File NLW MS 16297D. - Letters discussing a Welsh Institute in London,

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Reference code

NLW MS 16297D.

Title

Letters discussing a Welsh Institute in London,

Date(s)

  • 1896. (Creation)

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File

Extent and medium

60 ff.

Context area

Archival history

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Miss Janet Evans, daughter of T. J. Evans; London; Donation; September 1944

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Scope and content

Twenty-nine letters, April-May 1896, discussing the proposed establishment of a Welsh (or Cymric) Institute as a meeting place for the Welsh in London. The letters are addressed to T. J. Evans as editor of the London Kelt (Celt Llundain), in which some were subsequently published.
The correspondents (listed on f. 59) include A. C. Humphreys-Owen (ff. 26-27), J. E. Morris (ff. 32-33), Sir Lewis Morris (ff. 34-35), Isambard Owen (ff. 36-37), J. Bryn Roberts (ff. 48-49), J. Herbert Roberts (f. 50), Sir John Williams (f. 55), W. Llewelyn Williams (ff. 56-58) and other prominent London Welshmen and Welsh MPs.

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Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged alphabetically by author at NLW.

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Conditions governing reproduction

Usual copyright laws apply.

Language of material

  • English
  • Welsh

Script of material

Language and script notes

English, Welsh.

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Related units of description

See also NLW, T. J. Evans Papers.

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Note

Title based on contents.

Note

Preferred citation: NLW MS 16297D.

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vtls004433335

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales

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Description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH

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Dates of creation revision deletion

September 2006.

Language(s)

  • English

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Sources

Archivist's note

Description compiled by Rhys Morgan Jones;

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