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- 1903-1995 (Creation)
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The Workers Educational Association (WEA) was founded in 1903 under the title Association to Promote the Higher Education of Working Men and in 1905 the name was changed to The Workers Education Association. The Central Organisation of the Association dealt with its executive functions, various committees and the general administration as well as the organisation of the annual and national conferences.
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GB 1924 WEA Central Organisation 1903-1995 Sub-fonds of WEA Collection Unknown proportion of 40m Association to Promote the Higher Education of Working Men , Workers' Educational Association
The Workers Educational Association (WEA) was founded in 1903 under the title Association to Promote the Higher Education of Working Men and in 1905 the name was changed to The Workers Education Association. The Central Organisation of the Association dealt with its executive functions, various committees and the general administration as well as the organisation of the annual and national conferences.
Records of the central organisation of the Workers Educational Association (WEA), 1903-1995, comprising constitution and standing orders, 1906-1995; minutes, 1903-1973; annual and national conference minutes, 1907-1983; Executive & Council minutes, 1908-1973; Finance and General Purposes Committee minutes, 1913-1973; Women's Advisory Committee minutes, 1914-1915, 1979-1983; and Education Advisory Committee minutes, 1940-1967. Correspondence/subject files, 1907-1985, including R H Tawney re: early tutorial classes; Russell Committee of Enquiry into Adult Education, 1969-1973; and post-war adult education, 1941-1948. Publications including annual reports, 1903-1983; monographs, 1903-1993; reports, 1908-1969; WEA periodicals, 1909-1995; WEA pamphlets, 1910-1973; WEA Outlines series, 1920s; and Tawney's addresses to WEA Conference, 1932-1953. Photographs, 1905-1977. Presscuttings and scrapbooks, 1907-1977. Statistics, 1964-1989.
Further accruals possible.
English
University of North London TUC Collections and WEA Archive.
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 Association to Promote the Higher Education of Working Men Educational systems Tawney , Richard Henry , 1880-1962 , historian WEA , Workers' Educational Association x Workers' Educational Association Workers education
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Records of the central organisation of the Workers Educational Association (WEA), 1903-1995, comprising constitution and standing orders, 1906-1995; minutes, 1903-1973; annual and national conference minutes, 1907-1983; Executive & Council minutes, 1908-1973; Finance and General Purposes Committee minutes, 1913-1973; Women's Advisory Committee minutes, 1914-1915, 1979-1983; and Education Advisory Committee minutes, 1940-1967. Correspondence/subject files, 1907-1985, including R H Tawney re: early tutorial classes; Russell Committee of Enquiry into Adult Education, 1969-1973; and post-war adult education, 1941-1948. Publications including annual reports, 1903-1983; monographs, 1903-1993; reports, 1908-1969; WEA periodicals, 1909-1995; WEA pamphlets, 1910-1973; WEA Outlines series, 1920s; and Tawney's addresses to WEA Conference, 1932-1953. Photographs, 1905-1977. Presscuttings and scrapbooks, 1907-1977. Statistics, 1964-1989.
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- English
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- Latin
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University of North London TUC Collections and WEA Archive.
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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