NATIONAL FEDERATION OF BUILDING TRADES EMPLOYERS

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 A/NFB
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: NATIONAL FEDERATION OF BUILDING TRADES EMPLOYERS
Date(s)	: 1847-1963
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 5.67 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Central Association of Master Builders of London x London Master Builders' Association Builders' Benevolent Institution Builders' Clerks Benevolent Institution National Federation of Building Trades Employers | London Region

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The London Master Builders' Association, under the name of the Central Association of Master Builders of London, was founded in 1872 with the object of promoting and protecting the interests of the building trade of London in general and of Members of the Association in particular, by united action in the settlement of all questions arising between employers and their workmen; by general adoption of equitable conditions of contract; by the interchange of information throughout the Country and the collection of statistics of general interest to the trade; by the assistance of members during trade disputes, at the discretion of the Council; and by the establishment and conduct of an Employment Bureau for builders' foremen, clerks and others.

The name was changed to the London Master Builders' Association in February 1899. Between 1918 and 1922 it was known successively as the London Master Builders and Aircraft Industries Association and the London Master Builders and Allied Industries Association, reverting to London Master Builders' Association in 1922. It became the London Region of the National Federation of Building Trades Employers in 1928; a body which as the National Association of Master Builders of Great Britain, had been established in 1878, as a direct outcome of the mason's strike of 1877/8.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of the London Master Builders' Association, including minutes of the council and committees; minutes, reports and papers of conciliation boards and panels; minutes of officers' meetings; constitution and rules; membership records; papers relating to disputes and lawsuits; Association publications.

Also papers of the Builders' Benevolent Institution, including minutes, annual reports and ledgers; and papers of the Builders' Clerks Benevolent Institution, including minutes, committee attendance books and annual reports.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

A/NFB/01: London Master Builders Association; A/NFB/02: Builders Benevolent Institution; A/NFB/03: Builders Clerks Benevolent Institution.

Conditions governing access:

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited on 30th July, 1968.

Allied Materials

Related material:

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
June to August 2010.