Related Journals

• Northern Typographical Union
  • This journal began as The Northern Typographical Union, A Monthly Circular (which ran from 1830 to 1839)
• Typographical Societies’ Monthly Circular
  • In 1852, the title changed to the Typographical Societies’ Monthly Circular (which ran from 1852 to 1875)
• Provincial Typographical Circular
  • This journal next became The Provincial Typographical Circular (which ran from 1875 to 1877)

Start Date(s)

• 1877 (journal itself)
• 1849 (BLT19)

End Date(s)

• 1963 (COPAC)

Editor(s)

• Slatter, Henry

City

• Manchester, England (journal itself)

Type of Content

• Contains advertisements, superannuation fund, correspondence, suggestions, London notes, poetry, documents, deaths, news from various branches of the Typographical Association (Waterloo Online)
• "Details of strikes, the names of 'unfair' houses, non-members, and 'rats,' information about tramps" (Harrison et. al p. 378)
• "Towards the end of the 19th century contents were extended to include topics of general working-class interest, particularly Labour legislation, eight-hour day, workmen's compensation, housing, pensions, Labour representation" (Harrison et. al p. 563)

Notes

• Chronological order of related titles:
  • The Northern Typographical Union, A Monthly Circular (1830-39)
  • The Monthly Circular (1852)
  • The Typographical Societies' Monthly Circular (1853-June 1875, according to Harrison et. al; or October 1852-June 1875, according to Shattock)
  • The Provincial Typographical Circular (July 1875-June 1877)
  • The Typographical Circular (July 1877-Nov./Dec. 1963)
• “A continuation of the Provincial Typographical Circular, and the organ of the Typographical Association, the executive of which is seated at Manchester, Mr. Henry Slatter being the secretary. That gentleman is also the editor of the Circular, which is conducted with signal judgment and moderation” (Bigmore and Wyman vol. 2, p. 192)
• "Manchester-based Typographical Societies' Monthly Circular (1852-74), relaunched as the Provincial Typographical Society Circular and Monthly in 1875, then transformed into the Typographical Circular in 1877” (Finkelstein p. 111)
• "The General Secretary [Slatter] issued a 'monthly Circular' giving details of strikes, the names of 'unfair' houses, non-members, and 'rats,' information about tramps, etc. There are references to this Circular in the minutes of the Manchester Society as early as 1834, but no copies appeared to have survived" (Harrison et. al p. 378)
• Sample entries from the local Typographical Association updates: "Ashton. -- This branch has granted the sum of £5 to the Card and Blowing Room Operatives' Association of South-East Lancashire. Burton-on-Trent. -- Mr. W. Austin, secretary of this branch, has, on the nomination of the Trades Council, been elected without opposition as a member of the Town Council for the borough. Reward for Gallantry. -- At the annual meeting of the Royal Humane Society for the Hundred of Salford, held in the Mayor's Parlour, Manchester, on November 30, Mr. John Savage, a member of the Manchester Branch of the T.A., was presented with the silver medal of the society for jumping into a canal and rescuing a boy from drowning" (no. 484, 1893, p. ?)
• Editor's address (Slatter) in 1877: 74 Everton Road, Manchester
• Publisher's address (Provincial Typographical Association) in 1874: 10 Thomson Grove, Ardwick, Manchester (journal itself)
• Publisher's address: 312 Deansgate, Manchester (BLT19 Database)
• Publisher's address (J. Whitaker & Sons): 69 Ducie Grove, Manchester (Caspar's 1889, p. 1287)
• Publisher's address (R. Hackett) in 1899: 51 Brunswick St., Cheetham, Manchester (Willing's 1899, p. 148)

Subject Categories

• Advertising
• Printing Trade
• Trade Unions
• Typography

Sources that Discuss this Journal

• BLT19
• “The Bibliography” vol. 7, no. 78, p. 141
• Bigmore and Wyman vol. 2, p. 192
• Brown and Stratton vol. 3, p. 1663
• COPAC
• Caspar's Directory p. 1287
• Finkelstein p. 111
• Harrison et al. p. 378, 563
• May's 1875, p. 56
• Shattock p. 51
• Stewart vol. 4, p. 362
• Ulrich and Kup p. 200
• Waterloo (online)
• Willing’s 1899, p. 148

Works Cited

• “The Bibliography of Printing.” The Printing Times and Lithographer, vol. 7, nos. 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, Jan.-June 1881. HathiTrust.
• Bigmore, E. C., and C. W. H. Wyman. A Bibliography of Printing. 1880. Oak Knoll P and the British Library, 2001.
• BLT19 Trade and Professional Press Database 1900. Created by Andrew King, 2020.
• Brown, Peter, and George B. Stratton. World List of Scientific Periodicals Published in the Years 1900-1960. 4 vols. Butterworths, 1963.
• Caspar's Directory of the American Book, edited by Carl Nicolaus Caspar. C. N. Caspar, 1889. Google Books.
• COPAC: Consortium of Online Public Access Catalogues. Library Hub Discover, JISC.
• Finkelstein, David. Movable Types: Roving Creative Printers of the Victorian World. Oxford UP, 2018.
• Harrison, Royden, G. B. Woolven, and Robert Duncan. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check-List. Humanities P, 1977.
• May's London Press Dictionary and Advertiser's Handbook, edited by Frederick May. Frederick May Publishing, 1871-90. Google Books.
• Shattock, Joanne. The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Vol. 4: 1800-1900. Edited by Frederick W. Bateson. 3rd ed. Cambridge UP. 1999.
• Stewart, James D., editor. British Union-Catalogue of Periodicals. 4 vols. Butterworths, 1968.
• Ulrich, Carolyn F., and Karl Kup. Books and Printing: A Selected List of Periodicals, 1800-1942. W. E. Rudge, 1943.
• The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals: 1800-1900, edited by John S. North. North Waterloo Academic Press, 2009.
• Willing’s (Late May’s) British and Irish Press Guide, and Advertiser’s Directory and Handbook. Willing’s Press Service. HathiTrust.