Barrhead Co-operative Society

• Reference:GB 3143 2
• Dates of Creation:1915 - 1965
• Name of Creator:
  Barrhead Co-operative Society
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  23 volumes 0.66 l.m.. Bound volumes

• Scope and Content

  The bulk of this archive consists of the minute books of the Society's Education Committee Minutes, 1936-61. There is also material relating to associated (?) Women's Guilds, a bound volume of "The Scottish Co-operator" for the year 1915, and the account book of "Miss Brown ...in account with John Gibb and Son" [It seems that this last item may be extraneous: it is possible that it had been stored in the box containing the Co-op records without any prior natural association].

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The Barrhead Co-operative Society was officially inaugurated on 11th January 1861 and opened its first shop in Main Street beside Bourock Parish Church. It ran its own grocers, bakers, butchers, hardware department, delivery of coal and milk, drapery, and education committee [Information from ERC's "Portal to the Past"].

• Arrangement

  The fonds has been arranged by the following series:

  1 Education Committee Minutes

  2 Women's Guilds

  3 Accounts

  4 Misc.

• Access Information

  There are no restrictions on access

• Acquisition Information

  The material was transferred to the Archives along with other records as part of accession 2006/02 by Amanda Robb, Local Studies Librarian, on 20th September 2006.

• Note

  This description was based on the General International Standard for Archival Description and East Renfrewshire Council's Manual of Listing and Archival Description.

• Other Finding Aids

  An item level list has been prepared and is searchable on the archives database.

• Archivist's Note

  Description prepared by Craig Geddes, Council Records Manager; 15th- 30th May 2007

• Conditions Governing Use

  Contact Records Manager

• Appraisal Information

  All items have been appraised as worthy of permanent archival retention.

• Custodial History

  This archive was acquired by Eastwood District Libraries or East Renfrewshire Council's Community and Leisure Department some time prior to 2006. It was latterly stored in the Neilston Leisure Centre in boxes marked "ARCHIVE 7" and "ARCHIVE 5". No further information on the archival history of this material is available.

• Accruals

  The obvious gap in this collection is the main series of minutes of the Co-operative Society, but no further accruals are expected.

• Related Material

  Barrhead Co-operative Society "Ephemera" held by ERC Libraries. Published Volumes "History of Barrhead Co-op.", by Robert Murray, also available at ERC Libraries.