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Minutes of the Management Committee Meetings, 1939 - 1945

 Item — Box: Showmen's Guild Box 2
Reference code: 178H40.11

Scope and Contents

Bound minutes of meetings in green fabric with red spine and corners containing information on section updates and issues, appeals, performing rights, fairs, diesel oil and other supplies, General Secretary's report, vehicles and gas raids, the Spitfire fund, government's compulsory insurance scheme, accounts, Charter Fairs preservation, the use of traction engines by the Ministry of Agriculture, memberships, benevolent funds, the war damage act and compensation and rules among other matters. Signed by the Chairmen J. E. Browne and William Lennards. Manuscript.

Dates

  • Creation: 1939 - 1945

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Guild records are closed to the public. Access is only permitted to Guild members. Secondary documents such as newspaper cuttings can be consulted by the general public. Access to the public may be granted upon direct request to the Showmen's Guild of Great Britain

Conditions Governing Use

Copies may be supplied or produced at the discretion of the National Fairground and Circus Archive, subject to copyright law and condition of the material

Extent

1 Item(s) ; 216mm x 334mm

Language of Materials

From the Fonds: English

Arrangement

Catalogued according to type

Physical Description

Has insect damage and frass

Repository Details

Part of the National Fairground and Circus Archive Repository

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