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Title
Date(s)
- 1836-1941. (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
51 ff. Guarded and filed.
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred from the Department of Printed Books; 1982
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Biographical material, 1836-1941, relating to Dan Isaac Davies, pioneer of the teaching of Welsh in schools, including two letters, 1836-1844, of his father-in-law Jenkin Edwards (ff. 1-4); family birth, death and marriage certificates, 1850-1887 (ff. 5-17); biographical notes partly in the hand of his eldest daughter Mary Margaretta Davies (ff. 40-2); printed matter including the Cymmrodorion Society's Preliminary Report on the use of the Welsh language in elementary schools, 1884 (ff. 22-34 verso); and newspaper cuttings, 1887-1940.
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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 abide by the conditions noted on the 'Modern papers - data protection' form issued with their readers' tickets.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- Welsh
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The contents of NLW MSS 21701-22852 are indexed in greater detail in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, vol. 8 (Aberystwyth, 1999).
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Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Note
Preferred citation: NLW MS 21832E.
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Access points
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Place access points
Name access points
- Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion (London, England) (Subject)
- Davies, Dan Isaac, 1839-1887 (Subject)
- Davies, Dan Isaac, 1839-1887 -- Family (Subject)
- Davies, Dan Isaac, 1839-1887 -- Death and burial (Subject)
- Davies, Mary Margaretta (Subject)
- Edwards, Jenkin, Blaenau Gwent (Subject)
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Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English