Scottish Milk Marketing Board Special Collection
- Reference:GB 605 DC024
- Dates of Creation:November 1940 – March 1987
- Name of Creator:
- Language of Material:English
- Physical Description:0.2 metres
Scope and Content
Newspaper cuttings spanning a period of forty-eight years, from a selection of local and national newspapers; photographs depicting board members; obituaries of board member and persons associated with the milk marketing industry in Scotland; health care issues, e.g. Heart Disease (Book 6); subsequent replies to reports/surveys; date, time and place of Scottish Milk Marketing Board AGMs over the decades; Urquhart, Robert. History of the Scottish Milk Marketing Board, T. & A. Constable Ltd: Edinburgh, 1979.
Administrative / Biographical History
The Scottish Milk Marketing Board collection contains, 11 ledgers containing some 35,000 press cuttings arranged chronologically and 2 ledgers of press cuttings awaiting attention. A written history of the Scottish Milk Marketing Board is held with the press cuttings archive. Individual calendar of the collection have been, or are being, compiled and are available via the University of the West of Scotland, Library web page. This purpose built calendar can also be consulted at the University Library.
Access Information
Open.
Acquisition Information
Gift: Milk Marketing Board, Paisley, 1998.
Note
Arrangement incomplete as of, 15th March 2005.
Other Finding Aids
Calendar indexing the collection chronologically available online via Library web site, Special Collections page; printed calendar listing collection held at University of the West of Scotland, Robertson Trust Library, Special Collections.
Alternative Form Available
No known copies.
Archivist's Note
Fonds-level description compiled by Allison Buchanan, Special Collections Librarian, March 2005.
Conditions Governing Use
Applications for permission to quote should be sent to University's Chief Librarian.
Appraisal Information
This material has been appraised in line with standard GB 0605 procedures
Custodial History
Collection formerly in the custody of the creator.
Accruals
None expected.
Related Material
No related material.
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