Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1890]-1983 (accumulated [mid 20th century]-1983) (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.063 cubic metres (6 boxes, 2 folders, 1 picture)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mrs Mary Garbett Edwards, OBE (1893-1986), was a Liberal Party agent in Montgomeryshire, and a prominent public servant. She was the election agent for Clement Davies (1884-1962), Liberal MP for Montgomeryshire, and Emlyn Hooson (b. 1962), Liberal MP (now Lord Hooson). She was chairman of Montgomeryshire County Council Education Committee, and vice-chairman of the Council in 1973. She occasionally contributed to radio programmes. Her husband, Garbett Edwards (died 1942), was chief financial secretary to Lord Davies of Llandinam. Their son, D. Peter Garbett-Edwards, was Secretary of the Mid-Wales Industrial Development Association, 1957-1977.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Mr Peter Garbett-Edwards, Llandinam, Powys, 1987.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Mary Garbett Edwards, including scrapbooks containing family photographs and letters, [1890]-1973; Montgomeryshire Liberal Party, General Purposes Committee, minute book, 1950-1959; letters, 1929-1983; journals of visits to North America, 1936-1949; notebooks and notes for speeches, [20th century]; radio scripts and related material, 1943-1963; papers relating to Garbett Edwards, including eisteddfod essays and other papers, 1897-[1930s], journal of Canadian visits, 1936-1939, and publications and annual reports of the Mid Wales Industrial Development Association, 1957-1973.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following: Mary Garbett Edwards; Garbett Edwards; and miscellaneous.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
No restrictions
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright regulations apply
Language of material
- English
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, 1987, pp. 32-34, at the National Library of Wales.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Note
The archive includes some material relating to Peter Garbett-Edwards.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Montgomeryshire Liberal Association -- Archives (Subject)
- Montgomeryshire (Wales). County Council. (Subject)
- Montgomeryshire Liberal Party. (Subject)
- Mid-Wales Industrial Development Association. (Subject)
- Montgomeryshire Liberal Association (Subject)
- Edwards, Mary Garbett, 1893-1986 -- Archives (Subject)
- Edwards, Garbett. (Subject)
- Garbett-Edwards, D. P. (David Peter), 1925- (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; amended July 2005
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used to compile this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1987; NLW, Index to Welsh Obituaries, 1986.
Archivist's note
Compiled by Rhys Jones for the ANW project.