Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1932-1949. (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Extent and medium
1 folder, 6 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Boverton Girls' Camp and Hafod Rest Home were founded in grounds near Llantwit Major, Glamorgan, in 1932 and 1934 respectively. Boverton was a recreation camp which accommodated between 500 and 600 girls from mining areas each week during the summer months, whilst Hafod catered for about a dozen women related to employees of the Ocean Coal Company. The camp was used for evacuated children at the start of the second world war, but incendiary bombs fell in the grounds in 1940 and it was requisitioned by the military thereafter until the end of the War. It re-opened in 1945, but falling demand led to its closure in 1949.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The group consists of reports and log books, 1932-1949, relating to the camp site and equipment, attendance, fees, activities, medical problems and visitors.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into six files.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
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
Preferred citation: B.