| Description | These papers primarily comprise agendas for meetings of the Birmingham branch, but there are also some minutes. Both agendas and minutes are compiled in the form of circular letters to members of the organisation. Most of this material dates from the early 1960s, but there are also some agendas and minutes for the late 1960s and for meetings in 1974 and 1975.
There are agendas for the following meetings:
Birmingham branch executive committee, 19 March 1961, held at 94 Floyer Road, Small Heath
Birmingham branch executive committee, 23 April 1961, 119 Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham
Birmingham branch executive committee, 24 June 1961, 119 Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham
Birmingham branch executive committee, 26 August 1961, 27 Grantham Road, Smethwick
Birmingham branch meeting, 1 October 1961. This circular also contains details about the biennial General Council meeting of the Indian Workers Association, to be held 7-8 October 1961 at Digbeth Civic Hall
Birmingham branch emergency meeting, 5 November 1961, 119 Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham
Birmingham branch General Body Meeting, 7 January 1962, James Watt Technical Junior School, Smethwick
Birmingham branch executive committee meeting 25 March 1962, 27 Grantham Road, Smethwick
Emergency Birmingham branch executive committee meeting 7 April 1962, 119 Soho Road
Birmingham branch meeting, 20 May 1962
Birmingham branch executive committee meeting, 26 August 1962, 27 Grantham Road, Smethwick
Birmingham branch executive committee meeting 28 October 1962, 121 Cambridge Road, Smethwick; the venue was later changed to the Digbeth Institute, Birmingham, due to the Cuban missile crisis, to enable Indian Workers Association members to attend a rally organised by the Hands Off Cuba committee, of which the Indian Workers Association was a sponsor.
Birmingham branch executive committee meeting 2 December 1962, 121 Cambridge Road, Smethwick
Birmingham branch executive committee meeting, 15 December 1962, 119 Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham
Birmingham branch executive committee meeting, 10 February 1963, 119 Soho Road, Handsworth, Birmingham
Birmingham branch meeting, 13 April 1963, 121 Cambridge Road, Smethwick
Birmingham branch Biennial General meeting, 28 April 1963, Digbeth Civic Hall, Birmingham
Birmingham branch General Body Meeting, 8 May 1966 at Birmingham Town Hall
Birmingham branch executive committee meeting, 18 June 1967, 4 Regent Street, Smethwick, preceded by Social Programmes 17 and 18 June 1967, Birmingham branch meeting 14 December 1969, 8 Cambridge Road, Smethwick
Birmingham branch executive committee meeting 7 August 1970, in Punjabi, 8 Sycamore Road
Birmingham branch Local Committee meeting 29 July 1973, in Punjabi
Birmingham branch meeting, 7 January 1974, 8 Sycamore Road, Smethwick
Birmingham branch executive committee meeting, 10 February 1974, 8 Sycamore Road, Smethwick; the venue was later changed to Digbeth Civic Hall, following a Central Committee meeting held there
Birmingham branch committee meeting, 9 March 1974, 147 Aubrey Road
Birmingham branch committee meeting, 20 April 1974, 101 Whitehall Road, Handsworth
Birmingham branch committee meeting, 16 June 1974, 8 Sycamore Road, Smethwick
Birmingham branch committee meeting, 18 January 1975, 210 Stratford Road, Sparkbrook
Emergency Birmingham branch committee meeting, 10 August 1975, 8 Sycamore Road, Smethwick
There are minutes for the following meetings:
Birmingham branch executive committee meeting, 13 December 1964
Birmingham branch executive committee meeting 17 September 1966
Birmingham branch executive committee meeting, 20 May 1967, 4 Regent Street, Smethwick
Birmingham branch meeting 24 November 1971, Star Inn Pub, in Punjabi
Birmingham branch committee meeting 6 January 1974, 210 Stratford Road, in Punjabi
Birmingham branch meeting, 19 January 1975
There are two handwritten annual reports of the Birmingham branch, written in Punjabi. One details the activities of the branch 1961-1962; the other is a bi-annual report of the branch, giving information about its activities from 21 March 1976 until 19 August 1978
There is also a handwritten note containing the signatures of members who attended an undated meeting held at 119 Soho Road, Handsworth which did not go ahead because there were not enough people, and a receipt of items received in the presence of the previous committee members 29 July 1973, in Punjabi |