Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1914[x2022] (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-fonds
Extent and medium
1 large box + 2 small boxes (0.047 m³) + 1 over-sized folder
Context area
Name of creator
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Material relating to quoiting in Wales, comprising international and county league match programmes, posters, flyers and statistics; correspondence addressed to Linda Evans and Parry Evans, Joint Secretaries of the Welsh Quoiting Board, and to Welsh national quoits team member Brian Penny; details of dinners, receptions and lunches held to celebrate or otherwise mark international quoiting events; copies of rules and regulations of Welsh quoiting; press cuttings relating to quoiting in Britain; and miscellaneous items relating to quoiting. This section of the archive is partially sub-divided into material relating to quoiting in Montgomeryshire, which includes Caersws Quoiting Club, and to Llanarthney Quoiting Club, Carmarthenshire.
One particularly notable item is a copy of a printed booklet titled The History of Quoits in Wales by Albert Baker (published by J. R. Davies in 1949), which is enclosed with a letter, 14 December 2000, to Linda Evans, Joint Secretary of the Welsh Quoiting Board, from Darryl Baker, grandson of the author (see under heading Quoiting: Wales: Correspondence: Letters to Linda Evans).
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Some bilingual (Welsh / English) material.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
See under individual headings.
Finding aids
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
See, for example: http://www.lindahome.co.uk/Quoits1/introduction.html