Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1974-1991 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
1.377 cubic metres (153 boxes).
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
The Committee of Welsh District Councils was established in April 1983 by the Welsh Branch of the Association of District Councils, with the purpose of co-ordinating the work of the District Councils in Wales. Its predecessor in this role had been the Council for the Principality (formed in 1974, also under the Association of District Councils, and superseding the Association of Welsh Local Authorities), and the Committee of Welsh District Councils was itself succeeded by the Council of Welsh Districts in 1989. The line of descent between these bodies after 1974 was distinct; they existed in direct succession, they performed almost identical functions, and many of the staff worked for more than one of them. As a result, some of the papers in the archive cover periods before and after the existence of the Committee of Welsh District Councils.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Welsh Branch Office of the Association of District Councils; Deposit.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of the Committee of Welsh District Councils, comprising correspondence and papers of the Committee, 1983-1989, together with related papers of the Association of District Councils, 1981-1991, the Representative Body for Wales, 1974-1988, and the Council of Welsh Districts, 1989-1991.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following: Association of District Councils; Committee of Welsh District Councils; the economy and environmental health; housing; leisure; organisations and societies; policy, finance and planning; Representative Body for Wales; 1991 deposit (arranged as the first deposit, but including staff correspondence files, 1989-1991, and omitting papers of the Representative Body). The original file numbers employed by the Committee have been retained.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
The papers are available only with the permission of the Under Secretary (Wales), Welsh Branch Office of the Association of District Councils, 10/11 Raleigh Walk, Atlantic Wharf, Cardiff CF1 5LN, or his successor in office. Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
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Name access points
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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
June 2007.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by David Moore and J. Graham Jones for the ANW project. The following source was consulted in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule, Committee of Welsh District Councils Papers;