Sound recordings made by Charles Woolfson and John Foster concerning the worker occupation in 1987 of the Caterpillar Tractors Ltd plant at Uddingston, Scotland.
Scope and Contents
Charles Woolfson was a lecturer in the Department of Social and Economic Research at the University of Glasgow, and John Foster was documenting the 103 day action. The recordings are of Joint Occupation Committee meetings, interviews, and relevant broadcast material.
Dates
- Creation: March-April 1987.
Creator
- Woolfson, Charles (lecturer in the Department of Social and Economic Research, University of Glasgow) (Recordist, Person)
- Foster, John (Recordist, Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The physical tapes described here are held by Glasgow University Archive Services and are not available for consultation in the National Library of Scotland.
Extent
103 Cassettes
Language of Materials
English
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
The original recordings were captured on 103 magnetic tape compact cassettes (99 x C120, 4 x C60 (Type 1 EQ)). These masters were digitised under the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH) project. The formats of the digitised copies are JPEG and WAV files.
Other Finding Aids
Further information on the creation and management of the originals may be available from Glasgow University Archive Services.
Custodial History
The tapes were temporarily deposited in the National Library of Scotland to enable digitisation under the Unlocking Our Sound Heritage (UOSH) project.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Temporary deposit, 2018, by Glasgow University Archive Services.
Existence and Location of Originals
Glasgow University Archive Services. Records of the Caterpillar Project at Caterpillar Tractors Ltd, reference UGD269.
Existence and Location of Copies
Digitised copies of the sound recordings are held by Glasgow University Archive Services, the National Library of Scotland, and the British Library.
The copies at the British Library are available through its Sound and Moving Image (SAMI) catalogue (http://sami.bl.uk).
The copies held by the National Library of Scotland will become available in due course. Further information is available through the Moving Image and Sound Archive.
Subject
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division
- Description rules
- International Standard for Archival Description - General
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Sound Archive Repository