Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1846-1926 / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
0.4 cubic metres (14 boxes)
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Leonard Joseph Brown (1873-1951) was an employee in the Clerical Department of the Great Western Railway, Paddington. He retired to Merionethshire, first at Barmouth and subsequently at Ty'n-y-ceunant, Islaw'r-dref, Dolgellau. He was a keen walker who kept detailed accounts of his mountain ascents, including Cadair Idris, which he climbed five hundred and eighty-one times. His uncle, L. W. Brown (1846-1926) of Bath, worked for Messrs C. Milsom and Sons, pianoforte dealers, Bath, Somerset.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Donated by the relatives of the late Mr L. J. Brown, per Mr. Harold R. Crabtree, Barmouth, 1952.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Personal diaries, 1892-1949, which include detailed accounts of his years in retirement at Barmouth, Merionethshire, from 1939 and subsequently at Ty'n y Ceunant, Islaw'r dref, Dolgellau; draft notebooks, 1895-1946, containing records of appointments, activities and descriptions of holiday visits, including many to Wales, detailed accounts of ascents of Cadair Idris, Merionethshire, and other British mountains, including Snowdon, Elidir Fach and Elidir Fawr in Caernarfonshire, and Pumlumon, Cardiganshire; registers of correspondence, 1939-1940, 1943-1944; a register of snapshots [which are not part of the archive], 1906-1940; a volume of statistics of his mountain ascents, holiday travels, and walks, 1892-1951, and family papers (including some relating to L. W. Brown of Bath), 1846-1926.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Action: All records donated to the National Library of Wales have been retained..
Accruals
Accruals are not expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged into the following: diaries, draft notebooks, accounts of mountain ascents, travel and mountaineering statistics, register of correspondence, register of snapshots, wallet and paper case, and documents relating to the family of L. J. Brown.
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
English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales. It can be accessed online.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Title supplied from contents of fonds.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
Project identifier
Access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Brown, Leonard Joseph, 1873-1951 -- Archives (Subject)
- Brown, L. W., 1846-1926. (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
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
January 2003.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Compiled by Seri Crawley, for the ANW Project. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: NLW, Schedule of Leonard Joseph Brown Papers.