Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1887-1894 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
2 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
D. Griffith Davies (1845-1899), BA, of Bangor, Caernarvonshire, was an antiquarian and draper. He was educated at Friars School and Liverpool Institute and was awarded a BA at Trinity College, Dublin, in 1878. He took over his father's drapery business in Bangor in about 1881, retiring due to ill health in 1897. He was a local secretary in Caernarvonshire for the Cambrian Archaeological Association and contributed articles and illustrations to Archaeologia Cambrensis on Welsh antiquarian matters. He died in London on 9 April 1899.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
John A. A. Williams; Caernarvon; Donation (with NLW MS 14030D); August 1941.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts of D. Griffith Davies, 1887-1894, comprising archaeological notes and heraldic notes and sketches.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 10428-10429.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
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Virtua system control number
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Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
September 2008.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Archaeologia Cambrensis, 5th series, 9 (1892); Cambrian Archaeological Association, 1897 List of Members (1897); Ancestry Library website (www.ancestrylibrary.com), viewed 8 September 2008; 'Local and District News', North Wales Chronicle, 15 April 1899, p. 5.
Archivist's note
Compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones.