| Description | Papers relating to the work of the British Non-Ferrous Metals Federation Productivity Team and the Anglo-American Council on Productivity. Mr. Brazener, Managing Director of the Birmingham Mint, was involved in the work of the Productivity team. The file contains completed application forms for members of the productivity team nominated to take part in the Anglo-American Council on Productivity, which included a visit to the United States in 1950 to tour American metal companies; a programme of scheduled visits to British metal companies for American representatives visiting the UK; correspondence of Mr. Brazener relating to the organisation of the trip to the United States; a group photograph of members of the Productivity Team; an aerial photograph of the Penn Brass Copper Co., Erie; a copy of the journal of the National Union of General and Municipal Workers, October 1950 (Vol.13 No. 1), containing an article by J. Warrick, a member of the British Non-Ferrous Metals Federation Productivity Team; an illustrated brochure commemorating 75 years of Earle Bourne & Co. Ltd., Heath Street South, Birmingham, tube and rolled metals manufacturer, date 1949; an article from 'Metal Industry' on the work of Earle Bourne & Co. Ltd., 17 June 1949. |