Sub-fonds
War Emergency Workers' National Committee, the Labour Party (1914-1919)
Catalogue reference: LP/WNC
What’s it about?
This record is about the War Emergency Workers' National Committee, the Labour Party (1914-1919) dating from 1906-1920 (mainly 1914-1918).
Is it available online?
Maybe, but not on The National Archives website. This record is held at Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum/University of Central Lancashire).
Can I see it in person?
Not at The National Archives, but you may be able to view it in person at Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum/University of Central Lancashire).
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
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LP/WNC
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Title (The name of the record)
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War Emergency Workers' National Committee, the Labour Party (1914-1919)
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Date (When the record was created)
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1906-1920 (mainly 1914-1918)
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Description (What the record is about)
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This collection consists of subject files of correspondence and papers such as meeting minutes, circulars, leaflets, press cuttings etc, relating to many activities and topics that the War Emergency Workers' National Committee were involved in.
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The collection was arranged alphabetically by the depositors prior to deposit in the archive and have remained so. After the contents of the main series of numbered boxes were numbered and listed a further group of W.N.C. papers was found amongst previously unsorted papers of Middleton, which had been assumed to relate only to Labour Party affairs. This additional material has been listed as a separate series in an Appendix.
After the contents of the main series of numbered boxes were numbered and listed a further group of W.N.C. papers was found amongst previously unsorted papers of Middleton, which had been assumed to relate only to Labour Party affairs. This additional material has been listed as a separate sereis in an Appendix.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum/University of Central Lancashire)
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Language (The language of the record)
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <corpname>War Emergency Workers' National Committee, Labour Party, 1914-1919</corpname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
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25 boxes
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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The War Emergency Workers National Committee (referred to as W.N.C. throughout this list) was a joint Labour organisation established at the very beginning of the 1st World War to protect the interests of the working classes on matters such as employment, wages and conditions of service and supply of essential commodities in the war-time situation. Some description of the nature and content of the archive will be found in Report of the Secretary to the Commissioners 1969-1970 (pp. 38-40). The archives survived at Transport House through the coincidence of J.S. Middleton holding the Secretaryship of the W.N.C. and the Assistant Secretaryship of the Labour Party.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/f41f956c-0cf0-4e2f-9e83-24bffe4d1b09/
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War Emergency Workers' National Committee, the Labour Party (1914-1919)