Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1943-1982 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.009 cubic metres (1 box)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Lyn Howell (1906-1988) was the Secretary of the Wales Tourist Board between 1949 and 1969.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Nan Howell, Cardiff, in 1989.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Lyn Howell, 1943-1982, including articles, addresses, notes and broadcast scripts, 1975-1982; letters to Lyn Howell, 1960-1981; and three volumes of press cuttings, one relating to his period as regional officer in the welfare department of the Colonial Office, 1943-1949, the second, 1957-1958, relating to Huw T. Edwards, chairman of the Wales Tourist Board; and the third relating to the Wales Tourist Board, 1967-1969.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following: articles, addresses, notes and broadcast scripts; letters; scrapbooks (in chronological order).
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
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 in Minor Lists and Summaries 1990, p.43, at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online. A detailed list of the articles, addresses, notes and broadcast scripts by Lyn Howell is enclosed in the first file.
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
Project identifier
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Wales Tourist Board. (Subject)
- Howell, Lyn -- Archives. (Subject)
- Edwards, Huw T. (Huw Thomas), 1892-1970 (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
May 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries 1990.