Minutes, 1904-1908

One handwritten volume, which includes minutes of the Committee from 27 July 1904 to 11 April 1908. The volume includes newspaper cuttings on some of the meetings along with letters, and notes referred to in the meetings pasted onto pages. Subjects discussed include the running of the Co operative News and printing work done for other organisations, sales of newspapers and advertising, publicity, organisation of employees’ picnics and social events, news coverage of and attendance at co-operative events and correspondence with clients. Loose papers: memorandum dated 17 June 1908 from J Moulding, the Father of chapel of the Co-operative News thanking the committee for granting the usual week’s holiday for staff, postcard dated 15 November 1904 from George Jacob Holyoake congratulating the committee on the circulation reaching 68,000, letter dated 21 December 1904 from Mr Fitzgerald retiring with regret from the Board owing to other demands on his time, order form for Modern Business magazine undated, letter from William Maxwell of the Scottish Co operative Wholesale Society dated 18 February 1908 concerning the potential to unite the Scottish Co-operator and the Co-operative News, article Co-operative production: present state and future possibilities by F Denman dated March 1908, notice of Co-operative Union North Western Section North East Lancashire District Co-operative Association quarterly conference 7 March 1908, printed masthead for No 1 of The Old Millgate dated 29 April 1905 [earlier name for Millgate Monthly], Amalgamated Union of Co-operative Employees North-Western District Council Minimum Scale of Wages dated November 1906, letter from Co-operative Wholesale Society Newcastle Branch dated 19 July 1906 concerning the proposed photographic competition in Millgate Monthly, letter of thanks from Women’s Co operative Guild Manchester Branch dated 19 October 1906 for the visit to the offices, letter dated 9 September 1907 from Mr Briggs giving apologies for a meeting, letter dated 2 September 1907 from Co-operative Union Northern Section agreeing to a date for a deputation to meet the Educational Sub-committee, letter from the Barnsley British Co-operative Society dated 10 September 1907 giving apologies for a meeting, agenda for the 1 February 1908 meeting, notice of the quarterly meeting of the Society February 1908, blank card of admission to the Co operative Union Conference of Teachers 11 April 1908, letter from Wm Thomson & Sons of Huddersfield dated 22 July 1908 concerning a private function, table of votes in unnamed election 11 May 1907, three handwritten undated lists of names, one of co-operative societies, letter from Radcliffe and Pilkington Co-operative Society dated 10 December 1907 concerning the decision to give the current issue of the Co-operative News to all new members, circular dated 20 August 1906 from the Manchester Typographical Society concerning minimum wages, letter from L Kuridzky in St Petersburgh, undated, concerning co-operation in Russia, notice of Co-operative Union North Western Section Macclesfield, Crewe and District Co operative Association conference 29 February 1908.