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Anglesey County Record Office
Oral History Tape Recordings
Reference code(s): GB 0221 WMT
Held at: Anglesey County Record Office
Title: Oral History Tape Recordings
Short title: Oral History tape recordings
Dates of creation: 1983-1992
Level of description: Fonds
Extent and medium: 207 compact cassettes
Name of creator(s): Gwynedd Archives Service
CONTEXT
Administrative and biographical history: Gwynedd Archives Service used government employment schemes to undertake a project recording oral history evidence in Anglesey, Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire. The contents of the recordings were summarised for a catalogue, and also transcribed. The recordings were conducted between 1983 and 1992, and cover a wide range of subjects, including life on Anglesey, work, social life, life in the Services, farming, the Second World War, and election addresses from the 1987 General Election campaign.
CONTENT
Scope and content: Papers and recordings of the Gwynedd Archives Service Oral History Tape Recordings, 1983-1990; including Oral History interviews of Alun Owen on The Whalers of Anglesey, 1984, and of others concerning life on Anglesey, work, social life, life in the Services, farming, the Second World War; and election addresses from the 1987 General Election campaign.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/script: Welsh, English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements: Some of the tapes are unclear. The majority are transcribed, either fully or in part.
System of arrangement: Arranged chronologically by date of interview into various subjects, and a separate catalogue for whalers.
Conditions governing access: Restricted access to the Kenneth Sydney Horton tape recordings, 1985.
Conditions governing reproduction: Usual copyright regulations apply.
Finding aids: Hard copies of the catalogues are available at Archifdy Ynys Môn/Anglesey County Record Office, the National Library of Wales, Caernarfon Record Office and the National Register of Archives. It is the policy of Gwasanaeth Archifdy Ynys Môn/Anglesey County Archives Service to catalogue in the language of the document.
Detailed catalogue
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information: All records have been retained
Accruals: Accruals are not expected
Archival history: Material recorded for Caernarfonshire and Merionethshire is held by the relevant office. WM/T/92 has been transferred to Caernarfon as XM/T/168.
Immediate source of acquisition: Information to be supplied
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Publication note: Alun Owen, The Whalers of Anglesey (Gwynedd Archives, 1983), is partly based on recordings in the archive; John Richard Rowlands, The Farmer's Tale: the story of John Richard Rowlands, Talwrn, Anglesey (Gwynedd Archives, 1992) is based on recordings in the archive.
Note: Title supplied from contents of fonds
Archivist's note: Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following sources were consulted in the compilation of this description: Archifdy Ynys Môn/Anglesey County Record Office, Oral History Tape Recordings, 1987, 1988; Oral History website (www.oralhistory.org.uk/), viewed 2 July 2003; information from Anne Venables, County Archivist, 26 January 2004.
Rules or conventions: This description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) second edition, AACR2 and LCSH
Date(s) of description: July 2003
INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Anglesey (Wales) | Social conditions
Great Britain. | Parliament | Elections, 1987
