Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1917-1989 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
9 files
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Cliff Prothero (1898-1990), Labour Party organizer, was born in Ynysbwl, Glamorgan, and left school at the age of thirteen to work in a coal mine. He became involved in Trade Union activities during the miners' strikes of 1921 and 1926, and also with the Labour Party and in 1942 became the Regional Organiser for the Eastern Counties of Wales. In 1943, he became Organiser for Wales and Secretary of the Welsh Regional Council of the Labour Party. In 1948 he was largely responsible for setting up the Council for Wales and Monmouthshire, and uniting the Labour Parties of North and South Wales. He was a founder member of the Welsh Tourist Board, and served on the Welsh Joint Education Committee, the Broadcasting Council for Wales, and the Social Service Council for Wales. He married Violet Elizabeth Thomas of Pontarddulais, Glamorgan, in 1937. He was awarded an O.B.E. in 1965 for Political and Public Services. He published an autobiography, Recount in 1982.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Mrs Vi Prothero, wife of Cliff Prothero, Penarth, South Glamorgan per Dr Andrew Bold, Research Officer, Labour Party Wales, 1991.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Cliff Prothero, including correspondence and papers relating to the Labour Party and Wales, and to the devolution debate, 1947-1989; certificates of qualifications, 1917-1968; photograph album, 1926-1964; scrapbook of press cuttings, 1934-1989; miscellaneous publications relating to the Labour Party, 1941-1964; and typescripts, correspondence and papers relating to Cliff Prothero's autobiography, Recount, 1981-1982. There are no papers relating to his public activities.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically.
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 1992, p. 103, at the National Library of Wales.
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
Place access points
Name access points
- Labour Party Wales (Subject)
- Prothero, Cliff, 1898-1990 -- Archives (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 Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries 1992; Prothero, Cliff, Recount (Omskirk, 1982).