Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- [1700x1934]. (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
20 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Edward Williams ('Llew Meirion') (1850-?post 1925), Dolgellau.
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Acquired in 1934.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers from the collection of Edward Williams ('Llew Meirion'), including material relating to the Loyal Idris Lodge of Oddfellows; minutes relating to 'Eisteddfod Meirion'; an address by 'Llew Meirion'; a poem by John Williams ('Ioan Rhagfyr'); miscellaneous poetry; correspondence; an arrangement of the air 'Breuddwyd Dafydd Rhys'; collections of hymn-tunes and anthems and of folk-tunes; miscellaneous papers and transcripts.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 8476-8495.
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
Language of material
- Welsh
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Welsh, English.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume III (Aberystwyth, 1961).
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Existence and location of copies
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Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) Second Edition; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
October 2005.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
This description was compiled by Bethan Ifans for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS;