Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1955-1976 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.074 cubic metres (6 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
John Edwards (1905-1966), from Swansea, Glamorgan, was the founder of the Guild for the Promotion of Welsh Music in 1955. His wife, Olwen, owned property in Brecon Road, Pontardawe, Glamorgan. John Edwards established Welsh Teldisc Records Ltd in 1962, and in the 1960s and 1970s the company issued Welsh-language popular music by Dafydd Iwan and others. It operated Teldisc Evangelical as a subsidiary. John Edwards died in 1966, and in 1974 the company was sold to Cymdeithas Llyfrau Ceredigion, a Welsh-language book publisher, which issued new Welsh Teldisc releases into the 1990s.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Olwen Edwards per A. J. Heward Rees, Welsh Music Information Centre, Cardiff, 1988.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Business records of John Edwards and Welsh Teldisc Records Ltd, 1962-1976, including balance sheets, 1963-1974; sales summaries, 1963-1974; invoices and delivery notes, 1963-1972; records of stock movement, 1965-1966; records of copyright enquiries, permissions and royalties, 1963-1974; recording contracts, 1964-1967; recording log book, 1964-1970; lyrics and sleeve notes, with related correspondence, 1963-1968; copy outgoing correspondence, 1965-1967; general incoming correspondence, 1964-1976; and papers of Mrs Olwen Edwards, 1955-1976.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged by type and date.
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, in Minor Lists and Summaries 1989, pp. 97-98, is available at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online.
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
- Welsh Teldisc Records Ltd. -- Archives. (Subject)
- Edwards, John, 1905-1966 -- Archives (Subject)
- Edwards, John, 1905-1966 (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 1989, pp. 97-98. The record company's name has often been misidentified as Welsh Teledisc.