Collection of published research papers and papers read before the Cutting Tool Research Committee and the Lathe Tool Research Committee of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers. Included is a small number of early typed agendas and minutes for the meetings of the committees.

The collection also includes correspondence between engineers, the Institution and the College of Technology, later UMIST and now part of the University of Manchester, on several topics discussed at the meetings or published in the papers read at the committees.