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Bevin, Ernest (1881-1951), statesman and trade union leader
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Surname: | Bevin |
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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 |
Description | Held by | Reference | Further information | |
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Bevin, Ernest
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c1919-37: corresp and papers
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Warwick University: Modern Records Centre
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MSS.126/EB
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NRA 9878 Transport
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1932-45: corresp and papers
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Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
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BEVN
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NRA 19698
See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996 |
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1945-51: private office papers
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The National Archives
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FO800/434-522
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1940-50: corresp with Clement Attlee
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Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
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MSS Attlee
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NRA 27633
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6 |
1933-46: corresp with Lord Beaverbrook
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Parliamentary Archives
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BBK
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NRA 19284 Aitken
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1944-46: corresp with Duff Cooper
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Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
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DUFC
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NRA 31392
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1939-49: corresp with Lionel Curtis
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Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
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MSS Curtis; Eng hist b 224, c 776-877
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NRA 21614
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9 |
1940-41: corresp with Hugh Dalton
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The National Archives
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CAB 127/209
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1945-46: corresp with Lord Halifax
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Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York
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Halifax papers
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NRA 8128 Wood
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11 |
1930-50: corresp with Arthur Creech Jones
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Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
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MSS Brit Emp s 332 2/1 7/1 12/1 29/3 30/3 31/4
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NRA 14026
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12 |
corresp with Thomas Jones
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National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
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Class EE
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NRA 30994 Jones
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13 |
1947, 1950: letters to Albert Mansbridge
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British Library, Manuscript Collections
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Add MS 65253
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1937-43: corresp with B Seebohm Rowntree
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Joseph Rowntree Foundation Library
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BSR
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NRA 32299 Rowntree
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1942-46: corresp with 3rd Earl of Selborne
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Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
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Selborne papers
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NRA 22802
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1942-45: corresp with AP Young
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Warwick University: Modern Records Centre
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MSS.242/C/1/68-94 C/9
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NRA 33301
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