• Reference
    E/CE1/1/1
  • Title
    File of correspondence, notes, minutes of meetings etc. regarding Bedfordshire County Council (BCC) administration of Adult Education, principally involving the Workers’ Educational Association, Eastern District (WEA) and the University of Cambridge Board of Extra-Mural Studies (CU). Material includes the following:
  • Date free text
    1929 - 1930
  • Production date
    From: 1929 To: 1930
  • Scope and Content
    - lists of number of meetings and attendances by centre, often with the title of the course; - summaries of the amount spent by BCC on Adult Education 1926-1930; - lists and correspondence regarding applications by various bodies for BCC grants; - financial statements; - WEA statements of account; - details of a large number of adult education classes held by WEA and other bodies in Bedfordshire; - minutes of meetings between BCC, WEA and CU; - handbills advertising adult education classes and lectures; - correspondence regarding WEA annual programmes; - correspondence, reports and minutes of meetings regarding WEA Rural Programme to provide adult education in Bedfordshire villages; - correspondence regarding budget, expenditure etc.; - WEA Annual Report.
  • Level of description
    item