| Description | Minute volumes indexed. The minutes are printed and signed by the committee chairman. The minutes dated November 1918 - October 1919 are currently missing (see BCC/1/AM/10/1/1). Minutes BCC/1/AM/10/1/2 are in a uniformly titled minute volume. Minutes BCC/1/AM/10/1/3 and 4 are in the appropriately dated combined sub-committee minute volumes (see BCC/1/AM/26/1). The minutes include details on the acquisition of land offered to the Council for public housing projects; tenders from building contractors; reports and descriptions of proposed housing developments and infrastructure with costs; reports on meetings between representatives of the Ministry of Health and representatives of Birmingham Corporation (particularly with regard to the central government Housing Subsidy); architect's reports; reports of the Housing Director; details of compensation granted to farmers and other landowners for loss of income from land purchased for housing development schemes; and lists of men employed on various housing projects. There are also reports on the employment of ex-servicemen and unemployed civilians on public works schemes (see minutes of meeting of 19 December 1919, minute 657a, in BCC/1/AM/10/1/2). Additionally, there is some correspondence between the Council and the Bournville Village Trust, who were beginning to work in partnership with the Council on numerous municipal housing schemes and provided guidance and financial assistance where necessary. Birmingham Archives and Heritage service holds the records the Bournville Village Trust (see MS 1536) and its patrons, the Cadbury family (see MS 466). |