Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1596-[1943] / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.045 cubic metres (2 boxes, 1 box file)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Many of the papers were collected by Jane Pierce (nee Elias), 1820-1901, grandmother of the depositor.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by Harry Pierce, Langdale, Ambleside, Cumbria, in 1944.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence and genealogical notes and papers relating to the Pierce family of Meiriadog, Denbighshire, later of Cwybyr, Flintshire, 1841-1936; leases and a few other documents, 1596-1764; autograph letters of David Jones, Llangan, 1800, and Rice Owen Jones, Blaenau, 1815; correspondence and financial accounts relating to barques and ships, 1873-1885; and letters, 1934-1936, relating to a stained glass memorial window for Llandrillo Parish Church, Denbighshire.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged in original order.
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
Usual copyright regulations apply.
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Publication note
Pierce: a family record, by Harry Pierce, privately printed by Bateman and Hewitson, Kendal (1943).
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds. The papers pre-date the life of Harry Pierce.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- St Trillo (Church : Llandrillo-yn-Edeirnion, Wales). (Subject)
- Jones, David, of Llan-gan. (Subject)
- Jones, Rice Owen. (Subject)
- Pierce family, of Cwybyr. (Subject)
- Pierce family, of Cwybyr -- Archives. (Subject)
- Pierce family, of Cwybyr. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
March 2003.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Annette Strauch for the ANW project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Harry Pierce Papers;