Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1995-1998 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.153 cubic metres (17 boxes and 1 folder).
Context area
Name of creator
Administrative history
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Yes for Wales Campaign per Ms Mari James, Vice Chair of the Campaign; Donation; 1997 and 1998.
Mr Ioan Bellin; Cardiff; Donation; 1999.
Mr Leighton Andrews; Cardiff; Donation; 1999.
Mr David Egan and Mr Chris Simpson; Donation; 1997.
Mr Gareth Richards; Donation; 1998.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection comprises: Group 1: papers, 1997-1998, deriving from the Cardiff HQ of the 'Yes for Wales' campaign, including correspondence, strategy papers, minutes of committees and sub-groups, campaign materials, conference papers, financial papers, material emanating from the various Yes Supporting Groups, and papers deriving from several local support groups, among them Swansea, Pontypridd, Ceredigion and Neath. Group 2 consists of correspondence, press releases, governmental publications, strategy papers and campaign materials, 1997-1998. Group 3 comprises correspondence, minutes and agenda, strategy papers, financial papers, membership papers, press and media papers, newsletters, volumes of press cuttings, papers relating to each of the political parties in Wales, other support groups and a few papers relating to the 'No' campaign in 1997.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All papers received by the National Library have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are possible.
System of arrangement
Arranged into three groups by provenance (as noted in immediate source of acquisition above).
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 noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales at NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 2000, pp. 87-91.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
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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
August 2006.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, list of the 'Yes for Wales' 1997 Referendum Campaign Records in NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 2000, pp. 87-88.
Archivist's note
Compiled by J. Graham Jones for the ANW project.