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National Library of Wales
Emrys Roberts Records
Reference code(s): GB 0210 EMRRTS
Held at: National Library of Wales
Title: Emrys Roberts Records
Short title: Roberts, Emrys, records
Dates of creation: 1945-1983
Level of description: Fonds
Extent and medium: 0.054 cubic metres (6 boxes)
Name of creator(s): Emrys Roberts
CONTEXT
Administrative and biographical history: Emrys Owen Roberts was born at Caernarfon in 1910 and graduated from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. He served in the RAF during the Second World War. He was called to the bar at Grays Inn in 1944 and served as the Liberal Member of Parliament for Merionethshire between 1945 and 1951 when he was defeated. He was Chairman of the Development Board for Rural Wales between 1977 and 1981, and a member of a very large number of other public bodies in Wales. He died in October 1990.
CONTENT
Scope and content: Records and papers collected by Emrys Roberts, 1945-1983, including correspondence and papers relating to the National Eisteddfod, 1959-1976; the Development Board for Rural Wales, 1973-1981; and Wales (West and North) Television Ltd, 1961-1967. There are also papers relating to other committees on which Emrys Roberts sat, 1967-1983, and other miscellaneous papers, 1945-1981.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/script: English
System of arrangement: Arranged into the following: National Eisteddfod; Development Board For Rural Wales; Wales (WEst and North) Television Ltd; various committees; and miscellaneous papers.
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 schedule is available at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online.
Detailed catalogue
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records have been retained
Accruals: Accruals are not expected
Immediate source of acquisition: Donated by Mr Emrys Roberts, 24 Glyn Garth Court, Menai Bridge, Anglesey, Gwynedd in August 1989.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Archivist's note: Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: NLW Minor Lists and Summaries 1990; Rees, I. T. Welsh hustings, 1885-2004.
Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2 and LCSH
Date(s) of description: May 2003
INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Development Board for Rural Wales | Archives
Merioneth (Wales) | Politics and government | 20th century
Roberts, Emrys | 1910-1990 | Archives
Wales West and North Television Ltd | Records and correspondence
Personal names
Corporate names
Development Board for Rural Wales
Wales West and North Television Ltd
