Related Journals

• Northern Typographical Union This journal began as The Northern Typographical Union, a monthly circular (which ran 1830-39)
• Provincial Typographical Circular After running as the Typographical Societies' Monthly Circular from 1852-75, the name was changed to The Provincial Typographical Circular (which ran 1875-77)
• Typographical Circular [Manchester] The journal ended as The Typographical Circular [Manchester] (which ran 1877-1963)

Start Date(s)

• 1852 (Harrison et al.)

End Date(s)

• 1875 (Harrison et al.)

Editor(s)

• Slatter, Henry

City

• Manchester, England

Type of Content

• This circular "reports LSC meetings, trade news, provincial intelligence, correspondence, discussion of strikes, trade unions, 'free' press (i.e., unstamped), the Emblem, suspensions and expulsions, anniversaries, deaths, eight hour work day, Labour legislation, workman's compensation, working-class interests, housing, pensions, Labour representation" (Waterloo Online)

Notes

• Henry Slatter, secretary of the Provincial Typographical Association, is named as both editor and publisher/printer in 1874 (no. 262, p. 8)
• "The main features of the Circular have remained unchanged from the date of its commencement [1852] to the present day [1874]. A slight change was made four years ago, by which, through the employment of smaller type, a page was secured for making such announcements and giving information of various kinds to the members. This was generally recognised as rendering the Circular more interesting and acceptable, and it is confidently anticipated that the further step in this direction now taken will greatly increase its value as a means of explaining and furthering the principles of the Association, and improving the position of the working printer" (no. 262, July 1874, p. 1)
• "The object of its [the journal's] founders was to supply a medium by which such information as was felt to be necessary by members of the various branches could be laid before them in a correct and accurate form" (no. 262, July 1874, p. 1)
• Publisher's address (Henry Slatter, for the Provincial Typographical Association) in 1874: 10 Thomson Grove, Ardwick, Manchester
• Printer's address (Whitwell): 10 Northumberland Terrace, Bagnigge Wells Rd., London

Subject Categories

• Printing Trade
• Trade Unions
• Typography

Sources that Discuss this Journal

• COPAC
• Harrison et al. p. 378, 563
• Shattock p. 51
• "Typographical Circular"
• Waterloo (online)

Works Cited

• COPAC: Consortium of Online Public Access Catalogues. Library Hub Discover, JISC.
• Harrison, Royden, G. B. Woolven, and Robert Duncan. The Warwick Guide to British Labour Periodicals, 1790-1970: A Check-List. Humanities P, 1977.
• Shattock, Joanne. The Cambridge Bibliography of English Literature. Vol. 4: 1800-1900. Edited by Frederick W. Bateson. 3rd ed. Cambridge UP. 1999.
• "Typographical Circular." Warwick Library, Modern Records Centre, 8 Feb. 2022.
• The Waterloo Directory of English Newspapers and Periodicals: 1800-1900, edited by John S. North. North Waterloo Academic Press, 2009.