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Title
Date(s)
- [19 cent.]-[1924]. (Creation)
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Fonds
Extent and medium
59 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Edwin Stanley Hartland (1848-1927) was sometime President of the Folklore Society and author of numerous books, essays and papers, chiefly on archaeological and anthropological subjects.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Acquired from the library of Edwin Sidney Hartland, 1924.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection includes a translation from the French of a work on Brazilian Indians; Danish-English vocabularies; correspondence, 1867-1917; a translation from the Latin by Edwin J. Hartland; a copy of George Laurence Gomme: The Handbook of Folklore; lists and notes relating to anthropology, folklore, etc.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 5923-5929, 6798-6848, 7539.
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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
- Danish
- Latin
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Danish, Latin.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available in Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).
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Note
Title based on contents.
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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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Language(s)
- English
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Archivist's note
This description was completed by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.