Ardal dynodi
Cod cyfeirnod
Teitl
Dyddiad(au)
- 1934-1985 / (Creation)
Lefel y disgrifiad
Fonds
Maint a chyfrwng
0.018 cubic metres (2 boxes)
Ardal cyd-destun
Enw'r crëwr
Hanes bywgraffyddol
Idris Cox (1899-1989), Communist and Labour party activist, worked as a coal miner until 1927, when he became a full-time organiser for the South Wales District of the Communist Party of Great Britain. He organised hunger marches in Monmouthshire and Glamorgan in 1930. Cox was active within the party, writing on policy and tactics, and became the editor of the Daily Worker for a time, but returned to South Wales in the late 1930s, helping to develop a North Wales District and establishing an All-Wales Congress. He wrote the pamphlet 'The people can save South Wales' in 1937. He assisted the party's General Secretary, Harry Pollitt (1890-1960), in standing for the seat of Rhondda East in the 1945 general election. The Party was disappointed by its performance in the 1945 and 1949 elections, and in 1951 Cox was removed from his role as Welsh organizer to take up a post in the Party's International Department, for which he moved to London. This may have been partly a response to Cox's outspoken support for Welsh devolution, reflected in his membership of the cross-party "Parliament for Wales" committee from 1950. Cox later returned to Wales, remaining active as a commentator and writer on politics. He died in 1989.
Hanes archifol
Ffynhonnell
Donated by Dora Cox, Pontypool, in 1990.
Ardal cynnwys a strwythur
Natur a chynnwys
Papers of Idris Cox, 1934-1985, comprising draft autobiography (unpublished), 'From Coal Mines to Communist Ideals', and photocopy of a more complete version held by Univeristy of Wales, Swansea; correspondence, 1960-1983; pamphlets, lectures and broadcasts by Cox, 1936-1984; Communist Party pamphlets, 1930-1963; and miscellaneous, 1934--1985.
Gwerthuso, dinistrio ac amserlennu
Action: All records have been retained.
Item: 1.1. Action: Condition reviewed. Action identifier: 003844689. Date: 20050208. Authorization: Selected for conservation. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Thomas. Status: Printed volume : stained pages, pH reading 5.00, no binding survives. Institution: WlAbNL.
Item: 1.2. Action: Conserved. Action identifier: 003844689. Date: 20050415. Authorizing institution: NLW. Action agent: J. Jenkins. Status: Printed volume : deacidiified affected pages and rebound in hinged boards. Institution: WlAbNL.
Croniadau
Accruals are not expected.
System o drefniant
Arranged into the following: autobiography; correspondence; lectures; speech notes; political writings; and miscellaneous.
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.
Iaith y deunydd
Sgript o ddeunydd
Nodiadau iaith a sgript
English, Welsh.
Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol
Cymhorthion chwilio
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries 1991, pp. 17-20, at the National Library of Wales.
Ardal deunyddiau perthynol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad y gwreiddiol
Bodolaeth a lleoliad copïau
Unedau o ddisgrifiad cysylltiedig
Ardal nodiadau
Nodiadau
Title supplied from contents of fonds
Dynodwr(dynodwyr) eraill
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Pwyntiau mynediad
Pwyntiau mynediad pwnc
Pwyntiau mynediad lleoedd
Pwyntiau mynediad Enw
Pwyntiau mynediad Genre
Ardal rheolaeth disgrifiad
Dynodwr disgrifiad
Dynodwr sefydliad
Rheolau a/neu confensiynau a ddefnyddiwyd
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
Statws
Lefel manylder disgrifiad
Dyddiadau creadigaeth adolygiad dilead
May 2005
Iaith(ieithoedd)
- Saesneg
Sgript(iau)
Ffynonellau
Nodyn yr archifydd
Compiled by Annette Strauch and Martin Locock for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries 1991; Communist History Network Newsletter, 12 (http://les1.man.ac.uk/chnn/CHNN12CPW.html).