Catalogue description TRANSPORT & GENERAL WORKERS UNION : NATIONAL UNION OF VEHICLE BUILDERS

The archive of the National Union of Vehicle Builders was split into 2 parts in the 1970s and is described in 2 parts here. The first consists of the older records, including many branch records, which were placed in the Vehicle Building and Automotive Museum established in Coventry by the Transport and General Workers Union. The museum opened in 1976 and closed in 1980: the records were transferred to the union's Regional Office (where a few other records appear to have been added to those deposited) and subsequently to the Centre. The second part of the archive consists of more recent records, mainly 1947-72, which were taken to the London headquarters of the Transport and General Workers Union. following the transfer of engagements from the National Union of Vehicle Builders. The second part of the archive was deposited in the Modern Records Centre before the first.

Please note that some documents in the archive use Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers for Amalgamated Society of wheelwrights

Table of Contents

Part 1 : Records formerly in Vehicle Building & Automotive Musuem

Minutes

MSS.126/VB/1/1/i-viii National Executive, 1907-47

MSS.126/VB/1/2/1-3 Rules Revision Conferences, 1899-1946

MSS.126/VB/1/3/1 Jt. mtg. re United Kingdom Joint Wages Board of Employers for Vehicle Building, 1953

MSS.126/VB/1/4/1-47 United Kingdom Joint Wages Board of Employers for Vehicle Building National Negotiating Conferences, 1949-61

MSS.126/VB/1/5 Engineering Employers Federation National Negotiating Conferences, 1941-56

MSS.126/VB/1/6/1 Engineering Employers Federation Local Negotiating Conference, Birmingham, 1956

MSS.126/VB/1/7/1-18 Engineering Employers Federation Local Negotiating Conferences, Coventry, 1915-50

MSS.126/VB/1/8/1 Coventry arbitration, 1941

Financial Records

MSS.126/VB/2/1-2 Records re benefits, 1856-1903

Correspondence and Subject Files

MSS.126/VB/3/7 General Secretary's out-letter book, 1912-16

MSS.126/VB/3/8/1-3 Misc., 1907-08

MSS.126/VB/3/9 Circulars, [1877]-1971

MSS.126/VB/3/10-22 Vehicle Building & Automotive Musuem, curator's files, 1973-80

Publications of UKS/National Union of Vehicle Builders

MSS.126/VB/4/5/1-10 Report, later Report and Journal, 1851-1919

MSS.126/VB/4/6/1-23 Rules, 1859-1967

MSS.126/VB/4/7/1-9 Miscellaneous, 1860-[1970]

Publications other than those of UKS/National Union of Vehicles Builders

MSS.126/VB/5

Sub-groups in the Archive

MSS.126/VB/6/ Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers/1-8 Amalgamated Society of Woodworkers Birmingham 6th Branch, 1896-1935

MSS.126/VB/6/TG/1 Transport and General Workers Union 5/105 Branch, [1945-7?]

MSS.126/VB/6/BD/1-22 National Union of Vehicle Builders Birmingham District, 1923-52

MSS.126/VB/6/LD/1-3 National Union of Vehicle Builders Leeds District, 1947-66

MSS.126/VB/6/LOD/1-4 National Union of Vehicle Builders London District, 1919-67

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/A/1-2 Aylesbury Branch, 1924-63

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/BL/1 Blackpool Branch, 1916-52

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/BR/1-11 Bradford Branch, 1930-68

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/CK/1-3 Coachmakers' Friendly Society of City of Cork, [1812?]-1824

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/CO/1 Coventry Branch, 1915-59

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/DR/1 Darlington Branch, 1904-72

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/G/1-4 Grantham Branch, 1925-44

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/HA/1-11 Handsworth Branch, 1933-59

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/HU/1-8 Hull Branch, 1845-1926

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/N/1 Norwich Branch, 1867-1921

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/PA/1 Paisley Branch, 1896-1954

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/PR/1-11 Preston Branch, 1904-62

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/SA/1-18 Saltley Branch, 1906-68

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/SU/1-2 Sunderland Branch, 1866-1947

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/SW/1-4 Swindon Branch, 1869-97

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/WK/1 Wakefield Branch, 1904-56

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/YO/1-24 York Branch, 1854-1964

MSS.126/VB/6/BR/Z/1-3 Unidentified branch, 1938-[55]

Miscellaneous

MSS.126/VB/7/1/1 Contributions cards, 1919-61

MSS.126/VB/7/2/1 Travelling/transfer cards, 1844-1919

MSS.126/VB/7/3/1 Rules revision and registration, 1908-62

MSS.126/VB/7/4/1 National Health Insurance, miscellany, 1912-23

MSS.126/VB/7/5/1-3 Shop Stewards' & Rank and File ephemera, 1933-50

MSS.126/VB/7/6 Wholly misc., 1924-58

MSS.126/VB/7/7 List of Coventry National Union of Vehicle Builders records

Agreements

MSS.126/VB/9/1/1-3 Agreements, 1910-1919 & 1940-6

Photographs

MSS.126/VB/12/1-12

Aamalgamated Society of Wheelwrights Smiths & Kindred Trades

MSS.126/WH/1/1/1-/4/3 Various records of Amal. Soc. of Wheelwrights, Smiths & Kindred Trades, 1869-1924

MSS.126/WH/6/1 Rbt. Main & Co., wheelers' piece price list, 1891

London & Provincial Coachmakers Trade Union

MSS.126/LP/1/1-/4/2 Various records of London & Provincial Coachmakers' Trade Union, 1846-1919

Part 2 : Records formerly in London headquarters of Transport and General Workers Union

Minutes

MSS.126/VB/1/1/1-25 National Executive, 1947-72

Correspondence and Subject Files

MSS.126/VB/3/1/1-17 NEC (and Organisers) circulars, 1956-72

MSS.126/VB/3/2/1-17 Branch circulars, 1956-72

MSS.126/VB/3/3/1-8 Circulars to certain branches, 1965-72

MSS.126/VB/3/4/1-8 Railway Branches circulars, 1965-72

MSS.126/VB/3/5/1 All circulars sent to branches, 1964

MSS.126/VB/3/6/1-8 Organisers circulars, 1965-72

Publications

MSS.126/VB/4/1/1-36 Report and Journal, 1919-72

MSS.126/VB/4/2/1-3 Newsletter, 1957-66

MSS.126/VB/4/3/1-3 Analysis of branch income and expenditure, voting results and analysis of membership, 1949-70

MSS.126/VB/4/4/1-6 Miscellaneous, 1926-76

National Union of Vehicle Builders

Transport and General Workers Union

Amalgamated Society of Wheelwrights, Smiths and Kindred Trades

United Kingdom Society of Coachmakers

The NUVB was formed in 1919 by an amalgamation of the United Kingdom Society of Coachmakers (UKS), the London & Provincial Coachmakers and two other lesser unions. The UKS had been formed in 1834. In 1925 the NUVB absorbed the Amalgamated Society of Wheelwrights, Smiths and Kindred Trades which had been formed in 1830. In 1972 the NUVB transferred engagements to the TGWU.