Fonds GB 0210 DOLMRU - Archif Dolen Cymru

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0210 DOLMRU

Title

Archif Dolen Cymru

Date(s)

  • 1980-2015 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

16 boxes (0.14 m3).

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Name of creator

(1985-)

Administrative history

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Donation by Dr Carl Iwan Clowes, June 2018.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Material relating to Dolen Cymru and its activities in Wales and Lesotho.

Many of the print-outs of correspondence, reports etc. are printed on the backs of papers reflecting Carl and Dorothi Clowes's other interests, including Nant Gwrtheyrn, Gorsedd y Beirdd, Welsh Centre for International Affairs, and speech and language therapy.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Files arranged chronologically within seven series: Committee papers, Correspondence, Subject files, Health, General, Scrap books and newspaper cuttings, Printed matter.

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Conditions governing access

A number of CVs have been extracted to a separate file under GDPR.

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English
  • Southern Sotho
  • Welsh

Script of material

Language and script notes

Mainly English and Welsh, with a number of items in Sesotho.

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Six photographs have been transferred to NLW photographic collection. A number of printed items, itemised under series G below, have been transferred to NLW printed books collection.

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Publication note

Phil Williams, 'Wales' African twin' (Pwllheli : Cyhoeddiadau'r Gair, 2008).

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Alma system control number

99905941802419

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Archivist's note

Compiled by Stephen Benham, April 2019. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Dolen Cymru Papers; Dolen Cymru website, http://www.dolencymru.org = www.waleslesotholink.org; Carl Clowes (Wicipedia article); and 'Dolen Cymru, a chronology, 1982-2004' and 'Outline of main activities undertaken by Dolen Cymru during its project period 1997-2000' (both in file C 11).

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