GB 1924 Beard - BEARD, Wilfred Blackwell (1891-1967)

1 volume

GB 1924 Beard 1967 Collection (fonds) 1 volume Beard , Wilfred Blackwell , 1891-1967 , trade unionist
Wilfred Blackwell Beard: born Manchester, Jan 1891; educated at Ardwick Higher Grade School, Manchester and Manchester School of Technology; worked as apprentice and journeyman pattern maker in Manchester, Bradford and Newcastle; joined United Patternmakers' Association (UPA), 1912; full-time area official, United Patternmakers' Association, Lancashire and Cheshire, 1929-1941; General Secretary, UPA, 1912-1966; Member, Trades Union Congress (TUC) General Council, 1947-1967 (Chairman 1955-1956, Vice-Chairman, 1956-1957); Chairman, TUC Educational Committee and Educational Trust, 1950-1967; President, Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions, 1958-1959 . Died Dec 1967.

The papers were transferred to the TUC Library Collections in the University of North London by the TUC in 1998

Typescript of unpublished autobiography of Wilfred Blackwell Beard, titled Along This Way, written c1966-1967, and covering his early life and education in Manchester, his work as an apprentice and journeyman patternmaker in Manchester, Stockport, Bradford and Newcastle, c1905-1929; his membership of the United Patternmakers' Association, from 1912, and his work as a full time Union Official from 1929-1966; and his membership of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) General Council, 1947-1967, particularly his year as Chairman of the TUC, 1955-1956.

Single volume

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At the discretion of the TUC Librarian and subject to copyright conditions.
English

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Compiled by Alan Kucia as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. Source: Who Was Who, Vol. VI, 1961-1970. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Mar 2002 Beard , Wilfred Blackwell , 1891-1967 , trade unionist Biographies Bradford Cheshire Engineering Engineers England Europe Labour relations Lancashire Literary forms and genres Literature Manchester Newcastle upon Tyne Northumberland Production engineering Prose Scientific personnel Scientists Stockport Trade unions TUC , Trades Union Congress x Trades Union Congress UK United Patternmakers' Association Western Europe West Riding Yorkshire London Engineering personnel Personnel People by occupation People

The papers were transferred to the TUC Library Collections in the University of North London by the TUC in 1998

Typescript of unpublished autobiography of Wilfred Blackwell Beard, titled Along This Way, written c1966-1967, and covering his early life and education in Manchester, his work as an apprentice and journeyman patternmaker in Manchester, Stockport, Bradford and Newcastle, c1905-1929; his membership of the United Patternmakers' Association, from 1912, and his work as a full time Union Official from 1929-1966; and his membership of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) General Council, 1947-1967, particularly his year as Chairman of the TUC, 1955-1956.

Single volume

Open to bona fide researchers at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.

At the discretion of the TUC Librarian and subject to copyright conditions.

• English

• Latin

English

Unlisted

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English