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David Thomas (Bangor) Papers
Reference code(s): GB 0210 DAVGOR
Held at: National Library of Wales
Title: David Thomas (Bangor) Papers
Short title: Thomas, David, of Bangor, papers
Dates of creation: 1878-1929 (accumulated [c. 1900]-1929)
Level of description: Fonds
Extent and medium: 0.086 cubic metres (3 boxes)
Name of creator(s): David Thomas, of Bangor
CONTEXT
Administrative and biographical history: David Thomas (1880-1967), educationalist, author and Labour Party activist, was born in Llanfechain, Montgomeryshire, and became a pupil-teacher in Llanfyllin, 1895-1899. He became a qualified teacher in 1905, and worked in several schools in Caernarfonshire. Thomas worked to establish labour unions and branches of the Independent Labour Party in North Wales, assisting in the foundation of the Caernarfonshire Labour Council in 1912 and the North Wales Labour Council in 1914. Thomas was an effective speaker and radio broadcaster and wrote many articles, pamphlets and books on political, historical and literary subjects. His works include Y Werin a'i Theyrnas, Y Blaid Lafur a Dinasyddiaeth y Gwiethiwr (1912), Y Cynganeddion Cymreig (1923) and Y Ddinasyddiaeth Fawr (1938). He had a keen interest in adult education and was a tutor at the Worker's Educational Association in Caernarfonshire from 1928-1959. He recieved an MA from the University of Liverpool in 1928.
CONTENT
Scope and content: Correspondence of David Thomas, 1907-1929, together with pamphlets, reports and other printed items relating mainly to socialism, the Independent Labour Party, workers' unions, agricultural wages, publication of Y Werin a'i Theyrnas, local committees in North Wales for improvement of social conditions, the Caernarfonshire parliamentary election, 1922, and miscellaneous unspecified subjects; incomplete copies of David Thomas's printed works, articles and parts of his thesis, 1928; account books, [c. 1878]-1910, belonging chiefly to John Williams, Bwlchgwyn, Denbighshire; a small notebook containing literary adjudications in connection with an eisteddfod at Tal-y-sarn, 1908, and translations of six stories from French into Welsh by `Morfudd' [Miss H. Jones, Porth] and `Nehushtan' [N. El. Thomas, Swansea], entered at the Barry National Eisteddfod 1920.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/script: Welsh, English
System of arrangement: Arranged into the following: files of correspondence and printed and duplicated items; unnumbered files; and other items.
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.
Finding aids: A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue is available online.
Detailed catalogue
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records deposited at the National Library of Wales have been retained.
Accruals: Accruals are not expected
Immediate source of acquisition: Deposited by David Thomas's son, Mr Arial M. Thomas, Llanwnda, 1969
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note: Title compiled from content of fonds. Some account books collected by David Thomas pre-date his birth.
Archivist's note: Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW Project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: National Library of Wales, Catalogue of David Thomas (Bangor) Papers; Dictionary of Welsh Biography, 1941-1970 (London, 2001).
Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2 and LCSH.
Date(s) of description: April 2003
INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Agricultural wages | Wales, North
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru | (1920 : | Barri)
Eisteddfodau | Wales | Tal-y-sarn (Gwynedd)
Elections | Wales | Caernarvonshire
Thomas, David, | b. 1880 | Archives
Wales, North | Social conditions
Personal names
Corporate names
Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru | (1920 : | Barri)
Independent Labour Party (Great Britain)
