Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - D. A. Thomas (Viscount Rhondda) Papers, (GB 0210 DATMAS) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Argraffwyd: Mai 05, 2017 Printed: May 05, 2017 Wrth lunio'r disgrifiad hwn dilynwyd canllawiau ANW a seiliwyd ar ISAD(G) Ail Argraffiad; rheolau AACR2; ac LCSH Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/d-thomas-viscount-rhondda-papers-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/d-thomas-viscount-rhondda-papers-2 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Allt Penglais Aberystwyth Ceredigion United Kingdom SY23 3BU 01970 632 800 01970 615 709 [email protected] www.llgc.org.uk D. A. Thomas (Viscount Rhondda) Papers, Tabl cynnwys | Table of contents Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information .............................................................................................. 3 Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch ......................... 3 Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content .......................................................................................................... 4 Trefniant | Arrangement .................................................................................................................................. 4 Nodiadau | Notes ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points ............................................................................................................... 5 Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions ............................................................................................................ 5 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 DATMAS D. A. Thomas (Viscount Rhondda) Papers, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: D. A. Thomas (Viscount Rhondda) Papers, ID: GB 0210 DATMAS Virtua system control vtls003844383 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1874-1934 / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.188 cubic metres (5 boxes, 10 volumes, 2 envelopes, 1 parcel, 1 Physical description: picture, 2 rolls, 2 cases). Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Title compiled from content of fonds. Items postdating Viscount [generalNote]: Rhondda's death were accumulated by his widow and daughter. Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note David Alfred Thomas (1856-1918), first Viscount Rhondda, was a statesman and coalowner. He was born on 26 March 1856 in Aberdare, Glamorgan, the son of Samuel and Rachel Thomas. He was educated at Dr Hudson's School, Clifton, Bristol, and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. In 1879 he went to Clydach Vale to study coal mining. In politics he was Liberal MP for Merthyr Boroughs, 1888-1910, and MP for Cardiff District of Boroughs, Jan.-Dec. 1910. He did not achieve recognition at Westminster, and was disappointed not to be granted ministerial office after the Liberals' general election landslide victory in 1906. He subsequently channelled his energies into the Cambrian collieries, amassing a vast fortune, eventually culminating in the establishment of the Cambrian Combine with a capital of £2,000,000. His capitalist zeal and management practices resulted in clashes with the leadership of the South Wales Miners' Federation. In 1915 Lloyd George, Minister of Munitions, sent him to the United States on ministry business. His success led to him being created Baron Rhondda of Llanwern in 1916 and Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 DATMAS D. A. Thomas (Viscount Rhondda) Papers, promoted to Viscount Rhondda in 1918. He was appointed President of the Local Government Board by Lloyd George in December 1916 and became Food Minister in June 1917, overseeing the introduction of food rationing. In June 1882 Thomas married Sybil Margaret Haig of Pen Ithon, Radnorshire, and they had one daughter, Margaret, later Viscountess Rhondda. He died at his home at Llanwern, Monmouthshire, on 3 July 1918. Hanes Gwarchodol | Custodial history The archive remained in the possession of his family, who added to the papers, until 1934. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content Papers of D. A. Thomas, Viscount Rhondda, including letters to D. A. Thomas on political matters such as working conditions in the mining industry, education, church disestablishment, and the temperance movement, 1891-1910 (mainly 1891-1895); drafts and copies of letters from D. A. Thomas on similar subjects, 1891-1895; miscellaneous letters, 1893-1895; subject files, 1874-1917, on the coal industry, including the Cambrian Navigation Collieries, the Mining Association of Great Britain, the South Wales Liberal Federation, temperance and disestablishment; scrapbooks of press cuttings, 1894-1927, relating to Cymru Fydd, D.A Thomas, Merthyr politics and Keir Hardie, the Lusitania, and Lady Rhondda; miscellaneous items, 1897-1934, including genealogical material and congratulatory addresses to D.A.T.; circulars and memoranda. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Donated by his daughter, the Rt Hon. Margaret, Viscountess Rhondda of Llanwern, 1941. Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged into the following: correspondence; subject files; scrapbooks of press cuttings; and miscellaneous items. Cyfyngiadau ar fynediad | Restrictions on access Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 DATMAS D. A. Thomas (Viscount Rhondda) Papers, Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright regulations apply. Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales. Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material Further papers are in the House of Lords Record Office: The Parliamentary Archives, Lloyd George Papers. Ychwanegiadau | Accruals Accruals are not expected. Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published • Dynodwr sefydliad | Institution identifier: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points • Lusitania (Steamship). • Church in Wales -- Establishment and disestablishment. • Cymru Fydd. • Mining Association of Great Britain. • South Wales Liberal Federation. • Liberal Party (Great Britain). • Thomas, D. A. (David Alfred), 1856-1918 -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Thomas, Sybil Margaret, Viscountess Rhondda, 1857-1941. (pwnc) | (subject) • Hardie, James Keir, 1856-1915. (pwnc) | (subject) • Coal mines and mining -- Wales. (pwnc) | (subject) • Temperance -- Wales. (pwnc) | (subject) • Education -- Wales. (pwnc) | (subject) • Cambrian Navigation Collieries (Wales). (pwnc) | (subject) • Glamorgan (Wales) -- Politics and government. (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 DATMAS D. A. Thomas (Viscount Rhondda) Papers, A. vtls005434263 Otherlevel - Correspondence, 1891-1910. A. ISYSARCHB23 A 1. vtls005434264 Otherlevel - General correspondence to 1891-1910. A 1. ISYSARCHB23 D. A. Thomas, Cyfres | Series A 1/1-33. vtls005434265 ISYSARCHB23: Correspondence, Dyddiad | Date: 1891, June-1833, April. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Preferred citation: A 1/1-33. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container A1/1. vtls005434266 File - John R. Jacob, corn and flour 1891, June 21. A1/1. ISYSARCHB23 merchant, 15 High Street and 80 Dock Street, Newport, A1/2. vtls005434267 File - R. Orton Gery, solicitor, clerk to 1891, June 27. A1/2. ISYSARCHB23 the School Board, Town Hall, Aberdare, A1/3. vtls005434268 File - David Evan Williams, 'Cartref', 1892, Dec. 15. A1/3. ISYSARCHB23 Hirwaun, A1/4. vtls005434269 File - Fred Llewellyn Jones, secretary of 1892, Dec. 16. A1/4. ISYSARCHB23 the Welsh National Council of the Welsh Disestablishment Campaign Committee, Denbigh, A1/5. vtls005434270 File - 'Report with reference to Principles [1892]. A1/5. ISYSARCHB23 of Welsh Disestablishment Bill, November 1892'. 'Strictly Private and Confidential'. The Report is signed by ..., A1/6. vtls005434271 File - David Evan Williams, 'Cartref', 1892, Dec. 17. A1/6. ISYSARCHB23 Hirwaun, Aberdare, A1/7. vtls005434272 File - Evan Owen and T. Lovell, 1893, Jan. 3. A1/7. ISYSARCHB23 Cymrodorion Caerdydd, St John's Hall, 14 St John's Square, A1/8. vtls005434273 File - D. Morgan, agent to the 1893, Feb. 2. A1/8. ISYSARCHB23 Aberdare, Merthyr and Dowlais Miners' Association, Miners' Office, Aberdare, A1/9. vtls005434274 File - Arthur Daniel, Troedyrhiw, 1893, Feb. 8. A1/9. ISYSARCHB23 A1/10. vtls005434275 File - Arnold Morley, HM Postmaster