Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1968-1979. (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
374 ff. (16 items).
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mr Charles Charman; Denbigh; Donation; 1981
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, papers and reports, 1968-1979, concerning publishing in the Welsh language, including correspondence between the Publishers' Section of the Union of Welsh Publishers and Booksellers, Secretaries of State for Wales and the Welsh Office, the Welsh Books Council, and the Welsh Arts Council regarding grants for publishing Welsh books for adults and schools (items 6, 11, 12, 13); and correspondence, 1968, respecting a memorandum on the Gittins Report on Primary Education in Wales submitted by the WJEC to the Secretary of State for Education and Science, which contained a recommendation that a new publishing unit be set up to print and publish children's books in Welsh (item 1).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their readers' tickets.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
- Irish
- Scottish Gaelic
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh, Irish, some Scottish Gaelic.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 21709E.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Welsh Arts Council. (Subject)
- Welsh Books Council (Subject)
- Welsh Joint Education Committee. (Subject)
- Great Britain. Welsh Office. (Subject)
- Union of Welsh Publishers and Booksellers. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
April 2008.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans;