Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1850s]-[1933x1936] (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
36 volumes.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Robert Arthur Griffith (Elphin, 1860-1936), author and lawyer, was born in Caernarfon, the son of John Owen Griffith (Ioan Arfon, 1828-1881). Elphin was a keen eisteddfodwr and also contributed as literary critic to Welsh periodicals such as Y Geninen.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The Misses Griffith, daughters of John Owen Griffith; Cardiff; Donation; February 1941.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Manuscripts of Robert Arthur Griffith (Elphin), including plays, poetry, translations of poetry and prose into Welsh and notebooks containing press cuttings, drafts of literary works, etc.; together with manuscripts of his father John Owen Griffith (Ioan Arfon), including correspondence, poetry, eisteddfod adjudications and miscellaneous press cuttings.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged at NLW into two groups: John Owen Griffith (Ioan Arfon) manuscripts; and Robert Arthur Griffith (Elphin) manuscripts.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to abide by the conditions set out in information provided when applying for their Readers' Tickets, whereby the reader shall become responsible for compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 and the General Data Protection Regulation 2018 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, unless otherwise specified.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
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.
Note
Formerly 'John Owen Griffith and Robert Arthur Griffith papers'.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Elphin, 1860-1936 -- 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
July 2005 and July 2026.
Language(s)
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Rhys Jones.