13 (Municipal Corporations Liaison).
February 1951 - May 1951, minutes 1 - 21 (Royal Visit).
September 1951 - November 1951, minutes 1 - 10 (City Architect).
October 1951 - July 1952, minutes 1 - 18 (Administrative Survey).
November 1951, minutes 1 - 12 ('Entente Amicale' - Lyon Twinning).
November 1951, minutes 1 - 5 (Staff in Statistics Office).
December 1951, minutes 1 - 16 (Burning Accidents).
January 1952 - July 1952, minutes 17 - 63 (Burning Accidents).
January 1952 - February 1952, minutes 1 - 19 (Fireguards).
January 1952, minutes 11 - 15 (City Architect).
May 1952, minutes 13 - 16 ('Entente Amicale' – Lyon Twinning).
June 1952, minutes 1 - 10 (Propaganda - Accidents).
June 1952 - September 1952, minutes 1 - 42 (Royal Visit).
July 1952, minutes 1 - 8 (Duke of Gloucester Visit).
November 1952, minutes 1 - 12 (Free Transport for Elderly).
January 1953 - July 1953, minutes 64 - 88 (Burning Accidents).
March 1953, minutes 1 - 5 (Lord Mayor’s Allowance).
June 1953 - October 1953, minutes 1 - 30 (Architectural Department).
July 1953 - December 1953, minutes 1 - 22 (Corporation Cars).
July 1953, minutes 19 - 24 (Administrative Survey).
November 1953, minutes 1 - 6 (Trade and Industry).
January 1954 - December 1954, minutes 1 - 36 (Free Transport for Elderly).
March 1954, minutes 7 - 16 (Trade and Industry).
December 1954, minutes 1 - 4 (Local Government Reorganisation).
January 1955 - March 1955, minutes 1 - 18 (Freedom of the City).
September 1955, minutes 1 - 47 (Royal Visit).
September 1955, minutes 23 - 32 (Corporation Cars).
September 1956 - October 1956, minutes 5 - 12 (Local Government Reorganisation).
January 1957, minutes 33 - 36 (Corporation Cars).
January 1957, no minutes (Free Travel for Elderly).
February 1957, minutes 1 - 16 (Royal Visit).
February 1957 - October 1957, minutes 1 - 36 (Theatre Centre).
October 1957 - November 1957, minutes 13 - 28 (Local Government Reorganisation).
March 1958 - October 1958, minutes 37 - 69 (Theatre Centre).
May 1959, minutes 1 - 2 (Corporation Repair/Maintenance Work).
February 1960 - September 1960, minutes 1 - 21 (School of Music).
July 1960, minutes 70 - 84 (Theatre Centre).
September 1960, minutes 1 - 20 (Commonwealth Technical Training Week).
October 1960, minutes 1 - 8 (Commonwealth Tech - Careers).
November 1960, minutes 1 - 5 (Central Library).
November 1960, minutes 1 - 7 (Birmingham Repertory Theatres).
January 1961, minutes 21 - 27 (Commonwealth Tech - Training Week).
January 1961, minutes 9 - 22 (Commonwealth Tech - Careers).
March 1961, minutes 1 - 4 (Edgbaston Observatory).
March 1961 - April 1961, minutes 1 - 11 (Birmingham Repertory Theatres).
November 1961, minutes 85 - 100 (Theatre Centre).
October 1962, minutes 12 - 18 (Birmingham Repertory Theatres).
February 1963 - April 1963, minutes 1 - 24 (Grants to Voluntary Organisations).
August 1963, minutes 1 - 5 (Members’ Allowances).
December 1963, minutes 1 - 3 (Birmingham/Midland Institute).
January 1964, minutes 19 - 25 (Birmingham Repertory Theatres).
February 1964 - March 1964, minutes 1 - 11 (City Architect Appointment).
March 1964, minutes 1 - 6 (Royal Visit).
June 1964 - November 1964, minutes 4 - 23 (Birmingham/Midland Institute).
July 1964, minutes 101 - 110 (Theatre Centre).
February 1965, minutes 23 - 26 (Birmingham Repertory Theatres).
February 1965, minutes 1 - 6 (New Repertory Theatre - Finance).
May 1965, minutes 1 - 4 (Mayor’s Allowance).
October 1965, minutes 1 - 3 (Slum Clearance).
January 1966, minutes 1 - 5 (Conference Attendance).
March 1966, minutes 27 - 31 (Birmingham Repertory Theatres).
April 1966 - September 1966, minutes 1 - 5 (New Salvation Army Premises).
October 1966, minutes 1 - 3 (Royal Commission - Local Government).
August 1967 - October 1967, minutes 1 - 2 (Festival - 1968).
May 1967 - November 1968, no minutes (Festival - 1968).
December 1967, minutes 32 - 34 (Birmingham Repertory Theatres).
August 1969, minutes 1 - 10 (Royal Commission - Local Government).
July 1970, minutes 11 - 16 (Royal Commission - Local Government).
March 1971 - June 1971, minutes 17 - 33 (Royal Commission - Local Government).
March 1971 - December 1971, minutes 35 - 43 (Birmingham Repertory Theatres).
September 1971, no minutes (Moto Racing in City).
February 1972, minutes 1 - 3 (Reorganisation of Water and Sewerage Services)
April 1972, no minutes (Motor Racing in City).
May 1972, minutes 4 - 15 (Reorganisation of Water and Sewerage Services).
June 1972 - December 1972, minutes 1 - 73 (Urban Renewal).
September 1972, minutes 1 - 4 (Ugandan Refugees).
January 1973, minutes 1 - 3 (Compassionate Allowance).
March 1973, minutes 44 – 46 (Birmingham Repertory Theatres).
December 1973, minutes 1 - 4 (City Council).
These minutes are in the appropriately dated combined sub-committees minute volumes (see BCC/1/AG/37/1).

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