The Peate Case

This material is held atArchifdy Prifysgol Bangor / Bangor University Archives

  • Reference
    • GB 222 BMSS/4170
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1940-41
  • Physical Description
    • 14+5+13 pp
      Typescript

Scope and Content

This document or documents relate to the dismissal of Dr. Iorwerth C. Peate by the Council of the National Museum of Wales from his post of Keeper of the Welsh Folk-Lore Department, the reasons advanced therefore by the Council (through its Chairman, the Earl of Plymouth), the various petitions for his reinstatement (his reinstatement was demanded by the Court of Governors at its meeting on October 24, 1941, by the show of hands, 38 votes to 19).

Other Finding Aids

Another catalogue description can be found here https://archiveshub.jisc.ac.uk/data/gb222-bmsspecp