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Title
Date(s)
- 1701-1853 (Creation)
Level of description
Sub-sub-sub-fonds
Extent and medium
49 vols
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Content and structure area
Scope and content
The group comprises personal diaries, 1793-1839, small pocket notebooks and almanacks, 1701-1853, of the Hughes family of Gwydir, Llwyn Gronw and Cae'r berllan, and of the Griffith family of Garn, containing memoranda and personal notes of social and work engagements, accounts, family life, health problems, snippets of local and national news, poetry, recipes, household and estate management, weather conditions, journeys, hunting, shooting and fishing, useful addresses, sketches. The memorandum books are more sporadic and miscellaneous in nature than the diaries, where the format is comparatively regular. Many of the volumes contain loose enclosures of various types.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into six series: memorandum books of Hughes of Gwydir, Llwyn Gronw and Cae'r berllan; memorandum books of Griffith of Garn; visiting books; diaries of Jane Griffith; diaries of Edward Humphrey Griffith and William Henry Griffith; diaries of George Griffith.
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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. = Disgwylir i ddarllenwyr sydd am ddefnyddio papurau modern yn Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru gydymffurfio รข Deddf Warchod Data 2018 a Rheoliadau Diogelu Data Cyffredinol 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
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Notes area
Note
Many of the almanacks and diaries are printed, so the extent given for each file refers only to the quantity of manuscript text inside.
Note
Preferred citation: FPN