IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 2159 London Alliance of West End Cutters
Held at: University of the Arts London: London College of Fashion
Title: London Alliance of West End Cutters
Date(s): 1967-1987
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: Approximately 3 files
Name of creator(s): London Alliance of West End Cutters
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The London Alliance of West End Cutters was founded in 1892 by J P Thornton, and was a professional society for tailors. Annual dinners were held and lectures given to meetings. The Alliance was wound up in 1987.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the London Alliance of West End Cutters, 1967-1987, comprising minutes of the committee, 1978-1986; minutes of general meetings, 1975-1986; members' attendance book, 1978-1987; papers relating to the Alliance, including rules [post 1949], 1979; correspondence, 1979-1981; programmes of lectures, 1977-1983; menus for annual dinners, 1967-1980; correspondence and papers relating to the winding up of the Alliance, 1986; photos of Stanley Fries at work (Saville Row tailor and Secretary of the London Alliance of West End Cutters), [1960s].
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records are unsorted.
Conditions governing access:
Access to the collection is by appointment only.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No photocopying is permitted although photographs may be taken at the discretion of the Head of Learning Resources.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
The records are uncatalogued.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated to the London College of Fashion by Edward Thornton, Senior Lecturer at London College of Fashion.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.
Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal Place and Corporate Names 1997.
Date(s) of descriptions: July 2002