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Date(s)
- 1897-1938 / (Creation)
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Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
George Arbour Stephens (1870-1945) was a physician and cardiologist.
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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Holograph and/or typescript copies of addresses by George Arbour Stephens, M.D., Swansea, including 'Was Dozmare Pool a Celtic lake of the Underworld?', published in Folk Lore, March, 1935, 'A Green Cross Service for the Celtic Fringe', delivered at the Celtic Congress, Isle of Man, 4 July, 1935, 'The Topographical Importance of Kidwelly and the Burry Estuary in connection with the Arthurian Romances. Caerwen as the old name for Kidwelly', published in The Carmarthen Journal, 25 November, 1938, and 'Radnorshire as a Centre of Celtic Mythology', delivered to the Radnorshire Antiquarian Society at Llandrindod, 2 December, 1938; together with some miscellaneous papers of G. Arbour Stephens, including army certificates, 1897-1918, notices of the leet court with view of frank-pledge of the borough and manor of Swansea, 1919-31, etc.
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Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their Readers' Tickets.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
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Script of material
Language and script notes
English
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Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 11078D
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Access points
Subject access points
- Celts -- Wales.
- Celts -- England -- Cornwall
- Mythology, Celtic
- Mythology, Celtic -- Wales -- Radnorshire
- Arthurian romances
- Mythology, Celtic -- Wales -- Carmarthenshire
- Dozmare Pool (Cornwall, England)
- Kidwelly (Wales) -- History.
- Kidwelly (Wales) -- Antiquities.
- Burry Inlet (Wales: Estuary) -- Antiquities
- Radnorshire (Wales) -- Antiquities
- Cornwall (England : County) -- Antiquities.
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Name access points
- Radnorshire Antiquarian Society (Subject)
- Swansea (Wales). Court leet (Subject)
- Celtic Congress (1935 : Isle of Man) (Subject)
- Arthur, King (Subject)
- Arthur, King -- Legends (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
January 2009.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961); Artfact WWW site; Ordnance Survey WWW site;