Cork City Council Clothing Committee Minutes (including Stocktaking Committee Minutes 1890 – 1907)
TitleCork City Council Clothing Committee Minutes (including Stocktaking Committee Minutes 1890 – 1907)
ReferenceCP/CO/CL/M
Date
1890-1929
Production date 1890 - 1929
Scope and ContentMeetings of the Clothing Committee prior to 1890 are recorded in General Committee minutes, the earliest noted meeting (Special Clothing Committee) taking place on 30 July 1874. From December 1879, clothing became a function of a new General Purposes Committee, but by the mid-1880s a distinct clothing committee was again in existence [see General Committee minutes, CP/CO/GC/M].
The present series of minutes begins in January 1890 and continues until October 1929. The first volume of the present series also contains minutes of the Stocktaking Committee (1890-1907). Later Stocktaking Committee minutes are contained in a single volume forming a discrete series [CP/CO/SK/M]. Meetings were generally held fortnightly or monthly, and were generally attended by the chairman and councillors, with the city secretary usually attending. The town clerk and other officers such as inspectors also sometimes attended.
The Clothing Committee had responsibility for the clothing of Corporation officers and staff, in particular outdoor and uniformed staff. Minutes for 29 August 1892 record the following: ‘Reference from Council to consider tenders for annual supply of uniform, clothing, boots, hats, and caps to the Corporate Staff, with power to deal definitely therewith’. Minutes generally contain lists of items submitted by contractors for each Council Department, and whether passed or rejected by the committee. From 1894, related invoice numbers were included. Advertisements for and discussion of new contracts, issues arising over existing contracts, and other clothing-related matters were handled by this committee, which liaised with departmental committees regarding the requirements of staff in each department. Contractors were paid out of the Improvement Fund.
The Stocktaking Committee had responsibility ‘to supervise the quarterly stocktaking of the Corporation Plant, Implements, and Materials’. The storekeeper, or assistant storekeeper, made quarterly returns of stock taken, broken down by department. The committee considered the returns, and approved of them or met to discuss issues arising. Meetings were held quarterly, or sometimes more frequently. The storekeeper often attended Stocktaking Committee meetings.
The early minutes in this series cover a period for which minutes of the full Council have not survived. The series sheds light on the variety of officers and staff employed by the Corporation at this time, and the range of items of clothing and materials used for the many garments involved. Staff provided for range from the mayor’s sergeants, fire brigade officers, and sanitary officers, to market beadles, gangers, and scavengers. Clothing items supplied included uniform suits, silk capes, felt hats, and ‘Blucher’ boots. The books also partly document the textile and retail clothing trades in Cork, and conditions of labour. The Stocktaking Committee minutes give information on Corporation plant and materials, depots, and capital and repair work [see also CP/CO/SK/M].
From November 1924 to March 1929, while the Corporation was dissolved, Clothing Committee meetings were attended by the City Commissioner (later City Manager), with other officers sometimes attending. City Manager Monahan continued to attend meetings, without Councillors present, up to 25 July 1929, when the present series ends.
The present series of minutes begins in January 1890 and continues until October 1929. The first volume of the present series also contains minutes of the Stocktaking Committee (1890-1907). Later Stocktaking Committee minutes are contained in a single volume forming a discrete series [CP/CO/SK/M]. Meetings were generally held fortnightly or monthly, and were generally attended by the chairman and councillors, with the city secretary usually attending. The town clerk and other officers such as inspectors also sometimes attended.
The Clothing Committee had responsibility for the clothing of Corporation officers and staff, in particular outdoor and uniformed staff. Minutes for 29 August 1892 record the following: ‘Reference from Council to consider tenders for annual supply of uniform, clothing, boots, hats, and caps to the Corporate Staff, with power to deal definitely therewith’. Minutes generally contain lists of items submitted by contractors for each Council Department, and whether passed or rejected by the committee. From 1894, related invoice numbers were included. Advertisements for and discussion of new contracts, issues arising over existing contracts, and other clothing-related matters were handled by this committee, which liaised with departmental committees regarding the requirements of staff in each department. Contractors were paid out of the Improvement Fund.
The Stocktaking Committee had responsibility ‘to supervise the quarterly stocktaking of the Corporation Plant, Implements, and Materials’. The storekeeper, or assistant storekeeper, made quarterly returns of stock taken, broken down by department. The committee considered the returns, and approved of them or met to discuss issues arising. Meetings were held quarterly, or sometimes more frequently. The storekeeper often attended Stocktaking Committee meetings.
The early minutes in this series cover a period for which minutes of the full Council have not survived. The series sheds light on the variety of officers and staff employed by the Corporation at this time, and the range of items of clothing and materials used for the many garments involved. Staff provided for range from the mayor’s sergeants, fire brigade officers, and sanitary officers, to market beadles, gangers, and scavengers. Clothing items supplied included uniform suits, silk capes, felt hats, and ‘Blucher’ boots. The books also partly document the textile and retail clothing trades in Cork, and conditions of labour. The Stocktaking Committee minutes give information on Corporation plant and materials, depots, and capital and repair work [see also CP/CO/SK/M].
From November 1924 to March 1929, while the Corporation was dissolved, Clothing Committee meetings were attended by the City Commissioner (later City Manager), with other officers sometimes attending. City Manager Monahan continued to attend meetings, without Councillors present, up to 25 July 1929, when the present series ends.
Extent4 volumes
LanguageEnglish
Persons keywordCork City Council, Cork Corporation
AccessOpen by appointment to those holdign a current readers ticket
RightsSubject to Rules Governing Reproduction of Records
Levelseries
RepositoryCork City and County Archives