Fonds GB 0210 MSEDMOWEN - Edmondes Owen Manuscripts

Identity area

Reference code

GB 0210 MSEDMOWEN

Title

Edmondes Owen Manuscripts

Date(s)

  • [1700] x [1922] (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

10 vols

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The Reverend David Edmondes Owen (1866-1922), vicar of Llandovery.

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

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Scope and content

A collection comprising a diary; notebooks; a copy of John Rhydderch: Grammadeg Cymraeg ...; an almanack for the year 1762; a volume of psalm-tunes; pedigrees of the Le Strange family to the year 1335, of James Howell, historiographer-royal, and of the Howell family of Penycaerau; and miscellaneous transcripts and cuttings.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 4864-4873.

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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

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

Language and script notes

English, unless otherwise specified.

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).

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Alternative identifier(s)

Virtua system control number

vtls004368878

GEAC system control number

(WlAbNL)0000368878

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Rules and/or conventions used

This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.

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Dates of creation revision deletion

October 2005.

Language(s)

  • English

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Archivist's note

This description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.

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  • Text: Edmondes Owen Manuscripts.