List all items in exhibition The Jennie Lee Archive Collection

The Jennie Lee Archive Collection

A chronological exhibition of the life of Jennie Lee using items from the Jennie Lee Archive and The Open University Archive collections

73 items in total

Content type	Title	Description	Date
Audio	University education	Jennie Lee talks about going to university.	1982
Audio	Turning point 1926	Jennie Lee describes the turning point in 1926 when she turned from teaching to a career in politics.	1982
Image	Tommy Lee	Jennie Lee's brother, Tommy Lee.	1930
Image	The Queen and Jennie Lee	Jennie Lee meeting and taking The Queen's hand on the occasion of Her Majesty's visit to The Open...	1979
Audio	Socialist roots	Jennie Lee talks about attending Socialist Sunday School as a child in Scotland	1982
Image	Publicity leaflet about Jennie Lee : 'An MP at twenty four'	A leaflet about Jennie Lee titled 'An MP at twenty four' produced to publicise her lecture tour of...	1931
Audio	Post 1945 with Nye	Jennie Lee talks about her career and her support for her husband Aneurin "Nye" Bevan.	1982
Image	Open University Charter Ceremony	Jennie Lee listening to Harold Wilson speaking at the OU Charter Ceremony.	1969
Image	Official opening of the first Open University buildings	Jennie Lee walking alongside Lord Mountbatten at the event to mark the official opening of the...	1970
Audio	Nye	Jennie Lee talks about her husband Aneurin "Nye" Bevan and his final illness before his death in 1960.	1982
Image	Newspaper articles about Jennie Lee's tour of America	Various newspaper accounts of Jennie Lee's successful lecture tours of the USA in the 1930s.	1931
Image	Newspaper articles about Jennie Lee's defeat in the 1970 general election	Two newspaper articles about Jennie Lee's defeat in the 1970 general election which was seen as...	1970
Image	Newspaper article about Jennie Lee's maiden speech in 1929	An article from the 'Daily Record and Mail' newspaper dated 4 May 1929 about Jennie Lee's maiden...	1929
Audio	NHS letter	Jennie Lee reads a letter addressed to Aneurin Bevan about the benefits of the National Health...	1950
Audio	Minister for the Arts 2	Jennie Lee talks about her role as Minister responsible for the Arts.	1970
Audio	Minister for the Arts 1	Jennie Lee discusses her role as Minister for the Arts from 1964.	1982
Image	Letter to Jennie Lee from the Labour Party NEC	Typed letter to Jennie Lee from George Shepherd on behalf of the Labour Party National Executive...	1944
Image	Letter to Jennie Lee from actors and staff of the National Theatre, 1970	A letter of support sent to Jennie Lee from actors and staff of the National Theatre following the...	1970
Image	Letter to Jennie Lee from Winston Churchill	Typed letter of sympathy from Winston Churchill to Jennie Lee dated 8th July 1960 following the...	1960
Image	Letter to Jennie Lee from The Daily Mirror	Letter dated 27 October 1940 to Jennie Lee from The Daily Mirror Newspaper offering her a job as...	1940
Image	Letter from Jennie Lee to Lord Beaverbrook	Typed letter from Jennie Lee to Lord Beaverbrook dated 24th October 1940 accepting the job of...	1940
Audio	Leaving the Labour Party	Jennie Lee talks about leaving the Labour Party in the early 1930s.	1982
Video	Laying the OU Library foundation stone 1973	A clip from the foundation stone event for the Jennie Lee Library. Vice Chancellor Walter Perry...	1982
Image	Lane End Cottage	Jennie Lee and Aneurin Bevan's home Lane End Cottage near Reading where they lived in the 1940s....	1940
Image	Jennie and Tommy Lee c.1915	Jennie Lee and her brother Tommy, photographed c.1915.	1915
Image	Jennie and Tommy Lee	Jennie Lee and her brother Tommy	1910
Image	Jennie Lee, 1929	Publicity photograph of Jennie Lee in 1929, the year she first became an MP.	1929
Image	Jennie Lee's parents	Jennie Lee's parents James and Euphemia 'Ma' Lee c.1930.	1930
Image	Jennie Lee's letter to women voters in Lanarkshire	Typed letter by Jennie Lee to women voters in Lanarkshire during her by-election campaign in 1929.	1929
Image	Jennie Lee's father's family c.1890	Photograph of Jennie Lee's father's family taken c.1890.	1890
Image	Jennie Lee's Teaching Record Book	Two handwritten pages from Jennie Lee's Teaching Record Book dated 28th March 1924. Jennie gained a...	1924
Image	Jennie Lee's Socialist Sunday School hymn book	Front cover and inside page of a Socialist Sunday School hymn book belonging to Jennie Lee, passed...	1917
Image	Jennie Lee's Ministerial red box	Jennie Lee's Ministerial red box which she used as Minister for the Arts from 1964 to 1970.	1964-1970
Image	Jennie Lee walking to the House of Commons in 1929	Following her election as MP of North Lanark, Jennie Lee is photographed walking to the House of...	1929
Image	Jennie Lee visiting the Tate Gallery	Jennie Lee photographed on her first official visit to the Tate Gallery as Minister for the Arts,...	1964
Image	Jennie Lee supporters, North Lanark, 1929	Supporters of Jennie Lee's 1929 election campaign in North Lanark. They are probably ILP...	1929
Image	Jennie Lee speaking in 1930	Jennie Lee speaking at an ILP (Independent Labour Party) gathering at Garrison Bridge, West...	1930
Image	Jennie Lee speaking at Nye Bevan's Memorial Service	Jennie Lee speaking at Nye Bevan's Memorial Service which was held near Tredegar in South Wales a...	1960
Image	Jennie Lee polling cards	Polling cards from Jennie Lee's election campaigns in 1929 and 1931.	1931
Image	Jennie Lee opens Biddulph Labour Party Autumn Fair	Jennie Lee opening Biddulph Labour Party Autumn Fair during the late 1940s.	1947
Image	Jennie Lee lecturing, c.1930s	A publicity photograph of Jennie Lee lecturing during the 1930s.	1930
Image	Jennie Lee election campaign leaflet	A campaign leaflet for Jennie Lee, the Labour candidate for the constituency of Cannock in the 1970...	1970
Image	Jennie Lee campaigning in Cannock	Jennie Lee campaigning in Cannock in 1959. She used a 12-seater coach as a travelling committee room.	1959
Image	Jennie Lee campaign leaflets	Campaign leaflets for Jennie Lee in the Bristol by-election in 1943.	1943
Image	Jennie Lee c.1930s	A publicity photograph of Jennie Lee at her typewriter c.1930s.	1930
Image	Jennie Lee c. mid-1940s	Publicity photo of Jennie Lee, mid 1940s, possibly taken during the Bristol campaign in 1943.	1943
Image	Jennie Lee at the first OU graduation ceremony	Jennie Lee at the first Open University graduation ceremony on 23 June 1973 when she was awarded an...	1973
Image	Jennie Lee at the first OU graduation ceremony	Jennie Lee at the first Open University graduation ceremony on 23 June 1973 when she was awarded an...	1973
Image	Jennie Lee at the National Theatre building ceremony	Jennie Lee at the ceremony marking the start of building work for The National Theatre on the South...	1969
Image	Jennie Lee at Asheridge Farm	Jennie Lee at an upstairs window of her home, Asheridge Farm in Buckinghamshire, where she lived...	1954

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