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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelSeries
Ref NoMS 2655/4
TitlePapers and correspondence relating to United Operative Masons' and Granite Cutters' Union, the Building and Monumental Workers' Association of Scotland and the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers
Date20th century
Extent37 items
DescriptionCollection of papers and correspondence (1921-1948) found enclosed in MS 2655/1/1-13 relating to the affairs of the United Operative Masons' and Granite Cutters' Union, the Building and Monumental Workers' Association of Scotland or the Amalgamated Union of Building Trade Workers.

Includes copies of voting returns made by branches for union officials (MS 2655/4/5 and MS 2655/4/30-37) and correspondence concerning dispute in 1939 over different rates paid to masons in the building and monumental branches for dressing stones used in construction of road bridge over the River Dee at Allenvale, Aberdeen; and for carving heraldic stones and lions to be incorporated in the bridge (MS 2655/4/7-14).
Access StatusOpen
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