Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1919-1991 (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-fonds
Extent and medium
12 vols, 2 bundles, 17 folders, 34 envelopes
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Following the report of the Royal Commission on University Education in Wales (the Haldane Commission)in 1918 the University formally established the Board of Celtic Studies, together with the University Press Board, by its Supplemental Charter granted in 1920, to survey and review the general needs for the development of Celtic Studies in Wales, and to initiate and conduct research. The Board, however, had been in existence for over a year before the charter was granted, since its first meeting was held in January 1919.
Three committees of the Board were established immediately, namely Language and Literature, History and Law, and Archaeology and Art. A fourth committee, the Social Science Committee, was set up in 1969. Most of the Board's members teach at the University colleges. The Board's publications, including the Welsh Dictionary and periodicals, are published by the University of Wales Press.
The Board reports annually to the University Council, and to the University Court.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records, 1919-1986, of the Board, minutes of the Archaeology and Art Committee of the Board, 1919-1975, minutes of the Dialect sub-committee of the Language and Literature Committee, 1953-1964; papers relating to The O'Donnell Lectures, 1944-1991; and records of Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (University of Wales Dictionary), 1921-1991.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following groups: Board records; Archaeology and Art Committee of the Board; The O'Donnell Lectures, and Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru (University of Wales Dictionary).
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Preferred citation: LJ