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Ref NoMS 1623/1/10/1/60
TitleFile: 'Miscellaneous Histories'
LevelItem
Daten.d. [Twentieth Century]
DescriptionIncludes:
- a typescript on the history of the Birmingham Mint (80 pages) written by an employee of the company for 50 years (2 copies with annotations)
- a draft typescript with corrections on the history of the Birmingham Mint (12 pages)
- a proposed final script for a chapter of a book "The Birmingham Jewellery Quarter" by Mr. K.T. Currall, with a covering letter sent to Mr. W.R.P. King
- a draft typescript for an advertising pamphlet on the activities of the Mint (for final version of pamphlet see ref. MSxxxx/x/x/…)
- a typescript draft forming the basis of a talk to the Birmingham Settlement 5 May 1953 – marked in pencil 'Please return to R.H.' (15 pages – 2 copies with annotations)
- a typescript draft on the history of the Mint and its activities (2 pages)
- a typescript headed 'rearranged draft as submitted by the Editor C. of C. Journal July 58'
- an article: 'The Work of the Birmingham Mint' by Victor Wainwright from 'Town and Country News', 10 Jan 1930 (2 sides)
- handwritten notes on the history of the Mint (5 pages)
- letter to Mr. W.E. Judge from A. Winifred Thomas regarding illustrations of the Mint for "MBL" (staff bulletin), 15 February 1951, with attached notes from Mr. W.E. Judge (3 sides)
- 3 newscuttings and typescript notes (by A.W.T. [Winifred Thomas]) on 1912 imperial pennies with the "H" heaton mint mark, 1949
- letter (2 December 1914) and reply (7 december 1914) from The Mint Birmingham Ltd to F.W. Martin, Architect, Colmore Row, Birmingham regarding valuation of the works buildings in 1894
- an article: 'Organisation and Subsidiary Activites of the Indian Mints' by Major D.V. Deane (Master of the Mint, Bombay) presented to the Institution of Production Engineers, 23 May 1952 (6 pages).
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Access StatusOpen
LanguageEnglish
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