Records of the Turriff Mutual Improvement Association

• Reference:GB 228 DD1059
• Dates of Creation:1857 - 1932
• Name of Creator:
  Turriff Mutual Improvement Association formerly the Turriff Young Man's Mutual Improvement Association
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  11 volumes in 1 A4 archive box

• Scope and Content

  Minute books

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Formed as the Turriff Young Men's Mutual Improvement Association in Feb 1857, which took over the library and merged with the Turriff Mutual Improvement Society under the name of the Turriff Mutual Improvement Association in 1857/1858 [Source: Banffshire Journal 16 Nov 1858 p.6]. The Association was still operating into the 1930s.

• Access Information

  Open

• Other Finding Aids

  Please see the Aberdeen City & Aberdeenshire Archives catalogue at https://archives.aberdeencity.gov.uk/CalmView/. There is also a paper list available in our Old Aberdeen House Search Room.

• Custodial History

  Unknown

• Subjects

  Society