Rochdale Equitable Pioneers on Microfilm, 0000-2999
Collection Number: 5422 mf

Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Cornell University Library

DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY

Title:
Rochdale Equitable Pioneers on Microfilm, 0000-2999
Repository:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives
Collection Number:
5422 mf
Abstract:
Included here are the original 1844 Rules, the original manuscript Minute Books kept by the successive secretaries, and contemporary photographs of the Pioneers.
Creator:
Rochdale Equitable Pioneers
Quanitities:
0.11 cubic feet
Language:
Collection material in English
Biographical / Historical

The Rochdale Society of Equitable Pioneers was founded in 1844 and set the basis for the modern co-operative movement.
The Rochdale Pioneers' co-operative became the prototype for societies in Great Britain. The Rochdale Pioneers are most famous for designing the Rochdale Principles, a set of principles of co-operation that provide the foundation for the principles on which co-ops around the world operate to this day. The model the Rochdale Pioneers used is a focus of study within co-operative economics.
Included here are the original 1844 Rules, the original manuscript Minute Books kept by the successive secretaries, and contemporary photographs of the Pioneers.
The Co-operative Union's Librarian briefly summarized the principles of Rochdale Co-operation and their effect upon present day Co-operative movements.
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Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
Preferred Citation

Rochdale Equitable Pioneers on Microfilm #5422 mf. Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives, Cornell University Library.
SUBJECTS

Names:
Rochdale Equitable Pioneers' Society
Subjects:
Cooperative societies -- Great Britain.
Cooperation -- Great Britain.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
Description
Date
Reel 1
Rochdale Equitable Pioneers - Papers relating to
Scope and Contents
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