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L - Local Studies and History book collection

. - Main series (octavo)

01 - Physical Aspects

07 - Book Trade in Birmingham

08 - Periodicals and Newspapers

09 - Bibilography on all aspects of the history of Birmingham

10 - Religion

11 - Ecclesiology, Church Buildings, Art, Furniture

12 - Monastic Birmingham

13 - Church of England General Histories

14 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Birmingham

15 - Diocese of Birmingham. Archdeaconary of Aston

17 - Roman Catholic Church

18 - Nonconformists Dissenters

19 - Minor Denominations

20 - Social Life

21 - Social Life Special Classes

22 - Customs of Public and Private Life, Pageants, Festivals Ceremonies and Other Customs

23 - Inns, Taverns, Public Houses, Hotels, Hospitaity, customes connected with eating and drinking

24 - Clubs and Societies

25 - Amusements, Recreation, Sports and Pastimes

26 - Circuses, Fair and Similar Shows

27 - Parks, Open Spaces, Public Gardens and Pleasure Gardens

28 - Theatres, Music Halls

29 - Legends, Ghost Apparitions, Hauntings

30 - History of Birmingham Government from ealiest times

31 - City Corporation, The Mayor, Aldermen and Council Collectively

32 - Mayoralty

33 - Aldermen

34 - City Council

35 - Freedom Qualifications, Rights and Duties of Citizens

36 - City Officials and Departments

38 - Town Hall

39 - Regional Government

40 - Statistics, Yearbooks of General Statistics

41 - Poor, Life and Labour

42 - Crimes, Offences, Misdemeanours, Juvenile Crime, Special Crimes

43 - Laws, Admisitration of Justice

44 - Markets and Food Supply

45 - Public Health

46 - Medicine Hospitals

47 - Transport, Communication, Traffic Problems

48 - Education, Teaching and Teachers, History and Description of Schools,

49 - Other Services (Gas, Electricity)

50 - Culture in Birmingham

51 - Literary Associations

52 - Literary Associations (Birmingham and Midland Writers Only)

53 - Libraries

54 - Fine Arts, artists, Printing, Sculpture

55 - Music

56 - Architecture in Birmingham

57 - Public Buildings

58 - Domestic Architecture, Household Effecrs, Gardens

59 - Other Cutural Activities

60 - Economic History and Theory

61 - Industrial Organisation

01; 246129 - Report on Birmingham trades, prepared for use in connection with the Juvenile Employment Exchange. (Board of Trade) 11 volumes. 1913-16 NOTE - Separate handbooks on the following trade :- Electro-plate; Printing etc.: Gun and Rifle; Flint glass; Brush; Trades for physically handicapped; Engineering and allied trades; Brass Tool making. SMIRKE (R.S.).

01; 246130 - Printing and the allied trades. Report on Birmingham trades, prepared for use in connection with the Juvenile Employment Exchange (by R.S. Smirke) (Board of Trade) 20pp. 1913. Printers and Printing.

01; 246131 - Smirke (R.S.) The manufacture of sporting guns and rifles. Report on Birmingham trades, prepared for use in connexion with the Juvenile Employment Exchange. 12pp. 1913. Copy at LF61.01. Gun Trade.

01; 246132 - Smirke (R.S.) Jewellery. Report on Birmingham trades, prepared for use in connexion with the Juvenile Employment Exchange. 16pp. 1913. Jewellery and Plate.

01; 246133 - Smirke (R.S.) The manufacture of flint glass and allied trades. Report on Birmingham Trades, prepared for use in connexion with the Juvenile Employment Exchange. (Board of Trade) 16pp. 1913 NOTE :- Also a copy at LF61.01. Glass and Glass Trade.

01; 254376 - Smirke (R.S.) The general brush trade. Report on Birmingham trades, prepared for use in connexion with the Juvenile Employment Exchange (Board of Trade) 9pp. 1913. Brush Trade.

01; 263615 - Smirke (R.S.) Engineering and allied trades. Report on Birmingham Trades, prepared for use in connection with the Juvenile Employment Exchange. (Board of Trade) 59pp. 1916.

01; 269089 - Report on Vanboy labour in Birmingham, prepared for use in connexion with the Juvenile Employment Exchange. (Board of Trade) 24pp. 1913 NOTE - Photocopy at LF61.01. RILEY (LAURENCE A.M.).

01; 269090 - Smirke (R.S.) The tool making trades. Report on Birmingham trades, prepared for use in connection with the Juvenile Employment Exchange. (Board of Trade) 50pp. 1914. Tool Making Trades.

01; 269091 - Smirke (R.S.) The Brass Trade. Report on Birmingham Trades, prepared for use in connection with the Juvenile Employment Exchange. (Board of Trade) 50pp 1914.

01; 278905 - Birmingham commercial and industrial official handbook. Issued by authority of the General Purposes Committee of the Corporation of Birmingham. (Cheltenham) Maps. Illus. 1919.

01; 802744 - Industrial archaeology: an introduction.

2; 604525 - The foreman and production control / [prepared for the Institute of Industrial Supervisors by the Department of Industrial Administration of the Birmingham Central Technical College].

2; 620872 - Training in supervision and management : a paper presented at a meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Birmingham in August, 1950 / published by the Industrial Administration Group of the Students Union of the College of Tech

2; 627806 - A code of management practice relating to the status of the foreman : suggestions arising from the work of a management study group [in the Department of Industrial Administration of the Birmingham Central Technical College].

2; 627807 - The supervisor and the specialists / [a survey undertaken on behalf of the Institute of Industrial Supervisors by F.J.B. Morton].

2; 627808 - The foreman's manual on reading / [prepared for the Institute of Industrial Supervisors by F.J.B. Morton].

2; 627809 - Motion study on the shop floor / [by G.P. Wade ; prepared by the Department of Industrial Administration of the Birmingham Central Technical College ; and planned by the Institute of Industrial Supervisors].

2; 627811 - Industrial organization and administration, from the supervisor's viewpoint.

2; 627812 - The foreman and productivity.

2; 627813 - The foreman and time study.

2; 627814 - The foreman and methods improvement.

2; 627815 - Objects and qualifications for membership.

2; 636060 - Information for foremen.

2; 660282 - Supervision of people / [with a foreword by J.D. Dwyer].

2; 660746 - Maintenance and the supervisor / with a foreword by H.F. Walker and illustrations by R. Martin.

2; 662161 - Industrial equipment and services exhibition : catalogue.

2; 663205 - The supervisor in the mechanical age.

2; 749039 - A matter of costs.

3; 229567 - Report and statement of accounts for 1909-10 etc. 1910. Building Trades Employers' Association (Birmingham).

3; 229812 - Rules. 14pp. 1909. Building Trades Employers' Association (Birmingham).

3; 714757 - Safety and the law : the general principles of employer's liability at common law and under the Factories Act, 1961.

5; 578333 - Industrial relations within Bakelite Limited [including a description of workers' amentities at Tyseley, Birmingham].

5; 661821 - Men & motors : a policy for the industry.

7; 186080 - Sherard (R.H.) The child-slaves of Britain. Including a chapter on child-slavery in Birmingham. Illus. 1905. Children.

8 Missing; 359024 - Birmingham High Court, 1926. Official handbook and souvenir guide. Illus. Map. 1926. Foresters (Ancient Order of).

8, 259178 - Rules of the Benevolent Fund in connection with the Aston Manor and District Licensed Victuallers' Friendly and Protection Society. 13pp. 1867. Aston Manor and District Licensed Victuallers' Friendly Society.

8, 259179 - Rules of the Aston Provident Society held at the National School Room, Aston. 19pp. 1869. Aston Provident Society.

8; 35927 - Rules and tables of the Birmingham General Provident and Benevolent Institution. 4th edition. 30pp. 1845. SANDERS (WILLIAM) M.R.C.S..

8; 72292 - Articles of agreement to establish a Money Society at the Crown and Anchor, Livery Street, Birmingham etc. 11pp. 1802. Money Societies.

8; 72293 - Articles to be observed and kept by the members of a Society, held at the house of S. Fallows, Spring Gardens, Mill Street, Birmingham. 12pp. 1800. Friendly Societies.

8; 72294 - Articles of Agreement between the Members of a (Boat Building) Society, to meet at the House of Mr. John Jones, The Waggon and Horses, Summer Row, Birmingham. 8pp. 1808. Boat Society (Jones's Birmingham).

8; 176109 - Rules and tables for Provident and Independent Institutions. Published by the Society for promoting the establishment of Clubs on sound principles. pp. iv, 36. 1834. Clubs on Sound Principles (Society for Promoting the establishment of). SANDERS (WILLIAM) M.R.C.S..

8; 176109 - Rules and tables of St. Thomas's Provident and Independent Institution. 1834, 1841, 1845, 1854, 1860, 1905, 1912, 1939.

8; 224018 - Directory of the Ancient Order of Foresters Friendly Society for 1910 (66th) Ports. 1910. Foresters (Ancient Order of).

8; 224986 - 76th High Court, Birmingham. A collection of reports and miscellaneous papers. 1910. Report of the Investigation Committee; Programme of arrangements; Address of W.T. Brecknell; Report on Financial returns etc.; Report of Parliamentary Agent; Report of Delegates to the National Conference of Friendly Societies. With forms, circulars, leaflets etc.. Foresters (Ancient Order of).

8; 224987 - General Laws as amended 1909. Foresters (Ancient Order of).

8; 224988 - Programme of business, with Auditor's Report and cash accounts. Ancient Order of Foresters. 1910 High Court, Town Hall, Birmingham. 1909-10.

8; 239339 - Rules and tables of St. Thomas's Provident and Independent Institution, Birmingham. 3rd edition. 1841. SANDERS (WILLIAM) M.R.C.S..

8; 239919 - Rules and tables of the Birmingham General Provident and Benevolent Institution. 6th edition. 47pp. 1854. SANDERS (WILLIAM) M.R.C.S..

8; 239920 - Rules and tables of the Birmingham General Provident and Benevolent Institution. 7th edition. 28pp. 1860. SANDERS (WILLIAM) M.R.C.S..

8; 239921 - Report upon the Birmingham General Provident and Benevolent Institution. Actuarial report upon the quinquennial valuation, 1902, 1907, 1912 etc. NOTE - In Reports 1901-28. SCHOOLING (JOHN HOLT).

8; 260820 - Annual statement etc. 68th (1870). 1871. Union Provident Sick Society.

8; 300175 - Prospectus of the deposit sick pay fund. 16pp. 1902 NOTE - Bound with Reports 1901-28. Provident and Benevolent Institution (Birmingham General).

8; 307785 - Steps towards industrial peace. A pension and assurance sheme in operation. The Birmingham Post and The Birmingham Mail Staff Endowment Scheme. 46pp. 1923. *FORD (Sir BERTRAM JOSEPH TOTTEY).

8; 312212 - Rules and orders to be observed by the members of a Friendly Society who have agreed to meet at the house of Mr. John Overton, Crown and Anchor Tavern, New Thomas Street, Birmingham. 8pp. 1824. Friendly Societies.

8; 359024 - Ancient Order of Foresters. Birmingham High Court, 1926. Official handbook and souvenir guide. Illus. Map. 1926. Guides.

8; 389073 - The annual balance sheets of the "Malt Shovel" Sick & Dividend Society, held at Malt Shovel Inn, Balsall Heath ...

24; 637545 - Safety and factory efficiency exhibition [and congress] Bingley Hall ... : catalogue.

47; 251068 - Boy life and labour. An inquiry undertaken at the request of the Education Committee of the Birmingham City Council. 1914. FREEMAN (ARNOLD).

48; 224633 - City of Birmingham (Unemployed Workmen Act, 1905) : report of the proceedings of the Distress Committee ...

51; 140579 - Rules, reports and prospectus's ...

51; 195459 - Annual report and accounts, 1905-12. With a collection of leaflets, circulars, forms etc. 1906-13. Gas Fitters’ Trade Association.

51; 252178 - Syndicalism. History of the movement in Birmingham. The work of Robert Owen. Newspaper cuttings. 1914. WILLIAMS (HENRY B.). Labour Exchange (National Equitable), Birmingham Branch.

51; 268784 - Presidential address to the 48th Trades Union Congress held in Birmingham. September 4th to 9th, 1916. 10pp. 1916. GOSLING (HARRY).

51; 268785 - French delegate's address to the 48th Trades Union Congress held in Birmingham, September 4th to 9th, 1916. 9pp. 1916. JOUHAUX (M.L.).

51; 389086 - Union of Post Office Workers. Birmingham H.O. Postmen's Branch. Annual report and balance sheet, 1921 (2nd); 1923; 1925; 1927; 1928; 1930 – . 1921 – NOTE - Reports for 1920; 1922; 1924; 1926; 1929 wanting. Post Office Workers (Union of), Birmingham District Council.

51; 390214 - 58th annual general meeting, Birmingham 1931. Report of proceedings, papers read etc. From Journal of the Institution of Municipal and County Engineers. Volume 58. 1931.

51; 661817 - The closed shop and 100% trade unionism / with a foreword by J.L. Jones.

51; 662237 - The foreman : the official organ of the National Foremen's Association of the Engineering and Allied Trades.

51; 800974 - United Kingdom first annual trades' union directory.

52; 154748 - Annual report and balance sheet. 29th to 32nd (1894-8) etc. NOTE - Title for 1918 was Birmingham Trades Council and Central Labour Party. Title for 1920, Birmingham Trades Council and Borough Labour Party. Trades Council (Birmingham).

52; 159686 - Birmingham Industrial Polytechnic Exhibition, 1901. Official guide to the exhibition and Birmingham. Map. Illus. 1901.

52; 662223 - Cash book, 1866-70.

52; 752925 - The Birmingham Trades Council, 1866-1966;.

53; 141355 - Birmingham and District Early Closing Record. Monthly organ of the Birmingham and District Early Closing Association. Volume 1 and part of volume 2. 1894-5.

53; 141356 - Birmingham and District Early Closing Record. Monthly organ of the Birmingham and District Early Closing Association. Remainder of volume 2 and volumes 3 - 15. Numbers 143 - 150 wanting. 14 volumes. 1895 - 1908.

53; 662031 - Schedule of wages rates / arranged by the Conciliation Board, 14 June, 1919.

54; 269933 - Dispute in the Chandelier and Gas-fitting trades. The Chandelier and Gas Fitting Trade Employers' Association and the National Society of Amalgamated Brassworkers. Report of the proceedings in the court of Arbitration held in Queen's Hotel, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 30th April, 1879. George Dixon, Arbitrator. 1879. DIXON (GEORGE) M.P. Works relating to.

59; 266202 - Souvenir of the forty-eighth annual Trade Union Congress held at Birmingham, September 1916, compiled fro the Souvenir Committee by W.A. Dalley and A. Eades. Illus. Ports. 1916. DALLEY (WILLIAM A.), EADES (ALBERT).

59; 266952 - Parliamentary Committee's report to the 48th annual Congress, to be held in the Town Hall, Birmingham, 1916. (London) 1916. Trade Unions, Birmingham Congress, 1916.

59; 266953 - Statistical statement and alphabetical list of delegates appointed to attend the 48th annual Trade Union Congress, to be held in the Town Hall, Birmingham, 1916. (London) 40pp. 1916. Trade Unions, Birmingham Congress, 1916.

59; 266954 - Agenda for the 48th annual Trade Union Congress, held in the Town Hall, Birmingham, September 4th 1916. (London) 64pp. 1916. Trade Unions, Birmingham Congress, 1916.

59; 266955 - Report of proceedings at the 48th annual Trade Union Congress, held in the Town Hall, Birmingham, 1916. (London) 1916. Trade Unions, Birmingham Congress, 1916.

59; 268785 - French delegate's (L. Jouhaux) address to the 48th Trade Union Congress, held in Birmingham, September 4th 1916. 9pp. 1916. Trade Unions, Birmingham Congress, 1916.

401; 226764 - Exchange notes to the value of 1, 2, 5, 10, 20, 40 and 80 hours. With newspaper cuttings. 1833 - 1912. Labour Exchange (National Equitable), Birmingham Branch.

401; 231184 - The uses of an employment bureau. A paper read at the 1st annual meeting of the Birmingham Gentlewomen's Employment Bureau 1904. 8pp. 1904. SPENCER (Miss M.G.).

62 - Commerce, Commercial Interests

63 - Finance, Banking, Public Finance

64 - Trades and Manufactures

65 - Engineering and Technology

66 - Chemical and Allied Industries

67 - Manufactures

68 - Specialised Trades and Craftys

69 - Other Industries

70 - History: Sources

71 - History: General

72 - History: Before the Conquest

73 - Histories of Specific Periods

74 - Relations with Foreign Countires. Colonial Relations

75 - Military, Naval and Air History

76 - Political History

77 - Geneaology, Heraldry

78 - Biography

79 - Collections of Portraits, Catalogues of Portraits

80 - Topography and description

81 - Birmingham as described by foreign travellers

82 - Vestiges of Old Birmingham and Midlands

83 - Guides to Birmiongham and Surrounding Country

84 - Maps and Plans

85 - Views, Prospects, Panoramas

86 - Improvement Schemes to 1939

87 - Reconstruction and Redevelopment: 1940s onwards

88 - Conservation, Environment

89 - Particular streets and localites

90 - Parishes

91 - Suburbs and Districs in Warwickshire

92 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Worcestershie

93 - Suburbs and Districts transferred from Stafforsdhire

99 - West Midlands, Black Country

B.Col - The Birmingham Collection

F - Large volumes (folio)

FF - Extra large volumes

p - Pamphlets

pp - Large pamphlets

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