Original bundle of handwritten copies of short articles, speeches and letters (to the press)

Reference No:
U DX245/9
Dates:
1920s-1970s
Description:
Includes photocopies and original documents mainly relating to the work of the National Union of Agricultural Workers (NUAW). Includes an obituary for Zachariah Bemrose; an article about a proposed strike apparently 'ignored' by farm workers; a short report about the composition of agricultural workers and agriculture in Britain; letters and other documents relating to agricultural wages and the future of British agriculture; an essay on the beginnings of the trade union movement in Britain and an essay entitled 'Village Life - The Countryside, Yesterday and To-day'. There are also notes relating to the Agricultural Occupancy Conditions with reference to [Homes] for Agriculture as well as notes relating to the Agricultural Wages Board; a memorandum to the Executive Committee on Agriculture and the Common Market by the NUAW (July 1961) and photocopies of press cuttings covering the harvest strikers in Holderness in September 1920.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
circa 25 items
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of the National Union of Agricultural Workers, Patrington Branch