Bevin, Ernest, (1881-1951), statesman and trade union leader

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Surname:	Bevin
Forenames:	Ernest
Gender:	Male
Date:	1881-1951
History:	General Secretary of the TGWU 1922-. Lab MP for Central Wandsworth 1940-1950, and for East Woolwich 1950-1951. Wartime Minister of Labour and National Service; member of War Cabinet 1940-1945. Foreign Secretary 1945-1951; Lord Privy Seal 1951.
Biography:	ODNB link for Bevin, Ernest (1884-1951) Statesman and Trade Union Leader
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P274814 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P133455 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Ernest Bevin

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	Bevin, Ernest
2	c1919-37: corresp and papers	Warwick University: Modern Records Centre	MSS.126/EB	NRA 9878 Transport
3	1932-45: corresp and papers	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	BEVN	NRA 19698 See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
4	1945-51: private office papers	The National Archives	FO800/434-522
5	1940-50: corresp with Clement Attlee	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Attlee	NRA 27633
6	1933-46: corresp with Lord Beaverbrook	Parliamentary Archives	BBK	NRA 19284 Aitken
7	1944-46: corresp with Duff Cooper	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	DUFC	NRA 31392
8	1939-49: corresp with Lionel Curtis	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Curtis; Eng hist b 224, c 776-877	NRA 21614
9	1940-41: corresp with Hugh Dalton	The National Archives	CAB 127/209
10	1945-46: corresp with Lord Halifax	Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York	Halifax papers	NRA 8128 Wood
11	1930-50: corresp with Arthur Creech Jones	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Brit Emp s 332 2/1 7/1 12/1 29/3 30/3 31/4	NRA 14026
12	corresp with Thomas Jones	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Class EE	NRA 30994 Jones
13	1947, 1950: letters to Albert Mansbridge	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 65253
14	1937-43: corresp with B Seebohm Rowntree	Joseph Rowntree Foundation Library	BSR	NRA 32299 Rowntree
15	1942-46: corresp with 3rd Earl of Selborne	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Selborne papers	NRA 22802
16	1942-45: corresp with AP Young	Warwick University: Modern Records Centre	MSS.242/C/1/68-94 C/9	NRA 33301