| Description | Correspondence; flyers; and administrative papers relating to the Wolverhampton branch of the Indian Workers Association, mainly dating from the late 1960s, but including correspondence dated 1979 and a small amount of material from the 1980s and 1990s
Papers consist of:
/1 circular letter from Jagmohan Joshi, General Secretary of the Indian Workers Association, to members of the Wolverhampton branch inviting them to attend the General Body Meeting of the branch at Wolverhampton Civic Hall, 16 July at which elections of office bearers and the branch executive committee will be held. The year of this event is not given, but it is likely to have taken place during the mid or late 1960s
/2 letter from M. S. Saini of the Wolverhampton branch to Jagmohan Joshi , 17 July 1967, discussing recent branch elections which Saini suggests were not conducted fairly
/3 copy letter from M. S. Basra, Secretary of the Wolverhampton branch, to the President of the Indian Workers Association, with copies to Jagmohan Joshi, General Secretary, and Surjit Singh Mann, Treasurer, 20 November 1967, withdrawing the branch from the central Indian Workers Association after recent Central Executive Committee elections failed to take place, and requesting the return of membership fees paid to the Treasurer
/4 typescript document setting out the resolutions passed by the Wolverhampton branch at a meeting to celebrate Indian Independence Day 11 August 1968
/5 handwritten document setting out the resolutions passed by the Wolverhampton branch at the Annual General Meeting 15 June 1969
/6 letter from D. S. Judge, Secretary of the Wolverhampton branch, to the Manager of Lloyds Bank, Wolverhampton, 27 August 1969 concerning the payment of funds from the branch accounts
/7 letter from G. S. Kandola, acting Secretary of the Wolverhampton branch to Avtar Jouhl, President of the Indian Workers Association, inviting Jouhl and Teja Singh Sahota to a branch meeting to be held 2 September 1979, to discuss matters relating to the branch that need to be resolved
/8 photocopy of a letter from Gurdip Chandarh, General Secretary of the Guru Ravi Dass Welfare Association in Walsall, to the President of the Indian Workers Association and the Dalit-Mukti-Alliance, 14 August 1979, complaining about his treatment at the Wolverhampton branch Independence Day celebrations 12 August 1979, at which he had been asked to speak.
/9 photocopy of a letter in English and Punjabi from Mohan Singh Mehli consisting of an invitation to a meeting focusing on the political situation in India, held at the Polytechnical College, Wolverhampton, 4 September 1988
/10 photocopy of a letter in Punjabi, published in the 'Punjab Guardian' 1-15 October 1989, written by Mohan Singh Mehli in response to a previous letter by Bhupinder Singh, discussing issues raised on dowry practices
/11 flyer in Punjabi giving details about martyrs day celebrations to be held at Dunstel Hill Community Centre to celebrate Indian Independence 30 November 1997
/12 undated typescript lists giving the names, addresses and positions of members of the Wolverhampton branch executive committee
/13 press release issued by the Central Executive Committee of the Indian Workers Association giving details about a festival of Indo-Pak culture organised by the Wolverhampton branch at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton 23 November. The year of this event is not given. |