Fonds GB 0210 BENJONES - Ben G. Jones Papers,

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GB 0210 BENJONES

Teitl

Ben G. Jones Papers,

Dyddiad(au)

  • 1889-1989 (accumulated [c. 1930]-1987) / (Creation)

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Fonds

Maint a chyfrwng

0.362 cubic metres (38 boxes)

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Hanes bywgraffyddol

Ben G. Jones (1914-1989) was a solicitor and a Liberal politician. He unsuccessfully contested Merionethshire for the Liberals in 1959 and served as Chairman of the Council on the Welsh Language between 1973 and 1978. From 1982 to 1989, he was President of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion. He also served on the Crowther (later the Kilbrandon) Commission on the Constitution, on the BBC General Advisory Council of Great Britain, on the Agricultural Land Tribunal and he was a Vice-President of University of Wales, Aberystwyth. He received the CBE in 1979.

Hanes archifol

Ffynhonnell

Donated by Mrs Menna Wynn-Jones, Surrey, widow of Ben G. Jones, 1990.

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Natur a chynnwys

Papers, 1889-1988, of Ben G. Jones, including academic notes, 1932-1935; personal letters, 1942-1968; political papers, 1935-1985; correspondence relating to politics in Merionethshire, 1963-1967; press cuttings, 1958-1963, printed material relating to the four main political parties in Wales, 1949-1966; papers relating to the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1939-1988; minute book, 1889-1909, of the London Welsh Mutual Improvement Societies' Union; papers deriving from the compilation and publication of the Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1953-1986; papers relating to his public life, 1968-1984, including the Kilbrandon Commission, 1936-1969, the BBC, 1968-1978, UCW Aberystwyth, 1968-1985, and the Agricultural Land Tribunal, 1980-1984; minute book, 1889-1909, of the London Welsh Mutual Improvement Societies' Union; and papers relating to the status of the Welsh language and to teaching and broadcasting through the medium of Welsh, 1965-1987.

Gwerthuso, dinistrio ac amserlennu

Action: All records have been retained.

Croniadau

Accruals are not expected.

System o drefniant

Arranged into the following: personalia; political papers; The Honorable Society of Cymmrodorion; public life; the Welsh language; Council for the Welsh Language; London Welsh Mutual Improvement Societies' Union/Undeb Cymdeithasau Diwylliadol Cymreig Llundain; printed material: political; printed material: miscellaneous; and miscellanea.

Ardal amodau mynediad a defnydd

Amodau rheoli mynediad

Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.

Amodau rheoli atgynhyrchu

Usual copyright regulations apply.

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Sgript o ddeunydd

Nodiadau iaith a sgript

English.

Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol

Cymhorthion chwilio

A hard copy of the schedule, in Minor Lists and Summaries, 1991, pp.37-41, is available at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online.

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Nodiadau

Title supplied from contents of fonds. Items acquired by Ben G. Jones pre-date him.

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Virtua system control number

vtls003844700

Project identifier

ANW

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Dynodwr sefydliad

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH

Statws

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Dyddiadau creadigaeth adolygiad dilead

May 2003

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  • Saesneg

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Ffynonellau

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Compiled by Annette Stauch for the ANW project. The following source was consulted in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries 1991.

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