Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1936-1939, 1946-1950 (Creation)
Level of description
File
Extent and medium
1 box
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Petts (1914-1991), artist, was best known for his engravings and stained glass. With his first wife, artist and writer Brenda Chamberlain, Petts set up the Caseg printing press in Llanllechid in 1937.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Purchased from Mr Bob Vale, Llanrhaeadr, Denbigh, October 2004.; 0200411370
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The file contains a number of letters from John Petts, Peter Petts and Brenda Chamberlain to the Vale family of Bethesda, a collection of greetings cards with drawings by the Petts brothers and Brenda Chamberlain, designed and printed at the Caseg Press, Llanystumdwy, together with copies of Caseg Press Broadsheets numbers 1 and 2.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
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Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English
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Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Preferred citation: NLW ex 2343
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Name access points
- Caseg Press Llanystumdwy Publisher (Subject)
- Petts, Peter (Subject)
- Chamberlain, Brenda (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.