Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1986-2009 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
9 boxes.
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Honno Welsh Women's Press, an independent co-operative press, was established in 1986 by a group of eight women volunteers. Honno’s first title was published in 1987. Books which have been out of print for many years are reprinted in the series Honno Classics (Clasuron Honno). Honno has received many awards over the years including the Pandora’s Box Award for Women in Publishing in 2002.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Caroline Oakley, Editor, Honno, 13-14 Creative Units, The Arts Cerntre, Aberystwyth, May 2014, 006738560.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Honno, 1986-2009, including minutes of committee and AGM meetings; correspondence; marketing material; unpublished manuscripts and reader’s reports.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into nine files at NLW.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 1998 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio â Deddf Gwarchod Data 1998 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Preferred citation: Papurau Honno Papers.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Honno (Welsh Women's Press) (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Ann Francis Evans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Meic Stephens (ed.), Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru (Caerdydd, 1997), Honno website, viewed 24 November 2016, and papers within the Honno archive.