Administrative and financial papers of the Workers' Educational Association (WEA).
Scope and Contents
Minutes, annual reports, correspondence and papers and some financial records mostly of the South East Scotland District of the Workers’ Educational Association, 1925-1993. The District organisation was established in November 1946, when the WEA in Scotland set up three Scottish districts (South East, West, and North) linked together in a WEA Scottish Council. In 1993 the three Scottish districts of the Association merged to form a WEA Scottish Association whose headquarters are in Riddle’s Court, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh.
Dates
- Creation: 1925-1993.
Conditions Governing Access
Normal access conditions apply.
Conditions Governing Use
Normal reproduction conditions apply, subject to any copyright restrictions.
Extent
42 Consultation units
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposited, 1997, by the Workers' Educational Association, and subsequently presented, 2021.
Subject
Genre / Form
- Title
- National Library of Scotland Catalogue of Manuscripts
- Author
- National Library of Scotland
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Prepared Using Local Descriptive Rules
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the National Library of Scotland Archives and Manuscripts Division Repository
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