Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1891-[1922] / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
3 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Frank Phillips, of Rhaeadr, Radnorshire, was a gold prospector. He died in 1922.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Mrs Ida E. Jones, daughter of Frank Phillips; Rhaeadr; Donation; 1985
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, 1891-[1922], of Frank Phillips comprising reminiscences of his voyages to India, Burma, Zimbabwe and South Africa and a diary, 1891-1892, which Phillips kept whilst in Zimbabwe.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 22123-22125.
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
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available, together with a detailed list of contents, in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Typescript copies of MS 22123B, ff. 1-33, and MS 22125A were donated to NLW in 1966 and are now NLW Misc. Vols 385-6 (see Annual Report 1965-66, p. 35).
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Phillips, Frank, d. 1922 -- Archives. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
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
February 2004 and July 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Siân Medi Davies for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlsit of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume VIII (Aberystwyth, 1999);