Archives Wales is a
web resource
A web resource is any identifiable resource (digital, physical, or abstract) present on or connected to the World Wide Web.[< ...](_blank)
that allows cross-searching of
Welsh
Welsh may refer to:
Related to Wales
* Welsh, referring or related to Wales
* Welsh language, a Brittonic Celtic language spoken in Wales
* Welsh people
People
* Welsh (surname)
* Sometimes used as a synonym for the ancient Britons (Celtic peop ...
archive
An archive is an accumulation of historical records or materials – in any medium – or the physical facility in which they are located.
Archives contain primary source documents that have accumulated over the course of an individual or ...
collections. It was founded in 1995 as Archives Council Wales and was renamed to Archives and Records Council Wales (ARCW) in 2004. The archives are described at collection level only, although the ultimate intention is to allow for searching at item level. In July 2009, after a major refurbishment funded by CyMAL: Museums Archives and Libraries Wales, it was relaunched as Archives Wales, or Archifau Cymru in the Welsh language. The
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Archives Wales forms part of the
UK National Archives Network, a series of
online
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catalog
Catalog or catalogue may refer to:
*Cataloging
**'emmy on the 'og
**in science and technology
***Library catalog, a catalog of books and other media
****Union catalog, a combined library catalog describing the collections of a number of libraries ...
ues which together cover
local authority
Local government is a generic term for the lowest tiers of public administration within a particular sovereign state. This particular usage of the word government refers specifically to a level of administration that is both geographically-loca ...
, HE and specialist archive repositories in all parts of the UK. The other key parts of the network are:
A2A (Access to Archives, collections in
English
English usually refers to:
* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ide ...
local record offices),
AIM25
AIM25 is a non-profit making collaborative archive project; a single point of networked access to collection level descriptions of the archives of over one hundred higher education institutions, learned societies and specialist archives within t ...
(Archives in the
M25 area),
The
Archives Hub
The Archives Hub is a Jisc service, and is freely available to all. It provides a cross-search of descriptions of archives held across the United Kingdom, in over 320 institutions, including universities, colleges, specialist repositories, chari ...
(Archives of UK HE and FE institutions),
SCAN (
Scottish Archives Network)
Member organisations
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Wrexham Archives and Local Studies Service
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Conwy
Conwy (, ), previously known in English as Conway, is a walled market town, community and the administrative centre of Conwy County Borough in North Wales. The walled town and castle stand on the west bank of the River Conwy, facing Deganwy on ...
Archive Service
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Bangor University Archives and Special Collections
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Anglesey
Anglesey (; cy, (Ynys) Môn ) is an island off the north-west coast of Wales. It forms a principal area known as the Isle of Anglesey, that includes Holy Island across the narrow Cymyran Strait and some islets and skerries. Anglesey island ...
Archives
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Gwynedd Archive Service
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Ceredigion Archives, Aberystwyth
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, Aberystwyth
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Aberystwyth University Archives,
Hugh Owen Library, Aberystwyth
*
Roderic Bowen Library & Archives,
University of Wales Trinity Saint David
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, Lampeter
*
Pembrokeshire Archives and Local Studies
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Carmarthenshire Archive Service
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Richard Burton Archives, Swansea
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West Glamorgan Archive Service, Swansea
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Neath Antiquarian Society Archives
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North East Wales Archives
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Glamorgan Archives
The Glamorgan Archives ( cy, Archifau Morgannwg), previously known as the Glamorgan Record Office, is a county record office and repository based in Leckwith, Cardiff, Wales. It holds records for the whole of the historic county of Glamorgan but ...
, Cardiff
*
Gwent Archives
Gwent Archives ( Welsh: ''Archifau Gwent'') is the local records office and genealogy centre, based in Ebbw Vale, South Wales for the historic county of Monmouthshire. It covers the modern local authority areas of Blaenau Gwent, Caerphilly Cou ...
*
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
*
Powys Archives
*
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
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, undergrad ...
* Special Collections and Archives,
Cardiff University
* West Glamorgan Archive Service
References
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BBC News Wales website
External links
Archives Wales Website
Welsh websites
Mass media in Wales