Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1979-2018 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
4 boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
WALMATO (Welsh Association of Lecturers in Mathematics in the Area Training Organisation) was established in Aberystwyth on 10 March 1964 as a mutual-support group to share ideas in maths education. The annual conference was held at Gregynog Hall except for one occasion. Its aim was to study the content and teaching of Mathematics in particular in the primary and secondary education sectors. The members at the 2014 conference decided that it would be the last conference.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Professor Gareth Ffowc Roberts, Bangor, March 2018, 99859541502419.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, 1979-2018, relating to WALMATO’s activities, including minute books and papers relating to annual conferences held.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
This archive has been appraised according to the Library's guidelines (financial papers - bank books and receipt books, and Gregynog Marketing material); details are recorded in Departmental Appraisal Form AFE/2018/3.
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into three series in NLW as follows: administrative papers, conferences, and printed material.
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
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
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
Alternative identifier(s)
Alma system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Mathematics--Study and teaching--Wales. (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
September 2018.
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Sources
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: papers within the archive.
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Ann Francis Evans.