Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1825-1913 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
85 boxes; 3 boxes (July 2010)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Name of creator
Biographical history
Archival history
Clarence Whaite acquired his parents' personal correspondence following the death of his father, Henry Whaite in 1869.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by Clarence Whaite's great-grandson, Mr David Mortimer-Jones, Conwy, August 1998. A further group was donated February 2006; A1998/123.
Richard M. Ford Ltd; London; Purchase; January 2007.
David Mortimer-Jones; Conwy; Donation; July 2010.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, 1825-1912, of, or acquired by, the painter Henry Clarence Whaite, including correspondence, bills and vouchers, press cuttings, exhibition catalogues and related printed material, reflecting his work as an artist and as President of both the Manchester Academy of Fine Arts and the Royal Cambrian Academy; together with papers, 1825-1862, of the Whaite family of Manchester, and papers, 1873-1913, of the artist's daughter, Lily Whaite, a member of the Gwynedd Ladies' Art Society.
Twenty-six letters to H. Clarence Whaite from Frederick Alfred Slocombe, and his nephew Shirley Slocombe. These remain uncatalogued.
A collection of additional letters, 1900-1904, to Lily Whaite from her future husband, John Harris, Vicar of Harlech. This group remains uncatalogued.
A further consignment of papers were acquired by the Library, including diaries and journals documenting all Whaite's paintings and the exhibitions they were sent to from the early 1870s onwards. This group remains uncatalogued.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
All of Whaite's papers donated to NLW have been retained.
Accruals
Accruals are not expected
System of arrangement
Arranged in two groups: H. Clarence Whaite Papers and Lily F. Whaite Papers
Conditions of access and use area
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
Copyright in the papers of Clarence Whaite and other members of the family belongs to David Mortimer-Jones, Tyddyn Cynal, Conwy, October 2001. Usual copyright laws apply to the correspondence.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at NLW.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title based on contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Whaite, Clarence, 1828-1912 -- Archives. (Subject)
- Whaite, Lily, 1876-1959 -- 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
November 2001
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following sources were used in the compilation of this description: Manchester Faces and Places, 1893; Peter Lord, Clarence Whaite and the Welsh art world: the Betws-y-coed artists' colony, 1844-1914 (Aberystwyth, 1998).
Archivist's note
Compiled by Rhiannon Michaelson-Yeates.