Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1888-[1989] (accumulated [1930s-1989]) / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.135 cubic metres (15 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Thomas Mervyn Jones (1910-1989), public servant, was born in Llandinam, Montgomeryshire and educated in Newtown and at the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth, and Cambridge University. After training as a lawyer and working in local government in Newport, Monmouthshire, he was appointed chairman of the Wales Gas Board in 1948, and of the Wales Tourist Board in 1970. He retired in 1976, and died in 1989 after compiling his memoirs.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by T. Mervyn Jones, Cardiff, in December 1984 and June 1987.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Thomas Mervyn Jones, comprising his typescript memoirs which focus mainly on his academic career, his time in local government and as chairman of the Wales Gas Board, 1948-1970, and the Wales Tourist Board, 1970-1976, together with papers used by him in compiling them, including personal correspondence, reports, newspaper cuttings and other papers, and biographical material relating to his family, 1888-1985, as well as material relating to the history of Llandinam and the Davies family, and Jones's thoughts on various aspects of development in Wales, such as the nationalised industries and economic development, agriculture, the arts, government involvement in industry, and devolution.
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 into two donations, the first consisting of typescript memoirs and the second of material used in their preparation.
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 1985, p. 36, and 1987, pp. 70-72, 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
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
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
April 2003.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by David Moore for the ANW project. The following sources were consulted in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries 1985, 1987;