Ardal dynodi
Cod cyfeirnod
Teitl
Dyddiad(au)
- 1961-1996 / (Creation)
Lefel y disgrifiad
Fonds
Maint a chyfrwng
2.043 cubic metres (225 boxes, 3 folders); 4 large boxes (June and July 2010); 3 small boxes (February 2011).
Ardal cyd-destun
Enw'r crëwr
Hanes bywgraffyddol
Leo Abse, politician, was born in 1917 in Cardiff, Glamorgan, the son of a Jewish family. He was educated at Howard Gardens High School and (after the Second World War) the London School of Economics. His younger brother is the poet and author Dannie Abse. Leo Abse left school to work as a factory worker, becoming involved in political activity, and displaying strong sympathies with the Communist Party, visiting Spain clandestinely in 1939 during the Civil War. He served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War, subsequently attended the London School of Economics, and then returned to Cardiff to study law. He joined a Cardiff law firm (of which he eventually became senior partner); he served as a member of Cardiff City Council between 1953 and 1958, and fought for the Labour Party Cardiff North in the general election of 1955. He was the first solicitor to be granted audience in the High Court in 1986. He was Labour MP for Pontypool from 1958 until 1983, and for Torfaen from 1983 until his retirement in 1987. He served as chairman of the Welsh Parliamentary Party, 1976-1987, and acted as leader of the Labour anti-devolution campaign in Wales in the 1979 Referendum. At Westminster, Abse proved an effective backbencher, acting as sponsor or co-sponsor for Private Member's Bills relating to divorce, homosexuality, family planning, legitimacy, widows' damages, industrial injuries, congenital disabilities and relief from forfeiture. He also initiated the first Commons debates on genetic engineering, Windscale, and in vitro pregnancies. He has written several books among them, Private Member (1973); Margaret, Daughter of Beatrice (1989); Wotan, My Enemy (1994), The Man Behind the Smile (1996) and Fellatio, Masochism, Politics and Love (2000).
Hanes archifol
Ffynhonnell
Donated by Leo Abse, London, in two groups, Group 1 (mainly political papers) in 1990, and Group 2 (political papers after 1987, personal papers, and papers relating to his books), 1999. A further donation was received from Mrs Ania Abse, London, June and July 2010, and a further consignment was received February 2011.
Ardal cynnwys a strwythur
Natur a chynnwys
General and parliamentary correspondence, 1961-1987; constituency correspondence, 1970-1987, files relating to constituency affairs, 1947-1987; files relating to the following: Welsh affairs, 1985-1987, including transport, 1959-1973; health service, 1960-1978; Welsh language and nationalism, 1966-1979; devolution, 1970-1979; Select Committee for Welsh Affairs, 1975-1985; the Labour Party, 1964-1987, mainly annual conferences and general elections; industrial affairs, 1958-1985, penal reform, 1961-1987, children, 1968-1987, abortion, 1969-1979, nuclear energy, 1977-1987, genetic engineering, [c. 1977] - 1985; and personal papers, mainly letters, [1930s]-1946, and articles, notes and diaries, [1930s]-[1980s]. A further consignment of papers were received. These remain uncatalogued.
Gwerthuso, dinistrio ac amserlennu
Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Croniadau
Accruals are possible.
System o drefniant
Arranged into two groups by date of deposit. Group 1 has been arranged as follows: A general and parliamentary correspondence; B constituency correspondence; C constituency affairs; D Welsh affairs; E Labour Party ; F personal. Group 2 is arranged into political papers; personal papers, papers relating to his publications. Each class is divided into numbered sections by subject, and each document in these sections has been placed in broad chronological order and numbered.
Ardal amodau mynediad a defnydd
Amodau rheoli mynediad
Constituency files are closed for 50 years after the last date in each file: exemption s.40, Freedom of Information Act 2000. 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.
Cyflwr ac anghenion technegol
Cymhorthion chwilio
A hard copy of the catalogue is available 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
- Abortion -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
- Child care -- Great Britain.
- Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- Great Britain.
- Politicians -- Wales -- Archives.
- Genetic engineering -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
- Nationalism -- Wales.
- Nuclear energy -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
- Public health -- Great Britain.
- Election districts -- Wales -- Torfaen.
- Election districts -- Wales -- Pontypool.
- Politicians -- Wales -- Diaries.
- Decentralization in government -- Great Britain -- Wales.
- Welsh language.
- Transportation.
- Pontypool (Wales)
- Torfaen (Wales)
- Pontypool (Wales) -- Politics and government
- Torfaen (Wales) -- Politics and government
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
January 2003
Iaith(ieithoedd)
- Saesneg
Sgript(iau)
Ffynonellau
Nodyn yr archifydd
Compiled by Seri Crawley for the ANW project. The following sources were used to compile this description: NLW, Schedule of Leo Abse Papers; Who's Who 2003; Debrett's People of Today, November 2003.