Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1898-1990 (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.609 cubic meters (21 boxes).
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
John Julian Williams (1935-2022) of Cardiff, was a set designer in the Design Department of BBC Wales. He was the son of Thomas Basil (1896-1969) and Rhyda Ann Williams (1898-1981), and a great-nephew to Professor Mary Williams (1883-1977) and her husband G. Arbour Stephens (1870-1945) of Swansea.
Archival history
Collected from the donor’s home in Cardiff, and from Frongaer, 19 Sea View Place, the family home in Aberystwyth.
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Julian Williams (per Blod Jones, Rhydyfelin); Cardiff; Donation; March, April, and May 2022; 993424796302419.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Julian Williams, former set designer in the Design Department of BBC Wales, including scripts of plays broadcast during the 1960s, among them works by Saunders Lewis and Gwenlyn Parry. The collection includes papers, photographs, and a few books relating to the donor’s family, including his parents Thomas Basil and Rhyda Ann Williams, his great-aunt Professor Mary Williams, and her husband G. Arbour Stephens of Swansea.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
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 in relation to any processing by them of personal data obtained from modern records held at the Library. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio â Deddf Gwarchod Data 2018 yng nghyd-destun unrhyw brosesu ganddynt o ddata personol a gasglwyd o gofnodion modern sydd ar gadw yn y Llyfrgell. Nodir y manylion yn yr wybodaeth a roddir wrth wneud cais am Docyn Darllen.
Conditions governing reproduction
Usual copyright laws apply.
Language of material
- English
- French
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh, some French.
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Existence and location of copies
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Alternative identifier(s)
Alma system control number
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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
March 2023.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Maredudd ap Huw and revised by Ceri Evans.