The TUC Library Collections, first established in 1922 for the use of the TUC and its affiliated unions, transferred to the University of North London in September 1996. They contain books, pamphlets and other material collected from unions, pressure groups and campaign movements both in the UK and internationally since the end of the 19th century. The TUC continues to add material acquired after 1996 on a regular basis. Recent TUC and union publications, including 100 current union journals, and recent issues of labour history journals are available.
The Collections also house a number of archive collections including the Workers’ Educational Association Library and Archive, the Marjorie Nicholson papers relating to trade unions in the former colonies and the Gertrude Tuckwell Collection relating to women’s politics 1890-1921.
A selection from the Collections rare primary sources has been digitised and is available on the website The Union Makes Us Strong: TUC History Online at www.unionhistory.info.
Further information on the Collections and links to related Internet / www resources is available at http://www.londonmet.ac.uk/services/sas/library-services/tuc/
TUC Library Collections, London Metropolitan University Learning Centre,
236-250 Holloway Road, London N7 6PP
Telephone: 020 7133 2260
Email: tuclib@londonmet.ac.uk
