Guide to the Letters of the Cooperative Union Ltd (as filmed by the AJCP), 1830-1905

Summary

Collection number:

M865

Creator:

Co-operative Union

Extent:

74 items

Language:

English

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Availability:

Available

Access conditions:

Available for reference.

Background

Content Summary:

Papers 1830-55 of Robert Owen, referring to National Colonisation Society, transportation of Dorsetshire labourers in 1834, and other matters. Correspondents include Robert Gouger.

Papers of George Holyoake 1852-1905 referring to emigration, activities of relatives and friends in Australia, the case of Gerald Supple in Melbourne, politics in the colonies and the cooperative movement. Correspondents include Horatio Holyoake, Gerald Supple, Sir Henry Parkes and Emma Hornblower.

Biographical / Historical:

The Cooperative Central Board, later the Cooperative Union, was set up in 1869, with its headquarters in Manchester, as an advisory body for cooperative societies in Britain. The businessman and socialist Robert Owen (1771-1858) was one of the founders of the cooperative movement. George Holyoake (1817-1906) became an Owenite in 1838, supported the Rochdale Cooperative Society in the 1840s, and was one of the leading propagandists of the cooperative movement.

Related

Existence and Location of Copies:

The original AJCP microfilm of the records filmed from this collection is available at the National Library of Australia [https://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn725645] as well as other institutions holding AJCP microfilm.

Existence and Location of Originals:

Cooperative Union Ltd, Manchester, England. For further information see Cooperative Union Ltd (http://www.archive.coop/about-the-archive).

Conditions Governing Access:

Available for Access.

Conditions Governing Use:

Many of the records digitised as part of the AJCP are still in copyright. Readers wishing to publish or reproduce documents should seek permission, in the first instance, from the owner of the original material.

Preferred citation:

Acknowledgement of use of this material should refer to the location of the original material and to the Australian Joint Copying Project.

Items from this collection should include references to the location of the original material and to the AJCP nla.obj number, which serves as the online identifier for the digital copy.

Example: M Series: Journal of Capt. James Cook, 18 February 1770, British Library Add. MS 27885 (AJCP ref: http://nla.gov.au/nla.obj-1234)

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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