Publication of Welsh books,

This material is held atNational Library of Wales / Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru

  • Reference
    • GB 210 NLW MS 21709E.
  • Alternative Id.
      (alternative) vtls004217397
      (alternative) (WlAbNL)0000217397
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1968-1979.
  • Language of Material
    • English Welsh Irish Scottish Gaelic English, Welsh, Irish, some Scottish Gaelic.
  • Physical Description
    • 374 ff. (16 items).
  • Location
    • ARCH/MSS (GB0210)

Scope and Content

Correspondence, papers and reports, 1968-1979, concerning publishing in the Welsh language, including correspondence between the Publishers' Section of the Union of Welsh Publishers and Booksellers, Secretaries of State for Wales and the Welsh Office, the Welsh Books Council, and the Welsh Arts Council regarding grants for publishing Welsh books for adults and schools (items 6, 11, 12, 13); and correspondence, 1968, respecting a memorandum on the Gittins Report on Primary Education in Wales submitted by the WJEC to the Secretary of State for Education and Science, which contained a recommendation that a new publishing unit be set up to print and publish children's books in Welsh (item 1).

Access Information

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.

Acquisition Information

Mr Charles Charman; Denbigh; Donation; 1981

Note

Title based on contents.

Preferred citation: NLW MS 21709E.

Archivist's Note

April 2008.

Description compiled by Bethan Ifans;

Conditions Governing Use

Usual copyright laws apply.

Related Material

See also NLW MS 20610E which contains correspondence between Charles Charman and the Welsh Office, 1964-1969, regarding grants for the publishing of Welsh books for adults.

Additional Information

Published

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales