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Date(s)
- 1967-2005 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.045 cubic metres (39 vols)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Glanmor Williams, historian, was born in Dowlais, Glamorgan, 5 May 1920. In 1945 he was appointed lecturer in history at the University of Wales, Swansea, and was Professor of History from 1957 until his retirement in 1982. Glanmor Williams was Chairman of the Ancient Monuments Board (Wales), 1986-1990.
His main field of research has been the Protestant establishment in Wales during the Reformation, and his volume The Welsh Church from Conquest to Reformation was published in 1962 and Welsh Reformation Essays in 1966. He was regarded as 'the chief authority on early modern Wales' and was the general editor of Glamorgan County History. Glanmor Williams was appointed a Fellow of the British Academy in 1986, was presented with a medal of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion in 1991, and knighted in 1995. He died 24 February 2005.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Sir Glanmor Williams; Swansea; Donation; July 2000; A2000/35.
Margaret Williams per Professor Geraint H. Jenkins, Aberystwyth; Swansea; Donation; September 2005; 0200510561.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Diaries, 1967-2005, of Sir Glanmor Williams, reflecting his personal and professional work, including political observations and remarks on contemporary affairs.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically into two series: diaries, 1967-1997, diaries, 1998-2005.
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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
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English.
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Name access points
- Williams, Glanmor -- Diaries. (Subject)
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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
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Dates of creation revision deletion
February 2002 and updated April 2010.
Language(s)
- English
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Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Ann Francis Evans. The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Cydymaith i lenyddiaeth Cymru (Cardiff, 1997); Who's who, 1897-1996, on CD-Rom;