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- 1919-1964 (Creation)
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1.5m
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The Workers' Education Trade Union Committee (WETUC) was founded in 1919 by the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) and the Iron and Steel Trade Union Confederation to strengthen and give cohesion to the WEA's education work with the trade unions. WEA provided the secretariat at district and national level whilst trade union representatives formed the majority of the Committee.
Archival history
GB 1924 WEA WETUC 1919-1964 Sub-fonds of WEA Collection 1.5m Workers' Education Association , Workers Education Trade Union Committee
The Workers' Education Trade Union Committee (WETUC) was founded in 1919 by the Workers' Educational Association (WEA) and the Iron and Steel Trade Union Confederation to strengthen and give cohesion to the WEA's education work with the trade unions. WEA provided the secretariat at district and national level whilst trade union representatives formed the majority of the Committee.
The collection was transferred from the WEA headquarters in Bethnal Green to the custody of the TUC Library Collections at the University of North London in August 1998.
Records of the Workers Education Trade Union Committee comprising minutes, 1919-1964; annual reports, 1920-1959; and books and pamphlets, 1921-1957.
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
List, 1998.
University of North London TUC Library Collections and WEA Collection.
Compiled by Janet Foster as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project. 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. December, 2000 Adult education Educational systems Labour relations Trade unions WEA , Workers' Educational Association x Workers' Educational Association Workers education
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The collection was transferred from the WEA headquarters in Bethnal Green to the custody of the TUC Library Collections at the University of North London in August 1998.
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Records of the Workers Education Trade Union Committee comprising minutes, 1919-1964; annual reports, 1920-1959; and books and pamphlets, 1921-1957.
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Open to bona fide researchers at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.
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At the discretion of the TUC Librarian and subject to copyright conditions.
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- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
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University of North London TUC Library Collections and WEA Collection.
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List, 1998.
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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.
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- English