Archive relating to the strike at the tweed mill of William Bliss & Son, Chipping Norton
Archive relating to the strike at the tweed mill of William Bliss & Son, Chipping Norton, 1914, collected by Sir George Clark.
The collection was put together in 1919.
(fols. 94-98) are missing.
Dates
- Creation: 1914
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Top. Oxon. c. 523, fols. 1-2]
Shelfmark:
MS. Top. Oxon. c. 523
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 18221
Abstract
Archive relating to the strike at the tweed mill of William Bliss & Son, Chipping Norton, 1914, collected by Sir George Clark.
Biographical / Historical
Sir George Norman Clark (1890–1979) was a British historian.
A strike was organised from December 1913 to June 1914 by the workers of William Bliss & Son mill in Chipping Norton. The workers demanded the right to join a trades union.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. II, no. 54643.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given by Sir George Clark, 1943.
Subject
- William Bliss & Son (Organisation)
- Clark | Sir | George Norman | 1890-1979 | Knight | historian (Person)
- Dunstan | Arthur H. | b. 1867 | managing director (Person)
- Title
- Archive relating to the strike at the tweed mill of William Bliss & Son, Chipping Norton
- Status
- Published
- Date
- EAD version 2020 by Pauline Soum-Paris
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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