IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 1924 WEA E.G.
Held at: Trades Union Congress (TUC) Library Collections at London Metropolitan University
Title: GREEN, Ernest, Workers Education Association (WEA) Papers
Date(s): 1920s-1960s
Level of description: sub-fonds
Extent: 1 box
Name of creator(s): Green | Ernest | 1885-1977 | General Secretary of the Workers' Education Association (WEA)
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Ernest Green (1885-1977) was Secretary of the Yorkshire District of the Workers' Education Association (WEA) from 1923 to 1928 when he moved to London to take up the post of national Assistant General Secretary. In 1931 he became the Organising Secretary with responsibility for dealing with WEA districts, branches, affiliated societies and the Workers' Education Trade Union Committee (WETUC). He was appointed General Secretary in 1934 and retired in 1950.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Ernest Green relating to the Workers' Education Association (WEA), comprising correspondence files, 1920s-1960s, and publications containing articles by him, 1934-1960s.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
Open to bona fide researchers at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.
Conditions governing reproduction:
At the discretion of the TUC Librarian and subject to copyright conditions
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Lists available in the TUC Library.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:
Accruals:
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
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.
ALLIED MATERIALS
Existence and location of originals:
Existence and location of copies:
Related material:
University of North London TUC Library Collections and WEA Collection
Publication note:
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note:
Archivist's note: Compiled by Janet Foster as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project
Date(s) of descriptions: December, 2000