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Title
Date(s)
- [early 1910s]-1981 (accumulated [?1880s]-1981) / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.018 cubic metres (2 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Haulfryn Williams (1908-1980) was the Honorary Secretary of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion, 1973-1980.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Deposited by his son, Mr Gareth Haulfryn Williams, Caernarfon, in April 1988.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Correspondence, 1925-1981, relating to academic matters (correspondents include Sir Idris Foster, Professor Ieuan Gwynedd Jones, Sir Huw Wheldon, Professor E. D. Lewis and Professor R. R. Davies); financial papers, 1919-1978 including personal account books, 1930-1974; miscellaneous bills and vouchers, 1936-1978; certificates and diplomas, 1919-1930; Inland Revenue commissions, 1935-1936; lease and rental agreement, with related papers, 1938-1945, relating to properties in Blackburn, Lancashire, and Brentford, Middlesex; papers relating to work as Honorary Secretary of the Cymmrodorion Society 1973-1980; family correspondence and miscellaneous personal papers, [early 1910s]-1978, including manuscript verses in Welsh [?Cwmrheidol, ?1880s].
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records deposited at the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following groups: personal papers; financial papers; Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion; family 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
Usual copyright regulations apply
Language of material
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available in Minor Lists and Summaries, 1988, pp. 72-73, at the National Library of Wales.
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Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
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Virtua system control number
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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
May 2003
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Seri Crawley for the ANW Project. The following sources was consulted in the compilation of this description: NLW, Minor Lists and Summaries, 1988.