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Records of the Clerical and Secretarial Staffs Association of the University of Liverpool (1965 - 1984)

Reference	A80
Physical Description	6 series of records

Scope and Content

The archive includes minutes (1965 - 1973), Report Books (1965 - 1984), Papers for General Meetings of the Association (1965 - 1985), a draft history of the Association, certificates verifying the Association as a Trades Union (1970s) and publicity material relating to a pay dispute (1996).

Administrative / Biographical History

The Clerical and Secretarial Staffs Association (CSSA) established in 1965; became a branch of the Association of Scientific, Technical and Managerial Staffs (ASTMS) in 1985, merged with TASS in January 1988 to become MSF (Manufacturing Science Finance)

Acquisition Information

Deposited by Mr. Frank Barlow 13th December 1988

Related Material

The University Archives holds, in its reference library, a set of the Association/Branch Newsletter, Scan, Nos. 1-, Feb. 1973 to date

Access Points

Subjects
Trade-unions college employees
Industrial relations
Trade-unions recognition
Corporate Names
University of Liverpool Clerical and Secretarial Staffs Association

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Minutes of the CSSA and Investment Sub-Committee (Jan. 1965 - Sept. 1973, and of its March 1981 - Feb. 1985)

Reference	A80/1/1-2
Physical Description	2 items

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Report Books of the CSSA (which include Minutes and Agenda Papers of the Association) (1965-66, 1973-84)

Reference	A80/2/1-8
Physical Description	8 items

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Report Book of the CSSA (including Minutes and Agenda Papers) (Jan. 1965- Oct. 1966)

Reference	A80/2/1
Physical Description	1 volume

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Report Book of the CSSA (including Minutes and Agenda Papers) (Oct. 1973- Jan. 1976)

Reference	A80/2/2
Physical Description	1 volume

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Report Book of the CSSA (including Minutes and Agenda Papers) (Feb. 1976 - Jan. 1977)

Reference	A80/2/3
Physical Description	1 volume

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Report Book of the CSSA (including Minutes and Agenda Papers) (Feb. 1977 - Jan. 1978)

Reference	A80/2/4
Physical Description	1 volume

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Report Book of the CSSA (including Minutes and Agenda Papers) (Feb. 1978 - Jan. 1979)

Reference	A80/2/5
Physical Description	1 volume

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Report Book of the CSSA (including Minutes and Agenda Papers) (Feb. 1979 - Jan. 1980)

Reference	A80/2/6
Physical Description	1 volume

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Report Book of the CSSA (including Minutes and Agenda Papers) (Feb. 1980 - Jan. 1982)

Reference	A80/2/7
Physical Description	1 volume

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Report Book of the CSSA (including Minutes and Agenda Papers) (Feb. 1982 - Jan. 1984)

Reference	A80/2/8
Physical Description	1 volume

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Papers for General Meetings of the CSSA (1965 - 79, and 1980-85)

Reference	A80/3/1-2
Physical Description	2 items

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Manuscript and typescript draft history of the Association ((1964) - 1981)

Reference	A80/4/1
Physical Description	1 bundle

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Certificates (1 Nov. 1976)

Reference	A80/5/1-3
Physical Description	3 items

Scope and Content

Framed and glazed certificates of the Association's entry in the list of trade unions under the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974 (15 Oct. 1974), registration as a trade union under the Industrial Relations Act 1971 (28 July 1972), and certification as an independent trade union within the meaning of Section 30 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations Act 1974

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Leaflets and Press Release regarding pay dispute (1996)

Reference	A80/6/1-4
Physical Description	4 items

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Records of the Liverpool Association of University Teachers (LAUT) (1918 - 2000)

Reference	A30, D209
Physical Description	5 items

Administrative / Biographical History

At a meeting of the teaching staff of the University held on 12 January 1920, with the Vice-Chancellor (Dr. J. George Adami) in the chair, it was unanimously resolved that a Liverpool University branch of the Association of University Teachers should be formed. The first meeting of the branch was held on 26 Jan 1920. The AUT itself had been founded in 1919.

The AUT's origins may be traced back to a meeting in 1909 of non-professorial staff at the University of Liverpool, convened by Mr R Douglas Laurie and Dr Joseph Pearson, Demonstrators and Assistant Lecturers in Zoology, which resolved to establish a Junior Staff Association. Mr Douglas Laurie left the University for Aberystwyth in 1918 and became the AUT's first President (1919-20), later serving as the AUT's Secretary from 1920 until his death in 1953.

Acquisition Information

A030: These records were deposited by Mrs. Betty McMinn, Administrative Secretary of the LAUT, on 10 July 1982 (re records given the references of A030/4/1-4 and A030/5/1) and on 7 March 2003 (in respect of the other records here listed).

Custodial History

A list of the surviving records of LAUT, including AUT and other publications, then in the custody of the Hon. General Secretary, Mr. A. J. Peters, in the School of Education was made in August 1979 (see List). Unfortunately, without the knowledge of the University Archives, a large number of these records were destroyed in early 1982, whereby A030 represents the residue which was not destroyed.

Archivist's Note

Listed by Adrian Allan.

Finding aid created by Roy Lumb, converted from a Microsoft Word file into EAD 2002 using Xemacs Open Source Text Editor

Access Points

Subjects
Liverpool University Staff
Liverpool University Societies etc.
Liverpool University Trades-union
Corporate Names
Liverpool Association of University Teachers

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Association of University Teachers: copies of published Rules, Memoranda, Minutes, etc. ((1918)-1920, 1980)

Reference	A030/1/1-10
Physical Description	10 items

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Recommendations of the Conference of University Lecturers ((1918))

Reference	A030/1/1
Physical Description	1 item

Scope and Content

Abstracted from their Memorandum drawn up in March 1918.

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Circular letter to members of the AUT (22 Oct 1919)

Reference	A030/1/2
Physical Description	1 item

Scope and Content

About the AUT and its objectives, from the President.

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Memorandum of the University College London AUT for presentation to the meeting of the Council of the AUT in November 1919 (Oct 1919)

Reference	A030/1/3
Physical Description	1 item

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Copy of covering circular letter of T.B. Abell, University of Liverpool (24 Nov 1919)

Reference	A030/1/4
Physical Description	1 item

Scope and Content

(Abell was representative of the University's Senate at the Conference of University Lecturers held at Bristol in Summer 1919) letter sending out draft Rules of the AUT, etc.

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Rules of the A.U.T. (Dec 1919)

Reference	A030/1/5
Physical Description	1 item

Note

(Adopted by the AUT's Council, 12 and 13 Dec 1919)

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Circular letter of members of the Parliamentary and Publicity Committee of the A.U.T. to the Councils and Vice-Chancellors of the Universities in England, Wales, and Ireland. (1920)

Reference	A030/1/6
Physical Description	1 item

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Copy of Minutes of a meeting of representatives of the professorial and non-professorial staffs of the Universities, University Colleges and Colleges of University rank in England, Wales, and Ireland, held in London on 24 and 25 March 1920. (1920)

Reference	A030/1/7
Physical Description	1 item

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Memorandum issued by the Council of the AUT (27 March 1920)

Reference	A030/1/8
Physical Description	1 item

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AUT : Report on Salaries paid to teachers in certain Universities, University Colleges, and Institutions of University Rank in England, Wales, and Ireland. (May 1920)

Reference	A030/1/9
Physical Description	1 item

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AUT : Agenda for Council Meeting, 15-17 May 1980 (at the University of Liverpool) (1980)

Reference	A030/1/10
Physical Description	1 item

Scope and Content

Together with some papers relating to the Liverpool organisation for the meeting.

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Reprints of articles about the A.U.T. ((Nov 1920))

Reference	A030/2/1,2
Physical Description	2 items

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Reprint of 'Superannuation of University Teachers' from Nature ((11 Nov 1920))

Reference	A030/2/1
Physical Description	1 item

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Reprint of 'University Teachers' Pensions' from The Times Educational Supplement ((18 Nov 1920))

Reference	A030/2/2
Physical Description	1 item

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Rules of the Liverpool Association of University Teachers (1921, 1984-85, n.d.)

Reference	A030/3/1-6
Physical Description	6 items

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Rules of the Association of Teachers of the University of Liverpool (Dec 1921)

Reference	A030/3/1
Physical Description	1 item

Scope and Content

(2 copies, one date stamped '9 DEC 1921')

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Proposed amendments to LAUT Rules (14 Nov 1984)

Reference	A030/3/2
Physical Description	1 item

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LAUT Rules (May 1985)

Reference	A030/3/3
Physical Description	1 item

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LAUT Rules (n.d. [?1970s])

Reference	A030/3/4
Physical Description	1 item

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Proposed Amendments to LAUT Rules (n.d. [?early 1980s])

Reference	A030/3/5
Physical Description	1 item

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AUT : Model Local Rules (n.d. [?1990s])

Reference	A030/3/6
Physical Description	1 item

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Minutes of Annual General Meetings, General Meetings, and Special/Emergency Meetings (and of the Executive Committee) of the Liverpool Association of University Teachers (1920-99)

Reference	A030/4/1-5
Physical Description	5 items

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Minutes (1919-[1948])

Reference	A030/4/1
Physical Description	(1 vol.)

Scope and Content

Minutes of (a) a meeting of the teaching staff of the University of Liverpool at which it was decided to form the LAUT, 12 Jan 1920, (b) subsequent meetings of the General Meeting up to that held on 21 May 1948, and (c) the Executive Committee, 18 Feb 1920 - 20 May [1948]. Loose papers in the volume mainly comprise: copies of the minutes of the AUT, 1919-36; letter from the General Secretary of the AUT, 1920; and letters received by the Secretary of the LAUT, 1923 and 1944.

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Ordinary, Special, and General Meetings and Executive Committee, minutes (1948-72)

Reference	A030/4/2
Physical Description	(1 vol.)

Scope and Content

Minutes of (a) Ordinary, Special, and General Meetings, 25 June 1948-7 Nov 1972 and (b) the Executive Committee, 4 Nov 1948 - 13 Dec 1972.

A number of the minutes of the 1960s - 1972 are duplicated typescript, loose in the volume. Includes some agenda papers: Annual accounts, Secretary's annual reports, etc.

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Minutes of AGMs (27 Oct 1970 - 13 June 1979)

Reference	A030/4/3
Physical Description	(folder)

Scope and Content

(Signed minutes)

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Minutes of Ordinary and Emergency General Meetings, (7 May 1970 - 19 March 1980)

Reference	A030/4/4
Physical Description	(folder)

Scope and Content

(Signed minutes)

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Agenda papers (including copies of minutes) of AGMs, General Meetings, Membership Meetings, and Special Meetings (envelope) (1972-95, 1999)

Reference	A030/4/5
Physical Description	(envelope)

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Minutes and agenda papers of the Executive Committee of the Liverpool Association of University Teachers (1970-2000)

Reference	A030/5/1-4
Physical Description	4 items

Note

For minutes 1920-70, see A030/4/1-2

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Minutes of the Executive Committee (6 May 1970 - 20 May 1980)

Reference	A030/5/1
Physical Description	(folder)

Scope and Content

(Signed minutes)

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Agenda papers (including copies of minutes) of the Committee (1996-2000)

Reference	A030/5/2-4
Physical Description	3 items

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9 Dec 1996 - 16 June 1998 (9 Dec 1996 - 16 June 1998)

Reference	A030/5/2
Physical Description	(envelope)

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16 June 1998 - 15 July 1999 (16 June 1998 - 15 July 1999)

Reference	A030/5/3
Physical Description	(envelope)

Scope and Content

also LAUT Committee nominations 1999/2000 and LAUT Committee membership list 2000/01

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15 Sept 1999 - 12 April 2000 (15 Sept 1999 - 12 April 2000)

Reference	A030/5/4
Physical Description	(envelope)

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Circulars of the Hon.Secretary/Committee of the Liverpool Association of University Teachers to its members (1920-21 & 1994-2000)

Reference	A030/6/1-2
Physical Description	2 items

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Copies of duplicated typescript circular letters of the Hon. Secretary (Stanley T. Burfield) (20 Jan 1920 - 1921)

Reference	A030/6/1
Physical Description	(envelope)

Scope and Content

Also copy of Memorandum issued by the Council of the Association of University Teachers (27 March 1920), lists of members of the LAUT (year ending 30 Sept 1920, and n.d. [?1921]), and Statements of Accounts for the years ending 30 Sept 1920 and 30 Sept 1921.

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Copies of LAUT Committee's circulars, and notices (of meetings), and also of a few AUT circulars (25 Jan 1994 - Oct 2000)

Reference	A030/6/2
Physical Description	(envelope)

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Correspondence and other papers of the Liverpool Association of University Teachers (1970-2000)

Reference	A030/7/1-6
Physical Description	6 items

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Structure of the University of Liverpool and Conditions of Service of Full-time academic staff of the University (1970-72)

Reference	A030/7/1
Physical Description	(envelope)

Scope and Content

Reports of meetings of LAUT representatives with the Vice-Chancellor, draft Conditions of Service produced by a working party of LAUT, LAUT memoranda on study leave and proposed model clauses regarding study leave, etc., and related papers.

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Joint Consultative Committee: the University and the LAUT (1973-76)

Reference	A030/7/2
Physical Description	(envelope)

Scope and Content

Agenda papers, and correspondence of the Chairman of LAUT and related papers.

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Education Reform Bill (1987-88)

Reference	A030/7/3
Physical Description	(envelope)

Scope and Content

Copies of AUT and LAUT circulars on the Bill and its implications for tenure and academic freedom, together with copies of letters on the subject received by LAUT members from their MP's and government ministers, and associated papers.

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AUT Salaries Campaign/Examinations Boycott (1987-89, 1992)

Reference	A030/7/4
Physical Description	(envelope)

Scope and Content

AUT and LAUT circulars; correspondence of the LAUT Chairperson with the AUT, LAUT members, the Vice-Chancellor, etc, 1987-89.

Also correspondence and papers re campaign for a Pay Review Body, 1992.

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Correspondence of Dr Andrew Taylor (LAUT Chairperson) (June 1996 - June 2000)

Reference	A030/7/5
Physical Description	(envelope)

Scope and Content

With the AUT, the Vice-Chancellor, Director of Personnel, LAUT members, etc., and some circulars of Dr. Taylor to certain LAUT members.

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Funding for Universities (1996)

Reference	A030/7/6
Physical Description	(envelope)

Scope and Content

Letters received by LAUT members from their MPs in response to the former's representations expressing concern at the level of funding for universities and the case for an independent pay review body; also some correspondence of Dr Andrew Taylor (LAUT Chairperson) on the subject.

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Miscellaneous ((3 Dec 1919))

Reference	A030/8
Physical Description	(1 sheet)

Scope and Content

Printed copy of letter from the Liverpool and District Teachers' Association to the Chairman and members of the Liverpool Education Committee, submitting the scale of salaries which was adopted at a General Meeting of the Association held on 12 Nov 1919.

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History of the Association of University Teachers 1909-1918; AUT report on Salaries and Grading (1929, 1938, 1953)

Reference	D209
Physical Description	3 items (8pp, 21pp, 36pp.)

Scope and Content

Photocopies of typescript History of the Association of University Teachers written by Prof Laurie, comprises contents and part of the text as related to the foundation of the AUT and the University (8pp.); Copy of printed AUT Report on Salaries and Grading Feb 1929 (21pp.) and May 1938 (36pp.).

Acquisition Information

Liverpool Association of University Teachers; 23 Oct 1978

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Copy of 'University Lodge of Liverpool No 4274 1921-1971' ([1971])

Reference	D109
Physical Description	1 item

Scope and Content

Privately published history of the University [Freemasonry] Lodge of Liverpool No 4274 1921-1971 by F S Fowweather lists the founder members, associate founders, past and present members of the Lodge

Administrative / Biographical History

Professor Fowweather obtained his BSc at Liverpool in 1914 and was (in 1975) Emeritus Professor of Chemical Pathology at Leeds University.

Conditions Governing Access

Closed Access

Acquisition Information

Deposited by Prof F S Fowweather per Mr G H Turner 24 Mar 1975

Access Points

Subjects
Liverpool University Students
Liverpool University Societies etc.
Freemasonry Lodges
Corporate Names
University Lodge of Liverpool

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Records of Liverpool University Staff Social and Athletic Club (LUSSAC) (1946 - 1969)

Reference	D154, P47, P94, P386/4-7, D633, D151
Physical Description	1 box, 3 volumes, 4 itemscorrespondence, magazines, financial papers, minutes, typescript and printed

Scope and Content

Records of LUSSAC (Liverpool University Staff Social and Athletic Club) comprising: Correspondence relating mainly to housekeeping and staffing matters and details of some functions 1946-1955; LUSSAC Magazine Vol 1 No 1; Minutes (1951-1964 and 1967-1969), with related correspondence and bills 18 May 1967-15 Apr 1969; Financial papers, including statements of account and minutes 10 Jul and 27 Aug 1969, related correspondence and bills. Photographs of LUSSAC sports teams

Administrative / Biographical History

LUSSAC was established at a meeting of the non-teaching staff of the University on 10 Oct 1935, in the Victoria Building. Permission was given to use the old drawing hall of the Engineering Building as a clubroom. By 1936 women members were also admitted. In the late 1940s a LUSSAC canteen was established and in 1949 a LUSSAC magazine was published.

Acquisition Information

D154 Deposited by Mr G N R Jamieson, Academic Department, University of Liverpool; 22 Sep 1976

D633 Ron Jones, Porter of Medical School Building, University of Liverpool; 9 Aug 1994

D151 Originals lent by Mr L J Kelley, Chief Technician, Veterinary Preventative Medicine, Leahurst; 9 Aug 1976

Custodial History

P94 and P47 were transferred from the Records Management System in 1997.

Other Descriptive Data

Issued in 1982 to Des Evans, Administrative Secretary, still missing Dec 1993

Access Points

Subjects
Liverpool University Staff
Liverpool University Societies etc.
Student Activities Liverpool University College Sports
Student Activities Liverpool University College Sports Soccer
Student Activities Liverpool University College Sports Cricket
Student Activities Liverpool University College Sports Badminton
Corporate Names
LUSSAC Liverpool University Staff Social and Athletic Club

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Correspondence relating mainly to housekeeping and staffing matters, and details of some functions (1946-1955)

Reference	P47
Physical Description	1 file

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LUSSAC Magazine Vol 1 No 1 (Dec 1949)

Reference	P94
Physical Description	1 item

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Publications of Liverpool University Staff Social and Athletic Club (LUSSAC) (1950, 1953)

Reference	D633
Physical Description	3 items

Scope and Content

LUSSAC, magazine of Liverpool University Administrative Staff Social and Athletic Club vol 1 No 3 Dec 1950; Circular of Honorary Secretary of LUSSAC re introduction of News Sheet and vacancies on the General Committee 1953; minutes of meeting of LUSSAC Football Club's committee [1975]-1977 and general meetings of the Club [?1975]-1976

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