Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1860x1882]-[1899x1909] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
39 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Ivor James (1840-1909) was born in Monmouthshire. He was the University of Wales's first registrar and was also a historian, his specialist field of study being Wales during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The family of the late Mr Ivor James; Donation; c. 1910-1911.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of, or accumulated by, Ivor James in the course of his studies of the history of Wales during the late sixteenth and the seventeenth centuries.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 4301-4339.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- French
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, some Welsh, some French.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).
Generated finding aid
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
- James, Ivor, 1840-1909 -- 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
August 2005.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume II (Aberystwyth, 1951).
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS.