Central Labour College Archives
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 1924 WEA Central Labour College |
Held at | : Trades Union Congress (TUC) Library Collections at London Metropolitan University Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://student.londonmet.ac.uk/library/using-the-library/special-collections/trades-union-congress-library-collections/ › |
Full title | : Central Labour College Archives |
Date(s) | : 1909-1918 |
Level of description | : Sub-fonds of WEA Collection
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Extent | : 1 volume and 1 file |
Name of creator(s) | : Central Labour College |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Central Labour College was established in 1909 following a strike at Ruskin College, Oxford. It was in opposition to Ruskin College and had the proclaimed aim of providing "an organisation for the training of workers for the organised labour movement controlled democratically by the representatives of organised workers". It ceased to exist in 1918.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Archives of the Central Labour College comprising minute book, 1909-1918, and legal papers relating to a dispute between the warden and the Governors, 1918.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
As indicated in Scope and content above
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
Finding aids:
Lists available from the TUC Library.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Presented to the Workers Education Association by W. Lowth
Immediate source of acquisition:
Transferred to University of North London TUC Library with the WEA Collection in 1998.
Allied Materials
Related material:
University of North London TUC Library Collections and WEA Collection
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Compiled by Janet Foster as part of the RSLP AIM25 Project
Rules or conventions:
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.
Date(s) of descriptions:
December, 2000
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