Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1934x2014]. (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
4 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Drama Association Wales (DAW)/Cymdeithas Ddrama Cymru was established in 1934 and housed ‘the world’s largest specialist lending library’ and was funded by the Arts Council of Wales. The library is now based at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama in Cardiff since 2014.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama; Cardiff; Donation; September 2014; 006782913.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The playscripts, [1934x2014], comprise translations of plays into Welsh by Emyr Edwards and others which were presented by him to Drama Association Wales in 2005 and English medium plays written by Welsh playwrights or with Welsh connections. = Mae’r sgriptiau, [1934x2014], yn cynnwys cyfieithiadau i’r Gymraeg gan Emyr Edwards ac eraill a gyflwynwyd ganddo i Gymdeithas Ddrama Cymru yn 2005 a dramâu cyfrwng Saesneg gan awduron Cymreig neu â chysylltiadau Cymreig.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW in two series: Cyfieithiadau i'r Gymraeg (Welsh translations) and Original English dramas by those with Welsh connections.
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 set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio â Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
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
Related units of description
Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject 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
August 2015.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Ann Francis Evans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Drama Association of Wales and Literature Wales websites, viewed July 2015: