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National Library of Wales
Ted Rowlands Papers
Reference code(s): GB 0210 TEDNDS
Held at: National Library of Wales
Title: Ted Rowlands Papers
Short title: Rowlands, Ted, papers
Dates of creation: 1972-1991
Level of description: Fonds
Extent and medium: 0.126 cubic metres (14 boxes)
Name of creator(s): Ted Rowlands
CONTEXT
Administrative and biographical history: Edward (Ted) Rowlands, was born in Rhondda, Glamorgan, in 1940. He was the Labour Member of Parliament for the constituncies of Cardiff North, 1966-1970, for Merthyr Tydfil, 1972-1983, and Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney, 1983-2001. He was appointed Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Wales, 1969-1970 and 1974-1975, and Minister of State in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, 1976-1979. From 1987-2001 he was a member of the Select Committee on Foreign Affairs. In 2001 he stepped down as an MP, and, in 2004, he was created Baron Rowlands of Merthyr Tydfil and of Rhymney. In 2003 he was a member of the Richard Commission investigating the powers and electoral arrangements of the National Assembly of Wales. He now lives in Carmarthenshire.
CONTENT
Scope and content: Constituents' correspondence, 1984-1990; general correspondence, 1982-1990; correspondence subject files, 1972-1990; Foreign Affairs Committee, 1991; correspondence and press cuttings relating to the Miners' Strike, 1984-1985; and pamphlets, 1984-1987.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/script: English
System of arrangement: Arranged into the following: constituency correspondence; general correspondence; subject files of correspondence; foreign affairs; Miners' Strike; and pamphlets.
Conditions governing access: Constituents' files and a file relating to the Miners' Strike are closed for 50 years: exemption s. 40 Freedom of Information Act 2000. 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 in Minor Lists and Summaries, 1992, pp. 111-113, at the National Library of Wales and the National Register of Archives. The catalogue is available online.
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ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained.
Accruals: Accruals are not expected
Immediate source of acquisition: Donated by Ted Rowlands, London, 1991.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds
Archivist's note: Compiled by Richard Burman for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1992; Debrett's People of Today (London, 2003); Richard Commission website, viewed 6 September 2004.
Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2 and LCSH.
Date(s) of description: September 2004
INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Coal strike, Great Britain, 1984-1985
Rowlands, Ted, | 1940- | Archives
Personal names
Rowlands, Ted (Edward), b. 1940, Baron Rowlands of Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney
Corporate names
Great Britain | Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Great Britain | Parliament. | House of Commons. | Foreign Affairs Committee
