Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- [1836x1879] / (Creation)
Level of description
Fonds
Extent and medium
16 vols.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Thomas Nicholas was a Congregational minister and a tutor at the Presbyterian College, Carmarthen; he also served as secretary of the University of Wales Committee and was the author of several works, including Annals and Antiquities of the Counties and County Families of Wales (London, 1872).
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers, [1836x1879], of Thomas Nicholas, including correspondence, journals, sermons, pedigrees and papers relating to Lonsdale House School, Bridgwater.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged according to NLW MSS reference numbers: NLW MSS 3091-3106.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
- Welsh
Script of material
Language and script notes
English, Welsh.
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
The descriptions are also available in the Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943).
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
Note
Formerly known as Nicholas 1-16.
Note
Title based on contents.
Alternative identifier(s)
Virtua system control number
GEAC system control number
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Nicholas, Thomas -- Archives (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
This description follows NLW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.; AACR2; and LCSH.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
October 2005 and July 2009.
Language(s)
- English
Script(s)
Sources
Archivist's note
Description compiled by Siân Medi Davies for the retrospective conversion project of NLW MSS, and revised by Bethan Ifans. The following source was used in the compilation of this description: Handlist of Manuscripts in the National Library of Wales, Volume I (Aberystwyth, 1943);